contexts: 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
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