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Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick

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Hoose o Commons
o the Unitit Kinrick
o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland
58t Pairlament
Coat of arms or logo
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Type
Leadership
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Syne 4 November 2019
Dame Eleanor Laing, Conservative
Syne 8 Januar 2020
Rishi Sunak, Conservative
Syne 25 October 2022
Penny Mordaunt, Conservative
Syne 6 September 2022
Keir Starmer, Labour
Syne 4 Aprile 2020
Thangam Debbonaire, Labour
Syne 9 Mey 2021
Structure
Seats650
Poleetical groups
HM Govrenment
     Conservative Pairty (352)
HM Maist Leal Opposeetion
     Labour Pairty (195)
Ither opposeetion (93)
     Scots Naitional Pairty (44)
     Leeberal Democrats (14)
     Democratic Unionist Pairty (8)
     Plaid Cymru (3)
     SDLP (2)
     Green Pairty (1)
     Alliance Pairty (1)
Abstentionist
     Sinn Féin (7)
Speakers (Unaligned)
     Speaker (1)
Lenth o term
up tae 5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
12 December 2019
Neist election
On or afore 2 Mey 2024
RedistrictingRecommendations on hou constituencies shoud be redistrictit is cairied oot bi the fower Boondary Commissions, ane for ilk o the constituent kintras, but Pairlament haes feenal say on the boondaries.
Meeting place
Hoose o Commons chaumer
Pailace o Wastmeenster
Ceety o Wastmeenster
Lunnon, Ingland
Unitit Kinrick

The Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick, kent semply as the Commons, is the lawer hoose o the Pairlament o the Unitit Kinrick. It sers as the primary chaumer o the Pairlament. Thay forgaither in Pailace o Wastmeenster lik the upper hoose, the Hoose o Lairds. The Hoose o Commons is an electit bodie, makkit up o 650 Memmers o Pairlament (MPs), wha ur votit in bi the public. The memmers ur electit bi the First-past-the-post votin system and keep thair seats until Pairlament is dissowled.