UK Government

In 1833, after electoral reform in 1832, the United Kingdom used the First Past The Post system (the candidate with the most votes wins, even if they do not have more than half of all the votes cast) to return members to the House of Commons, as it continues to do today.

However, in 1833, the vast majority of constituencies elected more than one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons. In these constituencies, every elector still had a single vote, but instead of just the candidate who wins the most votes being elected, the candidate who won the second highest number of votes won the second seat, the third highest won the third seat etc. This distorted representation in the House of Commons and had a profound impact on the electoral system. Furthermore, at the time, certain universities were entitled to elect Members to the House, a practice abolished in the 20th century.

In 1833, there were 658 Members of Parliament representing a total of 401 parliamentary constituencies - of these 401, 1 elected 4 Members, 7 elected 3 Members, 240 elected 2 Members and 153 elected a single Member.

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There has to be a general election in Britain at least every 5 years, so that is a longest single term. A Prime Minister can be re-elected as often as their party wants them and they remain in power, so there is no real maximum time they can serve as such. In modern times Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister from May 1979 to November 1990. There have been longer serving ones. Robert Banks Jenkinson was Prime Minister from June 1812 to April 1827. Sir Robert Walpole was the first and longest serving from 1721 to 1742.

In Great Britain, the country is led by the prime minister, who is supported by the cabinet and ministers. The prime minister is responsible for all decisions and policy. The next most important role in the British government is that of the deputy prime minister. Next is the cabinet which consists of high ranking, experienced political leaders, who meet to discuss what they believe to be the most important issues. The government's ministers are chosen by the prime minister from both the House of Commons and House of Lords.

The leader of the British Parliament, and of several countries which once formed part of it's Empire, is called the Prime Minister. Within the UK the nations of Wales, Scotland and the province of Northern Ireland have devolved governments with some powers over their own affairs- the leaders of these administrations are called First Ministers.

The English Bill of Rights is a statute from 1869 that confirms the Declaration of Rights. It confirms equality and rights of the individuals after the succession of William III and Mary II.

England doesn't have a Bill of Rights. It has a number of common law decisions which preserve those rights.

Term of office is the length of time for which an official is elected to serve. For example, it is two years for a Representative to the House, six years for a US senator and 4 years for the President.

H. it made parlienment more powerful than the monarch. HOPE THIS HELP!

What caused the quartering act was... I DONT KNOW THATS WHY AM HERE! xP

The Earl of Bute was succeeded by George Granville as British Prime Minister in 1763.
There were two Prime Ministers of Great Britain in 1763.

John Stuart, the third Earl of Bute was Prime Minister from 26 May 1962 to 8 April 1763 and George Grenville was PM from 17 April 1763 until 10 July 1765.

The UK government does not pass laws, the Westminster parliament is the primary lawmaking body in the UK.

The difference between a parliamentary legislature and the the US legislature is primarily the separation of powers. In a parliamentary legislature, the head of the executive (Prime Minister) is also a member of parliament, whereas in the US the President cannot be a member of Congress.

Types of states are generally classified by their form of government. The United Kingdom is generally referred to as a Constitutional Monarchy or sometimes as a Parliamentary Limited Monarchy. It is a Unitary state (supreme authority rests solely with a central government, and all other subsidiary governments derive authority from that central government).

The last United Kingdom general election - held on May 6 2010 - had no outright victor. It was the first time in over 36 years that neither of the UK's major parties, the Conservative Party or the Labour Party, won more than half of the seats in the House of Commons (Parliament's lower house) - this situation is known as a "hung parliament".

It was the Conservative Party which emerged as the strongest, winning 36% of the popular vote and 306 of the 650 seats in the House, up from 32% and 198 seats in the 2005 election. The ruling Labour Party was ousted from power, winning just 29% of the vote - a sharp fall on its 2005 performance, when the party had won a third term in office with 35% of the vote and 355 seats.

However, the Conservative Party was about 20 seats short of having enough to govern the UK on their own - Labour was around 70 short. Unlike many European countries where most or all elections produce a hung parliament and the largest party is usually considered the winner, the UK is accustomed to single-party majority government, and thus neither party was regarded as having an individual mandate to form the next government, despite the Conservatives having a clear lead in both votes and seats. Both major parties thus set about working to form a coalition with the eight parties that won the 86 seats in the Commons.

Eventually, on May 11 2010, the Liberal Democrats - who finished third with 23% and 57 seats (up from 22%, but down from 62 seats in 2005), formed a coalition government together under the leadership of Conservative leader David Cameron, who became Prime Minister. As such, the resulting Government theoretically represents 59% of the electorate and controlled 363 seats - this is the only time in history that a British government's percentage share of Commons seats is lower than the percentage share of the vote its member parties won, as well as the only coalition government to result directly from a general election.

The stamp act. it was passed in 1765 and it was passed before the delaratory act, townshed act, quartering act, and the sugar act.

Unfornatly not enough the lazy buggers

Great Britain wanted to settle Georgia for defense. It tried to acquire it so that it could use it as a place for its military to monitor its southern colonies.

Yes. courts in a constitutional monarchy work independent of the king/queen but does their work in the name of the sovereign. Courts are usually court "crown courts".

Doctors and surgeons in NHS hospitals are employed ultimately by the government.

A general practitioner (local doctor) is theoretically self-employed or employed by the local practice, but all the money for their public work comes from the government.

Doctors are very well paid. Some doctors practise commercial medicine in parallel with their public work.

improved working conditions for women and children

set working hours

minimum wages

unemployment and accident protection

Out of the 29 million workers in the UK (not much for 70 million people), 6 million work for the private sector, however many people in the private sector may not have customers without the public sector. This is 20-21% of all british workers which unfortunately is not having a good effect on the UK economy.

We have to define Head of Government for this.

Technically there are two definitions for democratic monarchies like the UK

So The Prime minister is the head of government.

But so is the Queen.

At the 2010 general election, a total of 258 Members of Parliament were elected as Labour Party candidates, down from 355 at the 2005 election (-97). Additionally, three Members of Parliament were elected as candidates for the Social and Democratic Labour Party in Northern Ireland. All though they are two completely separate parties, the SDLP traditionally gives supply and confidence to the UK Labour Party.

A Member of Parliament is responsible to his constituency. He (used ambiguously) should be in regular congress with his constituents to learn their concerns. He should also be aware of major events and make a point of at the VERY least sending a representative in his stead.

On top of his constituency duties he also has parliamentary duties. He may sit on a board, or have a minister position. He has to attend regularly and may be appointed to senate.