 {| class="navbox-vertical infobox" |- |50th parliament |(1987) |- |51st parliament |(1992) |- |52nd parliament |(1997) |- |53rd parliament |(2001) |- |54th parliament |(2005) |} this is a list of members of parliament (mps) elected to the house of commons of the 52nd parliament of the united kingdom at the 1997 general election, held on 1 may 1997. the list is arranged by constituency. new mps elected since the general election are noted at the bottom of the page. notable newcomers to the house of commons included alan johnson, oliver letwin, hazel blears, charles clarke, yvette cooper, ruth kelly, jacqui smith, damian green, theresa may, vince cable, martin mcguinness (although he did not take his seat), martin bell and john bercow.  ==composition== {| class="wikitable" |- ! valign="top" colspan=2 | affiliation ! valign="top" | members |- | bgcolor="" | | labour party | align="right" |418 |- | bgcolor="" | | conservative party | align="right" |165 |- | bgcolor="" | | liberal democrats | align="right" |46 |- | bgcolor="" | | ulster unionist party | align="right" |10 |- | bgcolor="" | | scottish national party | align="right" |6 |- | bgcolor="" | | plaid cymru | align="right" |4 |- | bgcolor="" | | social democratic and labour party | align="right" |3 |- | bgcolor="" | | democratic unionist party | align="right" |2 |- | bgcolor="" | | sinn fÃ©in | align="right" |2 |- | bgcolor="" | | independent | align="right" |1 |- | bgcolor="" | | uk unionist party | a
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