Britain – Elections
For which institution are general elections held in Britain
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Which party won the general elections of 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1992
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Which party won the general elections of 1997, 2001, and 2005
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In Britain, a party is normally said to have 'won' an electionif it
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How many members of each party normally stand for election in each constituency
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Which has been incorrectly or unclearly filled in
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Which of these is not a true description of the electoral system used in Britain
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The law says that the period between one general election and the next must be
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How long after the polls close does it take for the result in most constituencies to be declared
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To which party do MPs representing inner city areas in Britain normally belong
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To which party do MPs representing rural areas in England normally belong
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When was universal suffrage (sothatalladults could vote) introduced in Britain
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Why was voting by post offered as an option to allvoters for the first time in 2005
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When were political parties first regulated in Britain
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Fill in the gaps in this text about the formal conduct of a British election with the words and phrases from the list below.
ballot box count polling booth ballot boxes electoral register
Fill in the gaps in this text about the formal conduct of a British election with the words and phrases from the list below.ballot box count polling booth ballot boxes electoral register (use twice)
pollingday ballot paper (use four times)MP polling station constituency (use three times)
polls(use twice)Returning Officer (use twice)
After the date for the election has been fixed, nominations for candidates are invited in each. In order to get their names on the candidates have todeposit £500 with the (the person responsible for the conduct of the election ineach constituency). They get this money back if they get five per cent of the votes or more. They can also, if they wish, indicate their political affiliation after their names on the .About three weeks later, the election takes place. On, which is always aThursday, the open at seven in the morning. To be eligible to vote, a person must be at least eighteenyears old and be on the . This is compiled every year for each separately. Nobody is obliged to vote. Each voter has to vote at a particular . Afterbeing ticked off on the , the voter is given a blank whichhe or she takes to a . There, he or she makes a choice by putting an 'X' next to thename of one candidate and then drops the marked into a . The close at ten in the evening. Then, all the are takento a central place in the constituency, where they are opened and the begins.When all the votes have been counted, the makes a public announcement of thenumber of votes cast for each candidate and declares the winner to be the for .
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Match. British words and phrases
Find the word or phrase which is used to mean or describe| 1 going from door to door and talking to people about their voting intentions ... | ... a marginal constituency | |
| 2 the right to vote ... | ... the swingometer | |
| 3 the device used by TV presenters on election night to show how voting patterns (first) might change and (then) have changed since the last election ... | ... by-election | |
| 4 a constituency where the winner might be from a different party from last time ... | ... canvassing | |
| 5 this is what happens when a sitting MP resigns or dies ... | ... deposit | |
| 6 the proportion of those entitled to vote at an election who actually do so ... | ... turnout | |
| 7 what happens when the result of an election is very close and one of the candidates is not satisfied with it ... | ... a recount | |
| 8 the money which a candidate gives to the Returning Officer and which he or she does not get back unless he or she gets at least five per cent of the vote ... | ... the franchise |
Put the following clauses in the correct order to complete the paragraph.
The 2005 General Election Results
The British general election of 2005 produced a paradoxical result. None of the three major parties were able to feel it was a great success.
The Liberal Democrats, the smallest of the three, increased their share of the vote and their representation in Parliament.
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