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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George Dundas memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Luton South legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Gisela Gschaider legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Leyton and Wanstead legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Victoria Prentis memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
South East Cambridgeshire constituency legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: South East Cambridgeshire
Ian Blackford legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Earl of Rosse memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse
Adam Afriyie legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Hexham (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Lindsay Hoyle legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Norman Fowler memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Chichester Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont (1823–1898) memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Chichester Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont
Simon Hoare legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Charles William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
George Tierney legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Robert Walter legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Henry Hopkinson memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton
Lord Carson memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Edward Carson
Philip memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
Stephen Doughty legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Sea Wolf memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Daisy Cooper legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Anne Main legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
1982 Peckham by-election legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Royal Titles Act 1901 legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Indicative votes on Brexit options (March–April 2019) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Esher and Walton parliamentary constituency legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Thérèse Coffey memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Bill Rodgers was a former Labour Transport Secretary legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Bill Rodgers
Sarah Gurling memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Charles Kennedy
Ashford (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Toby Jessel memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Toby Jessel legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Anne-Marie Trevelyan legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Jo Swinson memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Northampton South legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Charles Robert Carington memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Darren Jones memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Doug Naysmith legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom