英国政治制度 The Political System经典教程.pptVIP

The Role of Parliament See pp.42-43 Parliamentary sovereignty (p.40) British General Election History: see handout The election of Members of Parliament (House of Commons) once every five years (the PM can call an election sooner than 5 years) Voters (p.50) Constituency选区: 650 The party with the most supporters (MP seat) in the Commons forms the government, and the leader of that party becomes Prime Minister Explain: first-past-the-post简单多数制(单选区出线制) unproportional representation; favorable to big parties (see handout) “Vote of no confidence” (p.50) Election campaign: media, TV time VOTES SEATS 2005 2001 1997 2005 2001 1997 Labour 35.2% 40.7% 43.2% 355 55.1% 412 62.5% 418 63.4% Conservative 32.3% 31.7% 30.7% 198 30.5% 166 25.2% 165 25.0% Liberal Democrats 22.0% 18.3% 16.8% 62 9.6% 52 7.8% 46 7.0% Others 10.5% 9.3% 9.3% 31 4.8% 29 4.5% 30 4.6% Lecture 2 The Political System Keys to last week’s quiz The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland 大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 Anglo-Saxons The Lake District The Stonehenge, The Tower of London, The Westminster Abbey 杜莎夫人蜡像馆 Protestants, Catholics Sinn Fein, The Irish Republican Army Focus points for today History of constitutional monarchy British constitution the structure of British central government constitutional monarchy: the role of the sovereign the roles of the Prime Minister and Cabinet collective Cabinet responsibility the roles of Parliament and the reform of the House of Lords the three main political parties in the UK today; the party in power; the main opposition party the main beliefs of parties: the Labour and the Conservative general election (first-past-the-post) Key Features of British Political System Representative democracy (people do not rule themselves directly but elect representatives to rule for them) The separation of powers Parliamentary democracy Parliamentary sovereignty议会主权 Constitutional monarchy君主立宪制 History of Constitutional Monarchy The d