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The House of Commons, officially the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, is the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster. Owing to shortage of space, its office accommodation extends into Portcullis House. The ...
Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. As a constitutional convention, members of Parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom are not formally permitted to resign their seats. [1] To circumvent this prohibition, MPs who wish to step down are instead appointed to an " office of profit under the ...
Bernard Weatherill. John Henry Whitley. Categories: Speakers of the British House of Commons. Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Chairs of lower houses. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Succeeded her husband J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson as MP after he became a member of the House of Lords after being raised to the peerage as Viscount Davidson. Daughter of Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson. In 1963 she was created a life peer as Baroness Northchurch, of Chiswick in the County of Middlesex.
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet, and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons ...
Standing orders in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Standing Order is a rule of procedure in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords can set Standing Orders to regulate their own affairs. These contain many important constitutional norms, including the government's control over business, but ...
Elected Speaker. Michael Martin. Labour. The 2000 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 23 October 2000 following the retirement of Betty Boothroyd as Speaker. The election resulted in the election of Labour MP Michael Martin, who had served as Deputy Speaker since 1997. It was the first contested election since 27 April ...
