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[United Kingdom] House of Commons
THE
U N I T E DK I N G D O M
o fG R E A TB R I T A I N,I R E L A N Da n d
H O N GK O N G
" ... If democracy is destroyed in Britain, it will not be the communists,
trotskyists or subversives, but this House which threw it away, the
rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away ... "
—
Tony Benn MP
Member of Parliament
1925 — 2014
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U N I T E D w e S T A N D
F o r G O D , Q U E E N a n d E M P I R E
The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and Hong Kong in Parliament assembled
2019 UK Parliament |
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Type
Type Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Leadership
Speaker Lanien Blanchette sinde 21 August 2020 |
Chairman of Ways and Means Thomas Asbertyn, National since 24 April 2023 |
Prime Minister Richard Dowes, National since 25 October 2022 |
Leader of the House Rajnath Chaudhari, National since 8 November 2022 |
Government Chief Whip Rose Fawles, Renew UK since 1 February 2023 |
Leader of the Opposition Paul Evershire, Liberal Democrat since 25 January 2019 |
Shadow Leader of the House Johnny Briceño, Liberal Democrat since 9 October 2019 |
Opposition Chief Whip Julia Woods, Liberal Democrat since 20 June 2022 |
Structure
Seats 807 |
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Presiding officers |||| Speaker (1) |
Her Majesty’s Government (415) |||| National Party (342) |||| Renew UK (73) |
Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition (258) |||| Liberal Democrats (258) |
Other opposition (133) |||| United Green Party (59) |||| Scottish People’s Party (23) |||| Irish National League (18) |||| Labour Party (14) |||| Socialist Alternative (5) |||| Respect (3) |||| Plaid Cymru (2) |||| Traditionalist Alliance (1) |||| Libertarian Party (1) |||| Independent (7) |
Lenght of term Up to 5 years |
Elections
Voting system Single transferable vote |
Last election 17 November 2019 |
Next election On or before 14 January 2025 |
Meeting place
House of Commons chamber Palace of Westminster City of Westminster London, England United Kingdom |
Website
www.parliament.uk/commons |
