Saturday, 12 February 2011

The UK Parliament

 There are two houses in the British Parliament: the House of Commons and the House of  Lords. The House of Commons was bulit due to people who was voted in to represent theirself areas. The House of Lords was an assembly of hereditary aristocrats and landowners who have more power than the House of Commons. However, since 1900s, over half of Lords members were nominaten that delaying the decisions and debates the House of Commons.

Today, there are 659 constituencies in the United Kingdom: about 500 in England; a lot of constituencies  in Scotland; part of constituencies in Wales; and a few in Northem Ireland.This situation led to some cover a large region where not many people live.On the other hand, population is concentrated in a small area. General election to vote that people vote for a person to be the MP for their constituency. The person who has most of votes wins. In addition, after all the MPs have been elected, the political party that a lot of MPs to form the government and the Prime Minister.








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