英国政党.ppt

BritishPolitical Parties,British Political Parties,The United Kingdom has traditionally had a dominant two party system, and all national governments since the 1920s have been led by either the Labour Party or the Conservative Party, but the third largest party, the Liberal Democrats, currently hold over 9% of the seatsin the Commons. These three main parties operate throughout Great Britain, but hardly at all in the other part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland. There, even more than in Scotland and Wales, local political parties are important, but such parties are much less significant in England.,Three dominant Political Parties,The Labor Party 工党 The Conservative Party 保守党 The Liberal Democrats 自由民主党,Other parties,The Labour Party, formed in late 17th century, current party leader is Gordon Brown, the present Prime Minister, since 2007,The Conservative Party,formed in late 17th century, current party leader is David Cameron, the Leader of the Opposition, since 2005,The Liberal Democrats, formed in 1988, the current party leader is Nick Clegg, since 2007,Logo of labour party,Logo of Conservative party,Logo of Liberal Democrats,Election,A general election is held every 5 years in the 646 constituencies of Britain. The candidate who wins the most votes in each constituency becomes a Member of Parliament (MP). Each party has a local organization in the constituency whose main task is to choose the candidate and help them win. The party which wins over half of the constituencies is the majority in the House of Commons, therefore forming the new government,David Cameron Conservative Party,Nicholas William Peter Liberal Democrats Party,James Gordon Brown Labour Party,Leaders of the three parties,Leader of the Labour Party,James Gordon Brown He is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He took office on 27 June 2007, three days after becoming leader of the Labor Party. Prior to this he served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007, becoming the United Kingdoms longest serving Chancellor. .,Leader of the Conservative Party,David Cameron He is the First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. At the age of 43, Cameron became the youngest British Prime Minister.,Leader of the Liberal Democrats,Nicholas William Peter He is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government1 of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. Clegg is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam.,Thank you!,