"TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER"

Group 9 Cargill High School found out about England's system of Government. Compare it with your own. What are the similarities/differences?

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister
Elected title

LEGISLATURE
Bicameral Legislature
House of Commons 651 members
House of Lords 1036

VOTING QUALIFICATIONS
Universal suffrage for all citizens aged 18 and over

POLITICAL DIVISIONS
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northland Ireland each have separate units of the local government

FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Parliament Monarchy

HEAD OF STATE
Sovereign Hereditary Title

HIGHEST COURTS
House of the Lords
High Court of Justiciary (Scottish Criminal case only)