Parliament of the United Kingdom

Houses of Parliament

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the heart of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the historic Westminster Abbey and the government buildings of Whitehall and Downing Street. The palace has status as a royal residence for ceremonial purposes.

The Palace of Westminster

The House of Commons

The House of Lords

The Palace is one of the centres of political life in the United Kingdom; "Westminster" has become a metonym for the UK Parliament, and the Westminster system of government has taken its name after it. The Clock Tower's fame has surpassed that of the Palace itself. The structure known as "Big Ben", the heaviest of the five bells it houses, is an iconic landmark of London and the United Kingdom in general, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city and an emblem of parliamentary democracy.

The House of Lords closed its doors, although most of the prior Lords remain with their titles, they do not perform any of their previous duties.

The House of Commons is the United Kingdom's name for eRepublik's Congress, reflecting the politics of the actual United Kingdom. The United Kingdom's Congress members are referred to as Members of Parliament (MP), but have no in-game differences to other nations,

Parliamentary elections are held in the United Kingdom on the twenty fifth day of each month, as in all of eRepublik.

Layout of the House of Commons

*The Headless Chicken indicates empty seats. This could be due to either a region being conquered before the Congressional Election or a member resigning once elected.

Members of The House of Commons

Following is a list of congress when last updated. Candidates struck out have resigned their seats this term.

East Midlands Citizen Party Votes France

East of England Citizen Party Votes France

London Citizen Party Votes France

North East of England Citizen Party Votes Canada

North West of England Citizen Party Votes Canada

Northern Ireland Citizen Party Votes United Kingdom

Scotland Citizen Party Votes Ireland

South East of England Citizen Party Votes France

South West of England Citizen Party Votes France

Wales Citizen Party Votes Canada

West Midlands Citizen Party Votes Canada

Yorkshire & Humberside Citizen Party Votes Canada

Congress Results

2008

October 2008
Parties		Seats	Seats %
	United Kingdom Reform Party	11	28.2
	The Unity Party	9	23.1
	People's Communist Party	8	20.5
	United Belgian Party	7	17.9
	LT-United	4	10.3

November 2008
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	-1	29.4
	The Unity Party	9	0	26.5
	People's Communist Party	8	0	23.5
	United Belgian Party	5	-2	14.7
	LT-United	2	-2	5.9

December 2008
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %
	The Unity Party	11	+2	27.5
	United Kingdom Reform Party	11	+1	27.5
	People's Communist Party	8	0	20
	United Belgian Party	7	-2	17.5
	Movement for Democratic Unity	3	+3	7.5

2009

January 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %
	The Unity Party	10	-1	26.3
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	-1	26.3
	People's Communist Party	9	+1	23.7
	Movement for Democratic Unity	8	+5	21.1
	LT-United	1	+1	2.6

February 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %
	The Unity Party	12	+2	30.0
	United Kingdom Reform Party	11	+1	27.5
	People's Communist Party	8	-1	22.5
	Movement for Democratic Unity	5	-3	12.5
	Free-Thinking Party	4	+4	10.0	0	-1	0.0

March 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %
	United Kingdom Reform Party	12	+1	30.0	28.9
	The Unity Party	11	-1	27.5	30.8
	People's Communist Party	9	+1	22.5	22.7
	Movement for Democratic Unity	4	-1	10.0	9.7
	Free-Thinking Party	4	0	10.0	7.9

April 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	14	+2	35.0	253	36.5	+7.6%
	The Unity Party	12	+1	30.0	205	29.5	-1.3%
	People's Communist Party	8	-1	20.0	139	20.0	-2.7%
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	4	0	10.0	66	9.5	+1.8
	Forward Britain!	2	-2	5.0	31	4.5	-5.2%
Total					694

May 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	14	0	35.0	300	33.7	-2.8
	People's Communist Party	12	+4	30.0	218	24.5	+4.5
	The Unity Party	9	-3	22.5	249	28	-1.5
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	3	-1	7.5	69	7.8	-1.7
	Forward Britain!	2	0	5.0	53	6.0	+1.5
Total						889	+195

June 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	13	-1	32.5	310	30.2	-3.6
	The Unity Party	11	+1	27.5	271	26.4	-1.6
	People's Communist Party	10	-2	25.0	228	22.2	-2.3
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	5	+2	12.5	114	11.1	+3.3
	The British Empire Party	1	+1	2.5	104	10.1	+10.1
Total						1027	+138

July 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	18	+7	39.1	304	35.1	+8.7
	United Kingdom Reform Party	14	+1	30.4	263	30.3	+0.1
	People's Communist Party	8	-2	17.3	140	16.1	-6.1
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	4	-1	8.7	97	11.2	+0.1
	The British Empire Party	2	+1	4.3	63	7.3	-2.8
Total						867	-160

August 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	12	-6	30.0	362	29.5	-5.6
	United Kingdom Reform Party	9	-5	22.5	321	26.2	-4.1
	People's Communist Party	7	-1	17.5	207	16.9	+0.8
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	7	+3	17.5	192	15.7	+4.5
	The British Empire Party	5	+3	12.5	144	11.8	+4.5
Total						1226	+359

