The Liberal Democrats (commonly referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal[10] political party in the United Kingdom. The party has 13 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 84 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament, one member in the Welsh Senedd and two members in the London Assembly. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010–2015, with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007, and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021.
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Turnout | 67.3% ( 1.5 pp)[12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- ^ Given that Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats and the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is, in practice, slightly lower.[11] Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning a practical majority requires 322 MPs.
- ^ Nicola Sturgeon sits as an MSP in the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Southside. Ian Blackford, MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, is the SNP leader at Westminster.
- ^ Includes Neale Hanvey, who was suspended from the party at the time of his election and thus took his seat as an independent.
- ^ An MEP for Northern Ireland.
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