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1、Chapter Ten,Political Parties and Election of Britain,Development of Parties The Conservative Party The Labor Party The Liberal Party The Election,Contents,Political parties,Two party system,Government,the Opposition,The Major Parties,The Labor Party Gordon Brown The Prime Minister,The Conservative

2、Party David Cameron Leader of the Opposition,The Social and Liberal Democrats,Development of Parties,Prior to the mid-19th Between the mid 19th century and 1920s Post 1920s,Prior to the mid-19th,Between the mid 19th century and 1920s,The Tories,The Whigs,the Conservative Party (保守党),the Liberal Part

3、y (自由党),Post 1920s,2020/8/3,8,The Labor Party (工党),Alliance between the trades unions and various socialist societies,The Liberal Democrats (自由民主党),Liberal Party declined and merged with the Social Democrats,replaced the liberal party as a major Party,The Conservative Party,History Leader feature,lo

4、go,History,The Tory Party (from the late 17th and early 19th Centuries) Public membership: the largest History: the oldest Election victories: the most successful in British history The most successful political party in the world.,2020/8/3,10,2020/8/3,11,David Cameron,Conservative Headquarters,Lead

5、er,the major right-wing party in Britain supported by middle or up classes such as landowners, businessmen and nobles representing the interests of the monopoly bourgeoisie and aristocracies supporting free enterprise and opposed to nationalization and to extending social services,Features,The Labor

6、 Party,History Leader Feature,logo,History,Grew out of the trade union movement and socialist political parties of the 19th century Founded in 1900 and took the name in 1906 The first political party in Great Britain to stand for the representation of the low-paid working class In power in the whole

7、 country since 1997 under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown,2020/8/3,14,Leader,2020/8/3,15,Gordon Brown,Headquarters,Features,The principal left party in England, Scotland and Wales since the 1920s representing the interests of the working class as against the interests of the employers in favor of nation

8、alization as key industries Its policies are connected with those of the trade union movement.,2020/8/3,16,Liberal Democrats - A merger,History Leader,Logo,the third largest party in Britain since 1922 In 1981, formed alliance with the social Democratic Party and the party was strengthened.,2020/8/3

9、,18,History,Nicholas Clegg,2020/8/3,19,Leader,General Election in UK,Time: every five years Eligibility to vote and to be a candidate Constituency Processes,Eligibility to vote and to be a candidate,candidate,a citizen of the UK,legally resident in the UK,on the electoral register,18 or over on the

10、date of the election,Exclusion,Exclusions,member of the House of Lords the imprisoned for a criminal offence the mentally incapable of making a reasoned judgment the undischarged bankrupt the convict of corrupt or illegal practices in connection with an election within the previous five years,Consti

11、tuency (选区): the electoral area,646 constituencies a constituency of approximately 74,000 registered voters several candidates in a constituency, but only one wins by the simple majority of votes.,Processes,The election is held by secret ballot. Each voter goes to a particular voting station on the election day to cast his vote. The candidate who wins the most votes in each constituency becomes a Member of Parliame