House of Commons of the United Kingdom

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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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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

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6th UK Parliament hasPart House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Lord Sidmouth parliamentaryBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Lord Buckinghamshire parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Lord Bexley parliamentaryBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
PLP locatedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Parliamentary Labour Party
PLP chamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Parliamentary Labour Party
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Leader of the Labour Party (UK) typicalChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
MP for Dunfermline East representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)
City of London (Various Powers) Acts legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Lord John Manners memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Stephen Kinnock representedInLegislature House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Richard Brinsley Sheridan parliamentaryGroup House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: British House of Commons
William Jefferson Hague representedInParliament House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: William Hague
Shadow Foreign Secretary associatedWith House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Dingle Foot parliamentaryGroup House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Isaac Foot memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Roy Jenkins memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Archives hasParentOrganization House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Commons papers legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Commons papers publisher House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Sir Haydn Jones memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey parliament House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Lord Lyndhurst parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
South West Norfolk representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Sittingbourne and Sheppey electsTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Clwyd South representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Carshalton and Wallington representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Roger Mullin employer House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Lesley Laird activeIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Clerk’s Table partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Esher and Walton representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Greenwich and Woolwich electsTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Lewisham East representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Winchester (UK Parliament constituency) representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Watson-Wentworth associatedChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Wansbeck representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Parliamentary Boundary Commissions appliesToChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
House of Commons constituencies in England legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 appliesToBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 sponsorHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 chamberInvolved House of Commons of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: House of Commons
John Pugh legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Michael Wilkinson legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Irish House of Commons succeededBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Naomi Long electedTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom