Now to answer your questions!!
Parliament is dissolved and every seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant when a general election is held.
Usually the political party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons forms the Government and the way to win
an election is to acquire 326 seats out of the 650 available.
The leader of that particular sucessful party traditionally becomes Prime Minister and the group that came 'second'
is deemed the Shadow party. But getting over the line to obtain 326 seats tends not to be easy and the in 2017 election,
the two major parties failed to so.
Theresa May, the current Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party only obtained 318 seats with Jeremy
Corbyn and the Labour Party running close with 261. At the time of writing, one constituency is still to be announced,
but what this situation is usually called 'A Hung Parliament' as no group is a majority.
In the case of a hung parliament, the leader of the party with the most seats is given the opportunity to try to form a
government. This can take two forms:
One option is a formal coalition with other parties, in which the coalition partners share ministerial jobs and push
through a shared agenda.
The other possibility is a more informal arrangement, known as “confidence and supply”, in which the smaller parties
agree to support the main legislation, such as a budget and Queen’s speech put forward by the largest party but
do formally take part in government.
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In regards of Scotland and the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, the party’s leader, did state:
“If there was to be a hung parliament of course we would look to be part of a progressive alliance that pursued
progressive policies.”
But in my view, the Conservative Party -if they did decide to push for a majority Government, will look to the Democratic
Unionist party (DUP) to assist in getting the 326 seats as the DUP have ten of them. (Link To This)
The DUP have already stated they wouldn't join a coalition with the Labour Party.
I'm sure Gordi will offer a more informed answer to the queestion, though.
Parliament is dissolved and every seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant when a general election is held.
Usually the political party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons forms the Government and the way to win
an election is to acquire 326 seats out of the 650 available.
The leader of that particular sucessful party traditionally becomes Prime Minister and the group that came 'second'
is deemed the Shadow party. But getting over the line to obtain 326 seats tends not to be easy and the in 2017 election,
the two major parties failed to so.
Theresa May, the current Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party only obtained 318 seats with Jeremy
Corbyn and the Labour Party running close with 261. At the time of writing, one constituency is still to be announced,
but what this situation is usually called 'A Hung Parliament' as no group is a majority.
In the case of a hung parliament, the leader of the party with the most seats is given the opportunity to try to form a
government. This can take two forms:
One option is a formal coalition with other parties, in which the coalition partners share ministerial jobs and push
through a shared agenda.
The other possibility is a more informal arrangement, known as “confidence and supply”, in which the smaller parties
agree to support the main legislation, such as a budget and Queen’s speech put forward by the largest party but
do formally take part in government.
..........................................................
In regards of Scotland and the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, the party’s leader, did state:
“If there was to be a hung parliament of course we would look to be part of a progressive alliance that pursued
progressive policies.”
But in my view, the Conservative Party -if they did decide to push for a majority Government, will look to the Democratic
Unionist party (DUP) to assist in getting the 326 seats as the DUP have ten of them. (Link To This)
The DUP have already stated they wouldn't join a coalition with the Labour Party.
I'm sure Gordi will offer a more informed answer to the queestion, though.
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