THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

How many MPs are there in the HOC

650

What does FPTP ensure for constituencies

There is a close MP and constituency link

Example of MP and constituency in 2024

Kier Stamer was elected as MP for Holborn and St pancreas in London

What system is FPTP

Plurality

What does a plurality system ensure

That there is usually a majority in the HOC which means that one party has over half of the MPs in HOC

Over how many MPs in HOC are also members of executive branch

100

What are all MPs who are also government ministers expected to follow

Collective responsibility

What is collective responsibility?

They should all vote for and support every aspect of government policy

The executive branch usually gets what through the commons?

Usually gets its legislation through the commons

Why is the executive branch successful at passing legislation through the commons

Fusion of powers and collective responsibility

What does a PM with a very large majority usually never face?

A defeat in the HOC

Who is an example of being undefeated until his resignation in 2022?

Boris Johnson was undefeated in the HOC from 2019 to 2022

How many defeats did Tony Blair face

none he was undefeated between 1997 and 2005

Who is the example of a minority who was undefeated

Theresa May was undefeated in her first year with a minority of 10-12 MPs

What is the executive branch still subject to in the commons regardless of being defeated/undefeated

Scrutiny

What does every Prime Minister take part in every week infront of the HOC

Weekly PM questions

What else does the PM attend with committees

Takes part in meetings with the Liaison committee which is made up of the chars of every select committee

Who takes part in question times? Who is asked and who is asking

Government ministers from each department face questions from backbench and opposition MPs

they ask questions in order to scrutinise the work of the minister and their department

What is scrutinised by HOL after it is passed in the HOC

legislation

What powers do the commons possess that HOL does not? What is confidence motions

Commons can vote on confidence motions and bring down a government

Since the Parliament Act 1911 what can the commons do

The only house that can block delay or amend laws on financial bills

How many votes since 1978 has the executive branch lost and what was it

1 when Theresa May lost a vote on ‘No deal Brexit’

Legislation that s rejected by Commons can never become? Where as HOL

Law

Commons can over rule Lords w Parliament acts