November 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	14	+5	35	435	31.4	+5.2
	The Unity Party	12	0	30.0	397	28.7	-0.8
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	4	-3	10	216	15.6	-0.1
	The British Empire Party	4	-1	10	175	12.6	+0.8
	People's Communist Party	3	-4	7.5	160	11.5	-5.4
Total						1383	+157

December 2009
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	13	-1	33.33	281	26.1	-5.3
	The Unity Party	10	-2	25.64	266	24.7	-4
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	10	+6	25.64	238	22.1	+6.5
	People's Communist Party	4	+1	10.26	128	11.9	+0.4
	The British Empire Party	3	-1	7.69	134	12.4	-0.4
Total						1073	-310

2010

January 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	17	+6	37.21	383	28.3	+3.6
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	11	+1	25.58	289	21.3	-0.8
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	-3	23.26	371	27.4	+1.3
	People's Communist Party	4	0	9.3	151	11.1	-0.8
	The British Empire Party	1	-2	4.65	161	11.9	-0.5
Total						1355	+282

February 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	19	+2	47.5	306	28.5	+0.2
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	0	25	362	33.8	+6.4
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	6	-4	15	182	16.9	-4.4
	People's Communist Party	4	0	10	127	11.8	+0.7
	The British Empire Party	1	0	2.25	91	8.4	-3.5
Total						1072	-283

March 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	18	-1	45.0	289	42.9%	+14.4
	United Kingdom Reform Party	7	-3	17.5	240	35.6%	+1.8
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	7	+1	17.5	168	24.9%	+8
	People's Communist Party	6	+2	15.0	112	16.6%	+4.8
	British Empire Party	2	+1	5.0	117	17.4%	+9
Total						674	-398

April 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	17	-1	42.5	361	30.9	-9.6
	United Kingdom Reform Party	12	+5	30	360	30.8	+3.4
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	7	0	17.5	192	16.4	+3
	People's Communist Party	2	-4	5	163	13.9	+0.5
	The Real Spamicans	2	0	5	94	8.0	+1.6
Total						1170	+496

May 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	16	-1	40	480	41.1%	+10.2
	United Kingdom Reform Party	7	-5	17.5	276	23.7%	-7.1
	People's Communist Party	8	+6	20	222	19%	+5.1
	Spectrum	5	-2	12.5	131	11.2%	-5.2
	Social Democratic Party	4	-	10	143	12.2%	+12.2
Total						1167	-3

June 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	9	-7	47.63	271	35.6%	-5.5
	United Kingdom Reform Party	5	-5	17.5	213	28%	+4.3
	Social Democratic Party	2	-2	10	102	13.4%	+1.2
	People's Communist Party	2	-6	20	90	11.8%	-7.2
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	1	-4	5.88	96	12.6%	+1.4
Total						761	-406

July 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	11	+2	27.5	191	35.1%	+0.5
	United Kingdom Reform Party	11	+6	27.5	128	23.5%	-4.5
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	9	-4	5.88	96	17.6%	+5
	People's Communist Party	6	+4	82	82	15.1%	+3.3
	Social Democratic Party	3	+1	10	48	8.8%	-4.6
Total						544	-217

August 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	14	+3	34.2	107	27.5%	-7.6
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	-1	24.4	137	35.2%	+11.7
	People's Communist Party	7	+1	17.1	43	11.1%	-4
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	7	-2	17.1	80	20.1%	+2.5
	Social Democratic Party	3	0	7.3	22	5.7%	-8.7
Total						389	-155

September 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	15	+1	41.7	139	37.6%	+10.1
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	0	27.8	122	33%	-2.2
	People's Communist Party	4	-3	11.1	27	7.3%	-3.8
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	4	-3	11.1	60	16.2%	-3.9
	Social Democratic Party	3	0	8.3	22	5.9%	+0.2
Total						370	-19

October 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	20	+5	50	163	44.1%	+6.5
	United Kingdom Reform Party	7	-3	17.5	76	20.1%	-12.9
	People's Communist Party	8	+4	20	57	15.4%	8.1
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	2	-2	5	46	12.4%	-3.8
	British Democratic Party	3	0	7.5	28	7.6%	0
Total						370	0

November 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	8	-12	32	248	40.5%	-3.6
	United Kingdom Reform Party	7	0	28	130	21.2%	+1.1
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	5	+3	20	77	12.6%	+0.2
	British Democratic Party	3	0	12	86	14%	+6.4
	People's Communist Party	2	-6	8	70	11.4%	-4
Total						611	+241

December 2010
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	14	+6	35	147	31%	-9.5
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	+3	25	131	27.6%	+6.5
	British Democratic Party	7	+4	17.5	73	15.4%	+1.4
	People's Communist Party	5	+3	12.5	66	13.9%	+2.5
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	4	-1	10	43	9%	-3.6
Total						474	-137

