Across
- 2. passing down power from the centre (Westminster) to a smaller region (eg NI Assembly). The 3 Celtic nations have devolution, with their own national legislatures (Welsh Senedd, Scottish Parliament, NI Assembly) as well as MPs: MS, MSP, MLAs [Member of the Senedd or Scottish parliament or Legislative assembly]
- 4. Are currently the opposition part with Kemi Badenoch leading this party
- 5. Are the current party in power with Keir Starmer as prime minister
- 7. leader of the opposition
- 9. A vote on a single issue usually with yes or no options.(Example)Should UK leave the EU(Brexit ---) Not to be confused with elections where voters vote for parties or political candidates.
- 11. The --- --- are currently the 3rd biggest party in the Commons. In 2010 they went into government as the junior partner in a coalition with the Tories
- 14. It only won 5 seats in the 2024 election but is way ahead in the opinion polls and could become the biggest party at the next general election. Tory MP Danny Kruger defected to ----.
- 16. NI was formed was formed out of the 9-county province of ---. The 3 counties with Catholic majorities were left within the Republic of Ireland 1922, while NI was formed from 6 counties with protestant majorities. Unionists are associated with protestants and believing NI is British. The term is also used in Scotland for parties that oppose Scottish independence.
- 18. The --- are one of the two big nationalist parties in NI. They have a formal link to the Labour Party who do not contest seats in NI for this reason.
- 19. Example: Parties that believe NI should join the Republic of Ireland.
- 20. Not all parties stand for election in every constituency across the UK when there is a general election. For example, the --- only contest seats in Scotland.
- 21. All ministers are this type of MP which reflects where they sit in Parliament
Down
- 1. The biggest of the two NI nationalist parties is --- ---. Uniquely they also contest seats in the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland. They never vote nor speak in the House of Commons as they refuse to swear an oath to the monarch
- 3. Every MP represents a single area (the UK like most democracies has a representative democracy) known as a ---. They have a --- office and are expected to hold regular --- surgeries there that local people can go to to seek help with government agencies.
- 6. They set the budget for all government departments
- 8. An MP who does not have a ministerial position. Labour MPs can be ------ despite their party being in government
- 10. The --- used to be the biggest unionist party in Northern Ireland, but today they have few MPs or MLAs compared to the DUP.
- 12. When no single party wins 326 or more seats (half of 650 +1) to form an overall majority we get a hung parliament which usually leads to a --- being formed between 2 or more parties. We had this in 2010-15 where the LibDems joined the Tories to form a --- --- government.
- 13. The --- are a unionist party. In 2017 they entered into a confidence and supply deal with the Tory PM Theresa May as she lost the Tory majority after that general election.
- 15. The current prime minister
- 17. The most senior ministers plus the PM together form the ---.