[英语学习]英国大选.pptVIP

General Election National elections are important for democracy. The right to vote is a right that has been struggled for over the past 200 years. 1832 – 5%, 1884 – 25%, 1919 – 75%, 1928 – 99% (except Lords, criminals, insane, foreigners) The election is seen as an opportunity to influence future government policy, whatever the failing of the political system, at least the election provides the chance to “kick the rascals out”. Early election: unpopular, or very popular General Election The country is divided into650 constituencies, each of which returns one Member of Parliament. The one who has the most votes in a constituency becomes a Member of Parliament. The leader of the party with the largest number of members returned to the House of Commons becomes the Prime Minister. General Election Vote of no confidence 不信任投票: a statement put forward by an MP — usually a member of an opposition party— for the House of Commons to vote on saying that “ This house no longer has confidence in the Government”. An example of this happened in 1979 with the Labour government Those who cannot vote are: (1) Lords (2) certain categories of convicted criminals (3) the legally insane (4) resident foreign citizens—except U.K. resident citizens of the Irish Republic, who may vote Who can be an MP? Anyone who is eligible to vote can stand as an MP. (1) make a deposit of 500 pounds, which is lost if the candidate does not receive at least 5% of the vote (2) have to be a member of the main political parties The British political Parties One of the 2 biggest parties in the UK. the newest party, created by the trade union movement at the end of the 19th century. Until 1918 the 2 main parties were the Conservative and Liberal Parties (Whigs), but the latter was displaced by the Labor party after the date. came to power in 1945 (Clement Attlee) had a major effect on UK: setting up the National Health Service(NHS)国家医疗保健服务to provide high quality from “cradle to grave” health