Part of Oral Answers to Questions — General Election – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 29 Mai 1945.
In a general election, each constituency chooses an MP to represent it by process of election. The party who wins the most seats in parliament is in power, with its leader becoming Prime Minister and its Ministers/Shadow Ministers making up the new Cabinet. If no party has a majority, this is known as a hung Parliament. The next general election will take place on or before 3rd June 2010.
Mr James Maxton
, Glasgow Bridgeton