| | Politics of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The Government is drawn from and is answerable to Parliament - a vote of no confidence can be called if any government-sponsored legislation is defeated in the House of Commons, and, if passed, will force a Prime Minister either to resign or to seek a parliamentary dissolution and a general election. |
 | | Main article: British House of Commons The UK is divided into parliamentary constituencies of broadly equal population (decided by the Boundaries Commission), each of which elects a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons. |
 | | The opportunity to elect a regional tier of elected government was to be offered to some of the regions of England, was accepted by referendum in London, but was rejected in a referendum in North East England and is now less likely to be offered elsewhere. |
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