Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP. |
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Welsh constituencies for the Fifty-Sixth Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015 to 2017).
It includes both MPs elected at the 2015 general election, held on 7 May 2015, and those subsequently elected in by-elections.
The list is sorted by the name of the MP, and MPs who did not serve throughout the Parliament are italicised. New MPs elected since the general election are noted at the bottom of the page.
Affiliation | Members [1] | |
Welsh Labour Party | 25 | |
Welsh Conservative Party | 11 | |
Plaid Cymru | 3 | |
Welsh Liberal Democrats | 1 | |
Total | 40 |
There has been one by-election since the 2015 general election in Ogmore following the election of Huw Irranca-Davies to the Welsh Assembly.
MP | Constituency | Party | In constituency since | |
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Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Labour Party | 2016 |
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