英国政党的简介详解.pptVIP

Political Parties and Election of Britain Development of Parties The Conservative Party The Labor Party The Liberal Party The Election Political parties The Major Parties Prime Ministers Tony Blair: 2 May 1997?–?27 June 2007 Labor Party Gordon Brown: 27 June 2007?–?11 May 2010 Labor Party David Cameron:11 May 2010 till now Conservative Party Development of Parties Prior to the mid-19th Between the mid 19th century and 1920s Post 1920s Between the mid 19th century and 1920s The Conservative Party History Leader feature the major right-wing party in Britain supported by middle or up classes such as landowners, businessmen and nobles representing the interests of the monopoly bourgeoisie and aristocracies supporting free enterprise and opposed to nationalization and to extending social services The Labor Party History Leader Feature Liberal Democrats ---- A merger History Leader General Election in UK Time: every five years Eligibility to vote and to be a candidate Constituency Processes Eligibility to vote and to be a candidate 选举与被选举资格 Exclusions member of the House of Lords the imprisoned for a criminal offence the mentally incapable of making a reasoned judgment the undischarged bankrupt the convict of corrupt or illegal practices in connection with an election within the previous five years Constituency (选区): the electoral area 646 constituencies a constituency of approximately 74,000 registered voters several candidates in a constituency, but only one wins by the simple majority of votes. Processes The election is held by secret ballot无记名投票. Each voter goes to a particular voting station on the election day to cast his vote. The candidate who wins the most votes in each constituency becomes a Member of Parliament. The party which wins over half of the constituencies is the majority in the House of Commons, therefore forming the new government, and its leader will be the Prime Minister. * * Contents Two party system Government the Opposition