Across
- 3. North Korea is an example of a ---, a non-democratic system with few rights or freedoms for its citizens.
- 8. A --- is an election for a single MP (so, a single constituency) in between general elections, caused by the death or resignation of the sitting MP
- 9. From 2017-19 the DUP formed a '--- and supply' agreement to vote with the minority Tory government. With 317 seats, 9 under the 326 needed, the Tories relied on the 10 DUP votes to guarantee winning votes
- 12. Sinn Fein won 7 seats in 2019, but their MPs refuse to enter the Commons partly because as Irish --- they won't swear an oath of allegiance to the monarch!
- 15. The Green Party have only one MP, Caroline ---, because of the way the voting system works
- 17. The Conservative (and Unionist, to give it its full title!) party is aka the --- Party.
- 18. Like the USA and many others, the UK has two legislature bodies (the places where new laws are debated and voted on, usually proposed by the executive - the PM/cabinet), The House of Commons/House of Lords, making it ---.
- 19. PM Boris Johnson was mayor of London, which helped to raise his profile, not least when the Olympics were held there. Labour's Sadiq --- has a high profile as the current mayor.
Down
- 1. From 2010-2015 the Lib Dems formed a --- government with the (much bigger!) Conservatives. This led some furious students to push dog faeces through the letterbox of their leader Nick Clegg - now a global spokesman for Facebook.
- 2. Ignoring the fact that the speaker and Sinn Fein don't vote (so, counting their seats!), 326 MPs are needed to form an overall majority in the Commons - thats half of 6--- +1!
- 4. The Greens would have won --- seats, not just 1, under PR in the 2019 general election!
- 5. --- are the 2nd biggest party in Northern Ireland in terms of Commons seats, but the biggest in the Northern Ireland Assembly. --- are a Republican party historically linked to the terrorist group the IRA
- 6. The Lib Dems won just 11 seats under the FPTP system in 2019's UK general election, but would have won --- under PR!
- 7. A --- election is when all UK 650 MPs face re-election
- 10. Labour is the main --- party in the UK parliament with 202 seats, well behind the Tories' 365 but far ahead of the 3rd biggest party: the SNP has 48 Commons seats.
- 11. Sir Keir --- is the leader of the Labour Party. He has moved Labour to the right since taking over from Jeremy Corbyn
- 13. First-past-the---- is used to elect MPs, and is accused of favouring the two big parties, creating a 'two-party system'
- 14. Jeremy --- was the Labour leader for the 2019 general election, when his party lost a lot of seats. Hostility from the right-wing press is seen as a key factor.
- 16. The DUP are the biggest unionist party in Northern Ireland, having replaced the --- Unionist Party (UUP) as the favoured party of the pro-British (mainly Protestant) voters
- 20. The Conservatives announced in September 2020 that they would break international law and ignore parts of the deal they signed with the EU. Many say this will lead to a --- border in Ireland, and the risk of armed conflict.