House of Commons of the United Kingdom

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component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Commons of the United Kingdom is the lower house of the UK Parliament, composed of elected Members of Parliament who debate and pass legislation and scrutinize the government.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
House of Commons of the United Kingdom canonical 896
House of Commons 239
House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 71

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
broadcastBy Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (Parliamentlive.tv) ⓘ
buildingUsed Palace of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons Chamber
coatOfArms Portcullis with chains ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
dominatesOver House of Lords in most legislative matters ⓘ
electoralSystemUsed first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
elects Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 13th century ⓘ
governingDocument Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem public bill committees ⓘ
select committees ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 650 ⓘ
hasOfficer Chief Whip ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
hasOfficialPublication Hansard ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/ ⓘ
hasPower to approve the budget ⓘ
to pass primary legislation ⓘ
to withdraw confidence from the government ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
hasSeatingArrangement opposing benches ⓘ
hasUpperHouse House of Lords ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole debates and passes legislation ⓘ
scrutinizes the government ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

London, England ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
meetsAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
memberTitle Member of Parliament ⓘ
oversees UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
partOf British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
precededBy House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons of Ireland (for representation after union)
residesInBuilding Palace of Westminster ⓘ
shortName Commons ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
termLength up to five years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral parliament lower chamber ⓘ
votingMethod division lobbies ⓘ
voice votes ⓘ

Referenced by (1,234)

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

Winston Churchill → memberOf → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain → lowerHouse → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → lowerHouse → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain → hasPart → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Parliament of Great Britain → composedOf → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Robert Walpole → parliamentaryGroup → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons of Great Britain
United Kingdom → lowerHouse → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer → presentsTo → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Home Secretary → seat → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Leader of the Opposition (UK) → legislativeBody → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (UK) → seat → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Leader of the Opposition (UK) → reportsTo → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Conservative Party (UK) → representedIn → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
House of Commons of the United Kingdom → shortName → House of Commons of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
House of Commons of the United Kingdom → precededBy → House of Commons of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons of Ireland (for representation after union)
UK government → legislativeChamber → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
UK government → accountableTo → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Liberal Party (UK) → parliamentaryChamber → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Commons → fullName → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Commons → alsoUsedAsNameFor → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Acts of Parliament → enactedBy → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Hansard → scope → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Portcullis with chains → usedBy → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
37th United Kingdom Parliament → house → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Statute of Westminster 1931 → legislativeBody → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament → hasParticipant → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
British Parliament → hasComponent → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
British Parliament → lowerHouse → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Autumn Statement → announcedIn → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) → legislativeBody → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Chief Whip → operatesIn → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British Cabinet → accountableTo → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Lord Selborne → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
James Callaghan → memberOf → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Attorney General for England and Wales → memberOf → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons of the United Kingdom (usually)
Speaker of the House of Commons → appliesToJurisdiction → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons → chamber → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Speaker of the House of Commons → appointedBy → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
David Ricardo → memberOf → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Shrewsbury and Atcham → representedIn → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Shrewsbury and Atcham → legislature → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) → associatedWithParliament → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Crown dependencies → notRepresentedIn → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
David Steel → memberOf → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Representatives of Australia → inspiredBy → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Junior Lords of the Treasury → house → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Junior Lords of the Treasury → memberOf → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → parliament → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Witney → representedIn → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
William Wilberforce → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