UK General Elections 3 Havo

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

what is a general election?

Watch the following video in which the British elections are explained.

Listen carefully

You may not understand all the words used but try to grasp what is being said

House of Lords                           House of Commons

The two chambers can be compaired to the Dutch 'Eerste kamer' and ''Tweede kamer', which chamber can be compaired to one of the Dutch kamers? and why? 

The House of Commons is 1 Elected chamber that can be compaired to the Tweede kamer where all the seats taken have been voted for by the people.

What do Great Britain have in common?

What do Great Britain have in common?

Constituency

Democracy

Member of Parliament ( MP)

Prime Minister

Polling Day

A Bill

A person elected to represent people’s interests in the House of Commons

The day  on which elections are held every 5 years

Head of government

Through elections the people have a say in how the country is run

An idea for a new law that is debated in each house

an electorial area with a certain amount of people who are eligable to vote

LET'S DISCUSS

Democracy is a system of government in which the people have the authority to choose.

Constituency is an electoral area with a certain amount of people who are eligible to vote

Polling Day is every 5 years when people go to the pollimg stations to vote

Member of Parliament A person elected to represent people’s interests/concerns in the House of Commons

Prime Minister Head of the Government

A Bill is an idea for a new law that needs to be looked at closely by both houses and approved by the monarch

There are 650 constituencies for the British House of Commons

Manifesto

Each pair representing a political party for their constituency will contend against the other pair representing another party for their constituency. What do you want to do for the people you represent? Write a manifesto outlining all your plans and promises.

www.conservatives.com

labour.org.uk

Persuade and vote

Two pairs  will contend for their constituency by giving a short pitch/speech (1 minute) to the rest of the class what their manifesto entails and why they should be chosen to represent their constituency.

The rest of the class are voters who will choose fbetween the two parties(pairs).

The teacher will count the votes

winner or coalition

The MP’s will be counted according to their party. There are 7 seats in the House of Commons. The party who wins must have at least 4 seats.

If there were three parties and it was 3-3-1 there is a hung parliament. The party with one seat may choose which party he will work together with and then they will form a coalition.