Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives May 2010 No. 5 Vol. 8
2010 British Parliamentary Elections

2010 British Parliamentary Elections

UK Chooses Its Next Prime Minister

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On May 6, 2010, British citizens will go to the polls in what has unexpectedly become one of the United Kingdom’s (UK) most hotly contested elections in generations.
In the British system, voters do not elect their prime minister directly. Instead, they vote for parliamentary candidates in local “constituencies.” The party that wins a majority of seats in the House of Commons, the lower house, earns the right to form a government, and its leader is invited by the Queen to serve as prime minister. There is no contest for the seats in the House of Lords, the upper house, because those members are appointed.

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Should the Labour Party Maintain Control of the Government in the United Kingdom?

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