whip revoked). Plaid has had the second highest number of seats in the Senedd, after Welsh Labour for most of the period since devolution in 1999, but currently has the same number (10) as the Welsh Conservatives. They currently have three MPs. In Northern Ireland, all 18 MPs are from parties that only contest elections in Northern Ireland (except for Sinn Féin, which contests elections in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland). The unionist Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (who currently hold eight seats), the republican Sinn Féin (who currently hold seven seats), the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) (who currently hold two), and the non-sectarian Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (who currently hold one seat) all gained seats in Parliament at the 2010 general election, the Alliance Party for the first time. Sinn Féin has a policy of abstentionism and their MPs refuse to take their seats in Parliament, and have done so since 1918. The DUP, Sinn Féin, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and the SDLP are considered the four major political parties in Northern Ireland, holding the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Alba Party, led by former SNP leader Alex Salmond, has two seats. Both of their MPs, Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey, were elected for the SNP at the 2019 election, but defected to Alba in March 2021. The Green Party of England and Wales holds one seat, which it has held since 2010. There are also Independent MPs. One is the Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle who revoked his Labour affiliation after the 2019 Speaker election. Others have had their whip revoked or have resigned from their political party. At the most recent general election in 2019, the Conservatives, gained a majority after two years of being a minority government. Conservatives (Tories) The Conservative Party won the largest number of seats at the 2015 general election, returning 330 MPs, enough for an overall majority, and went on to form the first Conservative majority government since the 1992 general election. The Conservatives won only 318 seats at the 2017 general election, but went on to form a confidence and supply deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) who got 10 seats in the House of Commons, allowing the Conservative Party to remain in government. The Conservatives won 365 seats at the 2019 general election and had a majority, forming the first majority