ACADEMIC STUDY IN THE UK: The British House of Parliament

The British House of Parliament

The parliament is a sovereign region of legislature and it in order to limits royalty to establish. In

Britain

, the parliament constitutes of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. They are all in the London and near the Big Ben.

The member of the House of Lords is not through election to engender, while it is consists of Royal family and aristocrat’s member. In the last century, the House of Lords has lost most of its powers. At present, most powers are grasping by the House of Commons. Therefore, the House of Commons has more power than the House of Lords.

The member of House of Common consists of men and women and they are through election to engender. The right of House of Commons can decide national policy and each Members of Parliament (MPs) have a constituency. According to the size of city and population, some places have many constituencies, and some place just has one constituency. In the UK, the England has 529 constituencies, the Scotland has 72 constituencies, the Wales have constituencies and the

Northern Ireland

have 18 constituencies.

For the House of Commons, the general election is very important. Because through election, people will vote to choose a member of parliament that he/she have some special responsibility and lead to their constituency. About the general election is extremely fair and square. Firstly, the electorate need to register that they have right to vote. Then is electoral nomination, thuswise voters will know what candidates can vote. After this step, all candidates can be beginning election campaign. Through election campaign, the candidate can be undertaking to persuade people to vote them. Fourthly, the vote is start and the voter should take their result put in the ballot box. The end, through canvass and votes counted will be elect minister. It is use the ‘first past the post’ system to elect and this system is means who have acquire the most votes is winner.

These MPs and political party forms the government and the leader of that party becomes Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has right to selects a member of parliament to become minister. Nowaday, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister are David Cameron and Nick Clegg. David Cameron is represent Conservative party and Nick Clegg is represent Liberal Democrats party.