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Why are UK General Elections near the start of a month?
The dates of the most recent UK General Elections were:
Thu 4 Jul 2024
Thu 12 Dec 2019
Thu 8 Jun 2017
Thu 7 May 2015
Thu 6 May 2010
Thu 5 May 2005
Thu 7 Jun 2001
Thu 1 May 1997
Thu 9 Apr 1992
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Will Labour party MPs sit on both sides of the House of Commons? [duplicate]
A characteristic feature of UK parliament is that the House of Commons is split in two sides, one for Conservatives and one for Labour, with minor parties filling some of the remaining seats (current ...
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Has a party in the UK ever won parliament while losing the popular vote?
It is at least theoretically possible for a party to win a majority in parliament while an opposing party wins a majority of the popular vote. There are 650 seats in Commons, and an average of about ...
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What are the arguments for allowing MPs in the UK to work second jobs?
UK parliamentarians are permitted to hold second jobs unless they are ministers. Many MPs, particularly amongst the Conservatives, have availed themselves of this opportunity. For example, Jacob Rees-...
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Why is legal advice provided to the Government rather than to Parliament
One of the things we've all learnt over the last few years is that Parliament is Sovereign, so why (under what principle) is legal advice provided to the Government or executive rather than to ...
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Would paying a candidate to defect to your party be bribery or break some other rule?
I'm not sure if this belongs here or over on Law.SE.
There are currently rumours swirling that Reform UK have paid Lee Anderson to defect to their party.
To me, this feels like it should be illegal as ...
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Does some parliamentary convention prevent Diane Abbott from speaking at this PMQs?
Diane Abbott, MP has been in the news recently following a racist verbal attack against her by a leading Conservative donor.
At Prime Minister's Questions on 13 March 2024, the Leader of the ...
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Is the occurrence of sexual misdemeanors amongst the UK Conservative parliamentary party exceptional?
The 2019 intake of Conservative MPs into UK's parliament numbered 365. Since then at least 6 Tory MPs have been suspended or resigned for engaging in sexual related misconduct. These are:
Julian ...
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Can the UK parliament just declare Rwanda a safe-country for asylum purposes?
Earlier today (15 Nov 2023) a UK Supreme Court ruling declared that the government policy of relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda was not permissible, due to the risk of relocation back to the ...
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How and why has the UK been arresting anti-monarchy protestors?
The UK police have been arresting protesters for being anti-monarchy in public.
What I want to know is:
HOW: Can the UK justify these arrests within their own laws? Have they tried to?
WHY: Has there ...
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When did a Prime Minister last miss two, consecutive Prime Minister's Questions?
Rishi Sunak was criticised at the Liaison Committee for his plans to miss two consecutive Prime Minister's Questions sessions in Parliament:
Sir Chris Bryant: Remind us when a Prime Minister last
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Have Jonathan Pie's "allegations" been supported by the Privileges Committee report? "he lied, and did it again by denying that he’d previously lied"
The Evening Standard's June 20, 2023 MPs overwhelmingly back report finding Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over Partygate begins:
MPs voted by 354 to seven to accept a report finding ...
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Why does England not have its own government?
There is the Welsh Government, The Northern Ireland Assembly, and The Scottish Government. All those countries are also under the Westminster government. Why does England not have its own devolved ...
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Time Limitation for matters before the UK committee of privileges
can a matter before the committee of privileges in one parliamentary term move into a new parliamentary term?
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Why are some parliaments 4 years long, whereas others are 5?
Is five years the usual length of a UK Parliament?
Then why were some only four years long, such as from 1997 to 2001 and from 2001 to 2005? Did the Prime Minister call for these early elections, and ...
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