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Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Elizabeth II Since 6 February 1952 Lord Speaker The Lord Fowler Since 1 September 2016 Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 57th UK Parliament Type Type Bicameral Houses House of Lords House of Commons Leadership Monarch Elizabeth II Since 6 February 1952 Lord Speaker The Lord Fowler Since 1 September 2016 Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow Since 22 June 2009 Structure Seats 1,444 consisting of 794 Lords Temporal and Spiritual 650 Members of Parliament ( MPs ) Lords political groups HM Government Conservative Party ( 248 ) Confidence and supply Democratic Unionist Party ( 3 ) HM Most Loyal Opposition Labour Party ( 197 ) Other opposition Liberal Democrats ( 100 ) Non-affiliated ( 27 ) UKIP ( 3 ) Ind . Labour ( 2 ) Ulster Unionist Party ( 2 ) Green Party ( 1 ) Ind . Social Democrat ( 1 ) Ind . Ulster Unionist ( 1 ) Plaid Cymru ( 1 ) Crossbench Crossbenchers ( 183 ) Lords Spiritual Bishops ( 25 ) ( sit with government ) Speaker Lord Speaker Commons political groups HM Government Conservative Party ( 315 ) Confidence and supply Democratic Unionist Party ( 10 ) HM Most Loyal Opposition Labour Party ( 259 ) Other opposition Scottish National Party ( 35 ) Liberal Democrats ( 12 ) Sinn Féin ( 6 ) ( abstentionist ) Plaid Cymru ( 4 ) Green Party ( 1 ) Independent ( 7 ) Speaker Speaker ( 1 ) Elections Commons last election 8 June 2017 Meeting place Palace of Westminster , London , United Kingdom Website www.parliament.uk