Theme B Flashcards
how many members of parliament are there?
650
a general election takes place when?
every 5 years
how do political parties attract voters?
-hold public meetings
-hand out leaflets
-persuading
what is direct democracy?
everyone votes on every decision in a referendum.
What is a referendum?
It’s a vote by the whole electorate (all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election. ) on a particular issue.
what is the name of an area represented by an MP
constituency
what is the first-past-the-post system?
a system where voters have one vote per constituency
what is PR?
-proportional representation
-a system where number of seats a party wins is equal to the same amount of votes.
what is a cabinet?
a group of mp’s who head major government & inner circle of ministers.
what is a coalition?
a government made of more than one party
what is it meant by bi-cameral?
parliament has 2 houses.
what do black rods do?
knock on the door of house of commons.
What does the judiciary do
Makes judgments about the law
Who makes the law
a legislature
How are laws made?
1)government puts out a green paper(ideas)
2)when idea is final a white paper is published(lays out government policy)
3)proposals are introduced to to parliament in form as a bill
4)then it becomes an act of parliament
What is the British constitution?
Rules which show how much power the government has
How is devolution making a change
How are we governed?
What makes up the British constitution
-convections
-common law
-European law
-statute law
How does the government make its economic decisions?
It happens in the budget where the chancellor of exchequer works with the government departments and decide what is needed and what comes first.
