POLI 211 Midterm: Midterm #2 identities.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 211
• Professor: Fillippo Sabetti

Document Summary

Lower hose of the parliament of uk. Democratically elected body of 650 members of parliament (mps: members are elected to represent constituencies by first-past- the-post system and hold their seats until parliament is dissolved. Relationship with gov t: the prime minister must maintain the support of the house of. If prime minister fails to do so, the monarch appoints the person who has the support of the house normally the leader of the largest party in the commons. Prime minister is always a member of the house of. When a motion of no confidence is passed, the prime minister is obliged to resign or let another mp request the dissolution of parliament. In the may 6th 2010 election, the conservatives won 307 seats in a hung parliament: after 5 days of intense negotiations, cameron formed a coalition with the liberal democrats.