<h1 id="uk-political-system">UK Political System<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#uk-political-system"></a></h1>
<h1 id="the-two-house-system">The two-House system<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#the-two-house-system"></a></h1>
<h2 id="the-house-of-commons">The House of Commons<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#the-house-of-commons"></a></h2>
<p>The Commons is publicly elected. The party with the largest number of members in the Commons forms the government.</p>
<p>MPs (members of parliament) are elected in general elections and by-elections.
The UK elects 650 MPs.</p>
<p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling public spending.</p>
<h2 id="the-house-of-lords">The House of Lords.<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#the-house-of-lords"></a></h2>
<h2 id="elections">Elections<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#elections"></a></h2>
<p><strong>General elections</strong>
A general election is an opportunity for people in every part of the UK to choose their MP - the person who will represent their local area (constituency) in the House of Commons for up to five years.</p>
<p>UK elections: First-past-the post voting system on local level.</p>
<p>UK has 650 constinuencies, each represented by one MP. London has 73 constituencies.</p>
<p><strong>First-past-the-post voting system</strong>: The candidate with the most votes in a constituency wins and becomes the MP for that seat. Usually, the winning candidate would have less than half of the votes (problem of this voting system).</p>
<p>Smaller parties don't stand a chance. Often you can get 15% of the total vote but get only 1 MP.</p>
<p>BG elections: Proportional representation on national level.</p>
<h2 id="main-parties">Main parties<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#main-parties"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li>Conservative Party (Tories)</li>
<li>Labour Party </li>
</ul>

UK Political System


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