unit 6 Political System in U.K.(2)

What
happens on the election day?P52
2) The launching （开始）of various election
It is clear which party is going to form the next government as soon as they have won 326 constituencies. 席位
3
•
When occur? five years.
1) The general election in Britain is held every 2) ( ) can call an election sooner than 5
How can this happen?
years.
Prime Minቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱster
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Tory Right Opposed to great Middle
Occupy占据 the ideological（意识领 域） ground between the two main parties. They emphasize the need for change in Britain’s constitutional arrangements.
• What happens in an election?
The Primary
Election
The Election Day Counting
The Primary
Election Day
Counting
1)
Those on the “electoral register （ 注 册 登 记 ） ” receive a voting card in the mail.
Summary
• Political parties (characteristics,
political belief)
• General elections (procedure)
L/O/G/O
• Who can stand for election as an MP?
Any British aged over 18 may vote in the general election,
with the exception of certain
group of people. Anyone who is eligible(合格) to vote can stand as an MP.
Unit 6 Political System in U.K. (2)
L/O/G/O
Contents
Ⅰ Political Parties
Ⅱ
General Elections
• Government (the Constitution; Prime
Minister; Cabinet)
Ⅰ. Political Parties
Left
Believe in the pursuit of greater social & economic equality, aims at the nationalization of the means of production, distribution and exchange.
changes in
Conservative 保守党（右派）
Liberal Democrats 自由民主党
Labour
工党（左派）
They are both bourgeois( 资本家 ) in nature, representing the interests of the big bourgeois and the big land-owning classes.
society; believe in private
enterprise &
freedom from state control
Ⅱ. General Elections
1
Why important?
2
When occur?
4
What happens in an election?
Who can stand for election as an MP?