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In reply to the discussion: Andrea Leadsom to stand down... [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,230 posts)17. Just read it up:
Under the FTPA, Parliaments fixed five-year term can only be truncated in two ways. First, if more than two thirds of the House of Commons vote to call an election and that means 434 of the 650 MPs, not just two thirds of those in the chamber. The second is more complicated. If a motion of no confidence is passed or there is a failed vote of confidence, there is a 14-day period in which to pass an act of confidence in a new government. If no such vote is passed, a new election must be held, probably a mere 17 working days later.
http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/11067/the-not-so-fixed-term-parliaments-act/
http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/11067/the-not-so-fixed-term-parliaments-act/
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And that, children, is how you choose a Prime Minister in a democracy
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#3
The government can't call a general election without the support of the opposition
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#12
Doesn't mean the governing party can't ask another party to propose a no confidence vote.
mwooldri
Jul 2016
#23
The "truly bizarre" seems to be the PLP's stock-in-trade at the moment ...
non sociopath skin
Jul 2016
#18
OK, Labour's election coordinator has now called for a general election
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#25
In fairness to the oppostion parties; it is something that they have to say
RogueTrooper
Jul 2016
#27
Dunno about a general election. If Labour are still in turmoil, she might, though
LeftishBrit
Jul 2016
#16