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Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.

Parliamentary system

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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral

Bicameral

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IPU membership Current membership status

Yes

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About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name

UK Parliament

Chamber name

House of Commons

Structure & Status of parliament This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.

Lower chamber

Parliamentary term (years)

IPU membership

Affiliation periods

from 1889

IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.

Twelve Plus Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.

Speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker

Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Male)

Year of birth

1957

Term

04.11.2019

Additional information

Elected on 4 Nov. 2019.

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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.

Clerk

Secretary General

John Benger (Male)

Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.

Sworn in on 1 March 2019.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.

650

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Principal mode of designation of members

Directly elected

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Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.

650

Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.

650

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Men

Not available

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Women

Not available

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Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.

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Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.

66,573

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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.

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Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature.

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.

50.50

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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.

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Youngest member

Mhairi Black (Female)

Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.

Oldest member

Dennis Skinner (Male)

Number of members, by age

Breakdown of members by age and gender
	18 - 20	21 - 30	31 - 40	41 - 45	46 - 50	51 - 60	61 - 70	71 - 80	81 - 90	91 and over	Totals per gender
Totals per age interval	1	19	110	111	0	102	205	83	15	3
	Total <= 45: 241				Total >= 46: 408
Male	0	13	69	79	0	71	142	69	12	3	458
Female	1	6	41	32	0	31	63	14	3	0	191

Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewal	Overall	Male	Female
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger	3.08%	2%	1.08%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger	20.03%	12.63%	7.4%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger	37.13%	24.81%	12.33%

Members for whom data is available

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Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.

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Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.

Yes

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Notes

Voluntary political party quotas.

Legal source Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.

Cf. The Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 which allows political parties to select candidates from all-women shortlists. Cf. also individual party statutes.

Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.

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