In the United Kingdom's

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, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's

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– one for each

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. The

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consists of the elected House of Commons, the

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, and the Sovereign. The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. Of the 650 MPs elected, more than half (335) were new to Parliament.

House of Commons composition

The Conservative Party under Prime Minister

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lost over 240 seats and its 14-year long tenure in government. The Labour Party formed a majority government under the leadership of

Keir Starmer Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously ...

, winning over 400 seats. Other parties including the Liberal Democrats,

Reform UK Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Nigel Farage has been Leader of Reform UK and Richard Tice deputy leader since 2024. It has five members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and one membe ...

and the

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saw an increase in their seat share in the

at expense of the Conservatives and the

Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party. The party holds 61 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and holds 9 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, ...

MPs defeated and elected

The table below shows the movement of the number of MPs from the dissolution of the 2019–2024 parliament to those elected at the 2024 general election.

List of MPs elected

By-elections

Defections, suspensions and resignations

The label under which MPs sit in the House of Commons can change if they leave or are suspended from or expelled by their party. When suspended, they effectively become independents.

Progression of government majority and party totals

Select committee chairs

The chairs of the 26 select committees were elected in September 2024.

Notes

References

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