Parties in the House of Commons

18 parties currently hold seats. Averages are across each party’s sitting MPs and are not a judgement of performance: ministers, whips and Speakers vote and attend differently.

Seats

Seats by partyNumber of sitting MPs per partyLabourLabour: 361361ConservativeConservative: 118118Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrat: 7171Labour (Co-op)Labour (Co-op): 4343IndependentIndependent: 1212Reform UKReform UK: 88Scottish National PartyScottish National Party: 88Sinn FéinSinn Féin: 77Green PartyGreen Party: 55Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist Party: 44Plaid CymruPlaid Cymru: 44Social Democratic & Labour Pa…Social Democratic & Labour Party: 22Your PartyYour Party: 22AllianceAlliance: 11Restore BritainRestore Britain: 11SpeakerSpeaker: 11Traditional Unionist VoiceTraditional Unionist Voice: 11Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist Party: 11

Party comparison

PartyMPsAvg voting participationAvg committee attendanceAvg written questionsAvg debate contributions
Labour Labour 361 75.4% 99.5% 363 425
Conservative Conservative 118 73.8% 99.9% 669 899
Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat 71 65.2% 99.4% 595 419
Labour (Co-op) Labour (Co-op) 43 72.9% 99.8% 658 650
Independent Independent 12 55.3% 100.0% 730 248
Reform UK Reform UK 8 58.3% 100.0% 1,064 747
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party 8 40.5% 100.0% 330 575
Sinn Féin Sinn Féin 7 0.0% – 0 0
Green Party Green Party 5 74.8% 100.0% 286 345
Democratic Unionist Party Democratic Unionist Party 4 63.6% 100.0% 2,070 2,322
Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru 4 62.2% 100.0% 647 429
Social Democratic & Labour Party Social Democratic & Labour Party 2 49.2% 100.0% 563 320
Your Party Your Party 2 67.2% 100.0% 404 563
Alliance Alliance 1 11.7% 100.0% 300 141
Restore Britain Restore Britain 1 33.1% 100.0% 2,692 122
Speaker Speaker 1 0.0% 100.0% 0 12,587
Traditional Unionist Voice Traditional Unionist Voice 1 70.2% – 282 576
Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party 1 74.0% 100.0% 221 362
All sitting MPs65071.4%99.6%