2011

January 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	18	+4	45	196	36.2%	+5.2
	United Kingdom Reform Party	14	+4	35	181	33.4%	+5.8
	People's Communist Party	4	-1	10	54	10%	-3.9
	British Democratic Party	3	-4	7.5	70	12.9%	-2.5
	Radical Freethinkers Alliance	1	-3	2.5	37	6.8%	-2.2
Total					542		+68

February 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	11	-7	32.35%	220	37.9%	+1.7
	United Kingdom Reform Party	11	-3	32.35%	143	24.7%	-8.7
	Every Single One	6		17.65%	90	15.5%
	British Democratic Party	3	0	8.82%	62	10.7%	-2.2
	People's Communist Party	3	-1	8.82%	64	11.1%	+1.1
Total					579		+37

March 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	16	+5	40%	194	34.6%	+9.9
	The Unity Party	13	+2	32.5%	178	31.7%	-6.2
	Every Single One	8	+2	20%	89	15.9%	+0.04
	British Democratic Party	2	-1	5%	47	8.3%	-2.4
	People's Communist Party	1	-2	2.5%	46	8.2%	-2.9
Total					561		-18

April 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	13	-3	34%	194	34%	-0.6
	The Unity Party	12	-1	31%	178	31%	-0.7
	Every Single One	5	-3	20%	89	15%	-0.9
	United Kingdom Worker's Party	3	+3	5%	47	9%
	People's Communist Party	3	+2	2.5%	46	9%	+0.8
Total					649		+88

May 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	10	-2	29.4%	169	25.5%	-5.5
	United Kingdom Reform Party	8	-5	23.5%	182	27.5%	-6.5
	Every Single One	6	+1	17.6%	121	18.3%	+3.3
	People's Communist Party	5	+2	14.7%	81	12.2%	+3.2
	The Alliance for Power and Prosperity	5	+5	14.7%	109	16.5%
Total					662		+101

June 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	15	+7	42.5%	181	31.6%	+4.1
	The Unity Party	11	+1	25%	167	29.1%	+3.6
	Every Single One	4	-2	22.5%	97	16.9%	-1.4
	The Alliance for Power and Prosperity	2	-3	7.5%	56	9.8%	-6.7
	People's Communist Party	1	-4	2.5%	72	12.6%	+0.4
Total					573		-89

July 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	17	+2	42.5%	233	34.4%	+3.8
	The Unity Party	10	-1	25%	174	25.7%	-3.4
	Every Single One	9	+5	22.5%	151	22.3%	+5.4
	People's Communist Party	3	+2	7.5%	81	12%	-0.6
	The Alliance for Power and Prosperity	1	-1	2.5%	38	5.6?%	-1.1
Total					677		+104

August 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	17	0	50%	262	43.9%	+9.5
	The Unity Party	10	0	29.4%	130	21.8%	-3.9
	Every Single One	5	-4	14.7%	119	19.9%	-2.4
	People's Communist Party	2	-1	5.9%	55	9.2%	-2.8
	The Alliance for Power and Prosperity	0	-1	0%	31	5.2?%	-0.4
Total					597		-80

September 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	14	-3	45.2%	181	32%	-11.9
	The Unity Party	9	-1	29%	180	31.9%	+10.1
	Every Single One	4	-1	12.9%	111	19.6%	-0.3
	People's Communist Party	2	0	6.5%	63	11.2%	+2
	The UK Democratic Party	2	+2	6.5%	30	5.3%
Total					565		-32

October 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	United Kingdom Reform Party	10	-4	29.4%	164	29.3%	-2.7
	The Unity Party	10	+1	29.4%	163	29.2%	-2.7
	Every Single One	9	+5	26.5%	125	22.4%	+2.8
	People's Communist Party	4	+2	11.8%	70	12.5%	+1.3
	The UK Democratic Party	1	-1	2.9%	36	6.5%	+1.2
Total					558		-7

November 2011
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	Every Single One	12	+3	30%	153	25.9%	+3.5
	The Unity Party	11	+1	27.5%	179	30.3%	+1.1
	United Kingdom Reform Party	9	-1	22.5%	123	20.8%	-8.5
	People's Communist Party	4	0	10%	57	9.6%	-2.9
	UK Progression Party	3	+3	7.5%	73	12.4%
	The UK Democratic Party	1	0	2.5%	6	1%	-5.5
Total					591		+33

December 2011
Due to regions being occupied between December 23 and 25 the UK had no effective parliament. The November 2011 Congress was kept on in an advisory capacity.

2012

March 2012
Parties		Seats	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	+/-
	The Unity Party	7	-4	35%	125	30.6%	+0.3
	UK Progression Party	5	+2	25%	103	25.2%	+12.8
	Every Single One	4	-8	20%	86	21.0%	-4.9
	People's Communist Party	2	-2	10%	32	7.8%	-1.8
	United Kingdom Reform Party	1	-8	5%	34	8.3%	-12.5
	Dharma Initiative	1	+1	5%	14	3.4%	+3.4
Total						409	-182

See Also

The House of Lords