Elections
Key terms
-Election-a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other
position.
-Majoritarian representation-governed by or believing in decision by a majority. British
system is a majoritarian system
-Mandate-the authority to carry out a policy, regarded as given by the electorate to a party
or candidate that wins an election.
-Proportional representation
-Electoral reform
-Party system
-Strong government
-Stable government
The British Electoral System
-Currently 650 Constituencies
-Each constituency is roughly the same size in terms of population (approx. 69,000)
-Every 10 years or so the constituency boundaries are examined and re-drawn if necessary
-If a party does not have +50% of seats in the House of Commons then there is a ‘hung’
Parliament or minority government.
Coalition government- Where two parties join together to form a government- After 2010
election no party won a majority and the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed a
coalition government
Fixed-term Parliament Act-2011. Set elections at every 5 years. However Theresa May
called an early election in 2017 by winning 2/3rds approval in Parliament.
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Key terms
-Election-a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other
position.
-Majoritarian representation-governed by or believing in decision by a majority. British
system is a majoritarian system
-Mandate-the authority to carry out a policy, regarded as given by the electorate to a party
or candidate that wins an election.
-Proportional representation
-Electoral reform
-Party system
-Strong government
-Stable government
The British Electoral System
-Currently 650 Constituencies
-Each constituency is roughly the same size in terms of population (approx. 69,000)
-Every 10 years or so the constituency boundaries are examined and re-drawn if necessary
-If a party does not have +50% of seats in the House of Commons then there is a ‘hung’
Parliament or minority government.
Coalition government- Where two parties join together to form a government- After 2010
election no party won a majority and the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed a
coalition government
Fixed-term Parliament Act-2011. Set elections at every 5 years. However Theresa May
called an early election in 2017 by winning 2/3rds approval in Parliament.
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