Citizenship - Government and Politics key words

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Across
  1. 4. the transfer of powers from central government to regions or areas
  2. 5. when two parties work together as a government
  3. 12. a suggested change to a bill
  4. 13. leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister
  5. 14. held every five years to decide who the next government will be
  6. 18. when there is no clear winner of a General Election
  7. 21. made up of three parts, including the Monarch & the House of Lords
  8. 23. the House of ________ - where 650 MPs debate
  9. 25. the House of ______ - the unelected part of Parliament
  10. 26. a vote to see who will run the country
Down
  1. 1. when a party has more MPs than the others combined
  2. 2. the suggestion that each law starts its life as
  3. 3. leader of the Labour party
  4. 5. 'blue' political party
  5. 6. what the Scottish National Party wanted for Scotland
  6. 7. 'yellow' political party
  7. 8. where the UK Government is based
  8. 9. a power that has been devolved to the Scottish Parliament
  9. 10. when a government does not have most of the MPs in parliament
  10. 11. the Queen
  11. 15. the final stage before a bill becomes a law
  12. 16. the Scottish National Party
  13. 17. means "rule by the people"
  14. 19. 'red' political party
  15. 20. the type of government in Wales
  16. 21. what Westminster devolved to the Welsh assembly
  17. 22. leader of the Liberal Democrats
  18. 24. what each person over the age of 18 casts in a general election