It is only 2 more
days to go until the UK’s General Election 2015. This may be one of the most exciting General
Elections we have had for many years.
Why you may ask? This is because we have two close contenders; the
Labour party and the Conservative party.
It could be either of them to win according to the media. There has to be an overall majority vote of
326 seats of the House of Commons to form a government.
During this year’s
election campaign politicians have constantly
said they are campaigning for an overall majority for their party.
However, the media seem focused that the election will be so close that
we will have a ‘hung parliament’.
A hung parliament
means when a general election results in no single political party winning an
overall majority in the House of Commons, this is known as a situation of no
overall control.
If
there is a hung parliament parties have to agree to work together. This is called
a ‘coalition’. A coalition is when two or more political parties
agree to form a government that includes ministers from each party.
In general a coalition
is formed because no single party has enough MPs (Members of Parliament) to guarantee that their bills
will be voted through by Parliament.
The coalition governing
the UK for the last five years was the result of the Conservative Party gaining
the largest number of MPs at the 2010 general election - but finding itself
short of the 326 required for a majority in the House of Commons.
A coalition of the
Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats (in the last general election 2010) was
the only two-party combination able to command a majority. The Conservatives received
307 seats whilst the Liberal Democrats received 57 seats. A coalition government was formed. David
Cameron and Nick Clegg joined together.
If you want to see who
is ahead in the polls in where you live click here:- http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2015/apr/20/election-2015-constituency-map
You will be able to
watch the results on TV as each of the constituency votes come in, be warned
though it can continue right through to early hours of the next morning. Sky news will be covering the results as well
as the BBC.
Sky news http://news.sky.com/election
Will you be watching? Did you listen to each parties manifesto? Who
would you choose to be the next Prime Minister. We would love to hear from you.
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