Political Party in Contemporary Britain



Table of Contents

Introduction2

Commons and Lords2

Involvement of Non-Party Members3

Involvement of Women MPs3

Discussion5

Legislative Turnover5

Parliament Representation6

Demographic Representation of Parliament7

The First-Past-The-Post Electoral System9

Constituency Representation10

Single Party Government11

Voting System12

Partisan Alignment13

Obligatory allocation of Quotas14

The Public Attitude17

Conclusion18

End Notes20

Political Party in Contemporary Britain

Introduction

Is British Parliament truly representative of the British people? This single statement brings a number of facts, figures, arguments, debates, historical records and events into discussion. The parliament of Great Britain is the most authoritative central organisation of the United Kingdom. It has two legislative bodies; the House of Commons, elected by common public and House of Lords, consist of Lord spiritual and Lord Temporal. They are actually leader so Church of England. It is kind of separated bodies, as members of parliaments and members of Cabinet are not the same. Therefore, powers are also different from each other. As Britain don't have written constitution in a single draft and Parliament has all the powers and authorities of the country. There's no official control on Parliament's act, if any legal party is not present. The House of Commons is the governing body in the British democracy, elected as per the choice of public voters and controlling both law making and decision making power of government.

Commons and Lords

During the rising phase of British democratic system, the equality among authority of Commons and Lords kept on changing with the support of growing population of the Great Britain. It was mandatory to pass the 1832 reform to dominant Commons over Lords. Finally, it was passed following the threat of the King, William IV (1830-1837), with the addition of new members in House of Lords. But, the authority of Lords to Veto tended to disputes with Commons. This emerged more sensitive in the early twentieth century when conventional superior Lords perturbed the legal body of moderate supervision. As a result, “Parliament act of 1911” was formed, due to which lawmaking control of Lords was restricted. It gave the bills; budget and money, approved by Commons under the law in a month, regardless of the Lord's acquiesce. During 1949, the opus of the Lords changed. However, Lords (monarchs) kept on making new inherited members in nineteenth and early twentieth century. The monarch had power to employ extraordinary Laws; through “the Appellate Jurisdiction Act” (1876). “The Life Peerages Act” (1958) allowed the appointment of non-inherited peers for life. There was no gender discrimination and hence allowed for the first time woman in the assembly. “A 1963 act” also allowed Scottish members place in the House of Lords. Elections in 2010 positioned a history and showed the contemporary Parliament of the Great Britain. Total 650 members of parliament (MPs) were selected, out of which 232 were fresh members in the House of Commons. This was due to retirement of 149 members (MPs).

Involvement of Non-Party Members

With advancement in traditional election procedure, allowed voters (non-party members) to participate in the latter election convention. Other advancement, engaged in two electorates and they were proffered a postal vote in the election of the ...