MA Politics Sept. 2022

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Across
  1. 2. If a party has 326 seats in the House of Commons, it means that they have a ---.
  2. 4. The distance between the two frontbenches in the House of Commons is measured in ---.
  3. 7. --- representation is the voting system where smaller parties are more likely to get elected. However, extremist parties are also more likely to get elected.
  4. 8. Liz --- is the UK’s current Prime Minister.
  5. 11. The Northern Irish Party Sinn Fein is known to have historical associations with the Irish terrorist group the ---.
  6. 13. A --- is when the public votes on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
  7. 14. A --- (includes hyphen) is what occurs after an MP resigns or dies to decide who takes their seat.
  8. 15. The UK’s current PM is the --- woman to ever be Prime Minister.
Down
  1. 1. The --- is the area in the country in which a seat represents.
  2. 3. A --- is a selected group of people who vote somebody into a position of power.
  3. 5. The --- party is the first party to have no white men in their cabinet.
  4. 6. Politician David --- triggered the referendum that lead to Brexit.
  5. 9. A --- is a member of parliament who is not a minister and sits in the back rows in the House of Commons.
  6. 10. An --- is the ‘mini government’ found in Wales and other countries in the United Kingdom.
  7. 12. The --- party needed 850,000 votes to win a single seat inside the House of Commons.