United Kingdom politics

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political system public affairs domain

United Kingdom politics encompasses the political system, institutions, parties, and public affairs of the UK, including its parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
British politics 5
United Kingdom politics canonical 5
Politics of the United Kingdom 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political system ⓘ
public affairs domain ⓘ
basedOn constitutional conventions ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dominantParties Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Party

Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Labour Party
electoralSystemForCommons first-past-the-post ⓘ
executiveBranch His Majesty’s Government ⓘ
surface form: His Majesty's Government
formerInternationalOrganisationMembership European Union ⓘ
hasConstitutionType uncodified constitution ⓘ
hasDevolvedLegislature Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Senedd ⓘ
surface form: Senedd Cymru
hasFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasReferendumsOn European Union membership ⓘ
devolution ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Monarch ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
influencedBy Westminster system ⓘ
common law tradition ⓘ
internationalOrganisationMembership Council of Europe ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
judicialBranch courts of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislature British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
localGovernmentLevel local authorities ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
mainPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Party

Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Labour Party
monarchPowers largely exercised by convention ⓘ
monarchRole ceremonial head of state ⓘ
notableReferendum Brexit ⓘ
surface form: 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
parliamentaryTermLength up to five years ⓘ
partySystem multi-party system ⓘ
politicalParty Alliance Party of Northern Ireland ⓘ
Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Green Party of England and Wales ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
Plaid Cymru ⓘ
Scottish National Party ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ
Social Democratic and Labour Party ⓘ
primeMinisterSelection appointed by the monarch ⓘ
normally leader of majority in House of Commons ⓘ
upperHouse House of Lords ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reginald McKenna → areaOfActivity → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
Representation of the People Act 1884 → standardizedAcross → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom constituencies
Old Men Forget → mainSubject → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: British politics
Terry Davis → sphereOfActivity → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: British politics
Politics of Wales → partOf → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politics of the United Kingdom
Tim Sainsbury → sphereOfInfluence → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 → partOf → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom electoral framework
Tom Watson (politician) → areaOfInfluence → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
James Heappey → sphereOfActivity → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies → partOf → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom electoral system
Charles Grant → sphereOfActivity → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: British politics
Politics of Gloucestershire → partOf → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politics of the United Kingdom
More Memories → mainSubject → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: British politics
Lewis Goodall → areaOfActivity → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
Earl of Devonshire → associatedWith → United Kingdom politics ⓘ
this entity surface form: British politics