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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Somerset parliamentary constituencies legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Local Transport Act 2008 legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
John McDonnell legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Angus Maude memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Mary Elizabeth Truss memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Bullion Committee of 1810 legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
E. F. L. Wood memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Wells constituency legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Wells (UK Parliament constituency)
UK parliamentary constituency of Warley West legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
subject surface form: Warley West
Andrea Jenkyns legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Sir Richard Temple memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Sir George Campbell memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Coventry North East legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Kingston upon Hull East legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
James Daly legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
David Chaytor legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
London Passenger Transport Act 1933 legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Berwick and East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Martin Whitfield legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
2010 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Charles Canning, Earl Canning memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Marsha de Cordova legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Ian Murray legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom