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| − | The '''House of Commons''' is one of the two [[legislative]] bodies in the [[British]] [[Parliament]]. The House of Commons commands the majority of power in the British government, unlike the [[House of Lords]].
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| − | The House of Commons is made up of 646 [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]], or MPs<ref>http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/members/electing_mps.cfm</ref>. Each MP represents their [[constituency]]. In a [[General Election]], usually held every four or five years, every constituency has an election, to decide the MP. This is a first-past-the-post system, where the candidate with the highest number of votes is elected. There is no restriction to the number of times an MP can be re-elected. In the event of a MP resigning, the death of an MP, a election is called in the appropriate constituency.
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| − | Most MPs are members of one of the three main political parties, the [[Labour Party]], the [[Conservative Party]], and the [[Liberal Democrats]]. There are a number of other smaller parties, and some independent MPs, who do not represent any party.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | [[Category:England]]
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