Parliament in numbers: Summing up the Prime Minister's slim majority
How many seats do the Conservatives and the DUP have? How many MPs do not vote? See how the numbers shape up in Parliament.
Thursday 29 June 2017 19:16, UK
With the Conservatives losing their majority in the 8 June snap election, Theresa May must now rely on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Take a look at the numbers in Parliament as the Prime Minister was put to the test with a .
:: There are 650 seats in the House of Commons.
:: The Conservatives won 318 seats, and the DUP has 10 seats.
:: Sinn Fein's seven MPs do not sit in Parliament because they oppose the British government's jurisdiction in Northern Ireland and do not want to make an oath to the Queen.
:: By convention, the speaker of the House of Commons and his three deputies do not vote.
:: This means there are 639 MPs considered to be active - so any government needs 320 votes for a simple majority.
:: The Conservatives' 318 seats include the speaker and one deputy speaker, leaving the Prime Minister with 316 active MPs. With the DUP's 10, she gets to 326.
:: Labour has 262 seats and can rely on 53 MPs from other parties opposed to Mrs May - a total of 315.
:: However, two are deputy speakers, leaving the opposition with 313.
:: Mrs May therefore has a working majority of 13.