Statitstics On Parliament

Question 1

Number of MPs in the House of Commons

Answer 1

650

Question 2

Majority won by Keir Starmer in 2024?

Answer 2

174

Question 3

Number of spaces reserved for Lords Spiritual in HoL?

Answer 3

26

Question 4

Current limit for hereditary peers in HoL?

Answer 4

92

Question 5

% of MPs who are women?

Answer 5

40%

Question 6

% MPs who come from a minority ethnic background

Answer 6

14%

Question 7

% of Select Committee recommendations actioned by the government

Answer 7

40%

Question 8

The year a Government last lost a Vote of No Confidence

Answer 8

1979

Question 9

The year the Wright reforms were introduced?

Answer 9

2009

Question 10

Number of days reserved for opposition parties in the Commons

Answer 10

20

Question 11

Number of days reserved for backbench business in the Commons

Answer 11

35

Question 12

% Private Members Bills that have become law (2010-2024)

Answer 12

4.4%

Question 13

Number of peerages given out by Gordon Brown to make a “government of all the talents”

Answer 13

10

Question 14

Number of times the Liaison Committee takes evidence from the PM annually

Answer 14

3

Question 15

Number of Secretaries of State in Starmer’s 2024 ministry who did not spend at least 10 months in a shadowing post before government

Answer 15

1