• Wrong document? Swap it for free
  • Written by students who passed
  • Immediately available after payment
  • Read online or as PDF
  • 4.6 TrustPilot
0
Sell
Where do you study
Your language
Start selling Create your account
  • Pearson (PEARSON)
  • Government And Politics
  • Unit 2 - Governing the UK
To add items to your wishlist, you must be logged in
Document preview thumbnail
Preview 1 out of 18 pages
Summary

Summary UK Parliament revision notes

5.0
(1 reviews)
1 sold
18 pages
2016/2017 Written for academic year
Institution
Pearson (PEARSON)
Course
Unit 2 - Governing the UK
Document preview thumbnail
Preview 1 out of 18 pages

Complete revision notes for UK Parliament (Edexcel As politics unit 2). These are the notes that I made and used for my final exam that contains up-to-date theories, facts and examples. I took the exam in 2016, which was the hardest year for As Politics, and received 100 UMS.

Content preview

Parliament
The Make-up of Parliament

House of Commons:
Composition:
 Single-member constituency
 FPTP
 650 MP
 330 Conservatives
 229 Labour
 54 SNP
 8 Lib Dem
 1 UKIP
 1 Green
 1 Speaker (a conservative MP): stay impartial

Power:
 politically and legally dominant chamber
o supreme legislative power: Commons can make, unmake and amend
any law
- Lords can delay laws
- Legal sovereignty is exercised by Commons
o Commons alone can remove the govt: based on the convention of
collective ministerial responsibility
- A govt that is defeated in a vote of confidence is obliged to resign or
call a general election

House of Lords:
Composition:

 814 + 36 on leave of absence
 250 Conservative
 212 Labour
 108 Lib Dem (appointed through the coalition, lacks democratic legitimacy
as there are only 8 MPs, but the party has a big influence in the lords)
 2 UKIP
 0 SNP
 29 Nonaffiliated (independent)
 178 Cross-bencher




o Life Peers:
Connected book
image
Andrew Heywood Essentials of UK Politics
Publisher: juli 2015 ISBN: 9781137530745 Edition: 1

Document information

Study Level
A/AS Level
Subject
Government and Politics
Summarized whole book?
No
Which chapters are summarized?
Chapter 7
Uploaded on
June 8, 2017
Number of pages
18
Written in
2016/2017
Type
Summary
Report Copyright Violation
$8.94
Wrong document? Swap it for free Within 14 days of purchase and before downloading, you can choose a different document. You can simply spend the amount again.
Written by students who passed
Immediately available after payment
Read online or as PDF
Seller avatar
Reputation scores are based on the amount of documents a seller has sold for a fee and the reviews they have received for those documents. There are three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The better the reputation, the more your can rely on the quality of the sellers work.
arieljin1
4.3
(10)
Sold
23
Followers
16
Items
17
Last sold
1 year ago

Reviews from verified buyers

Reviewer avatar
hmills106 Business Subjects,Government and Politics,English
8 year ago

Browse related subjects

Subjects

  • uk parliament
  • governing the uk
  • unit 2
  • government and politics
  • as politics
  • edexcel
  • revision notes

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their tests and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can instantly pick a different document that better fits what you're looking for.

Pay as you like, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card and download your PDF document instantly.

Student with book image

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Working on your references?

Create accurate citations in APA, MLA and Harvard with our free citation generator.

Learn more Create citation
Working on your references?

Frequently asked questions