first-past-the-post system
Mehrheitswahlsystem
Wiki: First past the post voting is a generic term referring to an election determined by the highest polling candidate(s).
Wiki: First past the post voting is a generic term referring to an election determined by the highest polling candidate(s).
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name of the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada
House of Lords
The House of Lords (commonly referred to as "the Lords" and also known as House of Peers for ceremonial purposes) is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
upper house: 736 members
lower house: 650 seats
upper house: 736 members
lower house: 650 seats
Parliament (UK)
= a bicameral system
Upper house: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual & Lords Temporal, elected by Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister)
Lower house: House of Commons (democratically elected, at least every 5 years)
head: Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
Upper house: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual & Lords Temporal, elected by Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister)
Lower house: House of Commons (democratically elected, at least every 5 years)
head: Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
upset (e. g. victory)
1) Sensation (überraschend),
2) überraschende Niederlage,
3) Überraschungserfolg
2) überraschende Niederlage,
3) Überraschungserfolg
unklare Mehrheitsverhältnisse/ Parlament ohne klare Mehrheit (GB)
a hung parliament
=a hung parliament occurs when no single party has more than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons.
=a hung parliament occurs when no single party has more than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons.
Wahlkreis
BE: constituency
AE: electoral ward/district
Wahlkreis mit knappem Ausgang: marginal constituency
AE: electoral ward/district
Wahlkreis mit knappem Ausgang: marginal constituency
(in einem Wahlkreis) kandidieren
to run/stand for Parliament
to fight a seat (=Mandat)
to fight a seat (=Mandat)
