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Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
56th UK Parliament
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Type
Type
Houses House of Lords
House of Commons
Leadership
Elizabeth II
Since 6 February 1952
The Lord Fowler
Since 1 September 2016
John Bercow
Since 22 June 2009
Structure
Seats
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Lords political groups

HM Government

HM Most Loyal Opposition

Crossbench

Other groups

Lords Spiritual

  •      Bishops (26)
    (sits with government)
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Commons political groups

HM Government

HM Most Loyal Opposition

Other Opposition

Speaker

Elections
Commons last election
7 May 2015
Meeting place
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Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Website
www.parliament.uk

HM Government

HM Most Loyal Opposition

Crossbench

Other groups

Lords Spiritual

HM Government

HM Most Loyal Opposition

Other Opposition

Speaker

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories. Its head is the Sovereign of the United Kingdom (currently Queen Elizabeth II) and its seat is the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster, London.

The parliament is bicameral, consisting of an upper house (the House of Lords) and a lower house (the House of Commons). The Sovereign forms the third component of the legislature (the Queen-in-Parliament). The House of Lords includes two different types of members: the Lords Spiritual, consisting of the most senior bishops of the Church of England, and the Lords Temporal, consisting mainly of life peers, appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister, and of 92 hereditary peers, sitting either by virtue of holding a royal office, or by being elected by their fellow hereditary peers. Prior to the opening of the Supreme Court in October 2009, the House of Lords also performed a judicial role through the Law Lords.


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