Act of Parliament - A Bill approved by both Houses + Royal assent., Bill - Draft law presented to parliament for debate, Conservatives  - Political Party - favouring limited Change, Constitution  - Defines how a society is organised / governed, Democracy  - Government is formed through representative elections, Franchise / Suffrage - The right to vote, Hung Parliament  - No one party has a working majority to form a government , Labour - Party on the political ‘left’, Liberal - Party promoting individual liberty / rights, Patronage - Power to make government appointments , Private Members Bill - A bill introduced by an MP that is not a Government minister, Royal Assent - The Sovereign agrees to a bill, Tory - A supporter of the Conservative Party, Whigs - 17-19 century ‘party’ - supported social, economic + political change, House of Commons - UK’s elected chamber of Parliament , Constituency - A defined area of voters (650 in the UK), House of Lords - UK’s ‘appointed’ Chamber of Peers + Bishops, Peers - Members of the House of Lords, Bicameral - A two ‘chamber’ parliament , Debate - Formal discussion of a specific proposal (motion), Front Bencher - Member of the Government or shadow cabinet , Backbencher - MPs - not part of the Government or shadow cabinet, Cabinet - Ministers (c20) appointed by the Prime Minister to ‘govern’, Prime Minister - ’First’ minister - leader of the Government , Chancellor of the Exchequer - Government’s chief financial minister , Government - The people responsible for running the country, ‘Shadow’ Opposition (The) - Largest party not in Government , MP (Member of Parliament) - Elected by a constituency as their representative , Coalition Government - A government formed of 2 or more parties, First Past the Post - UK’s electoral system,

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