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Language English
Category English
Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 31.05.2017 / 01.06.2017
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a constituency

a district that send an MP to Parliament ( or its residents) 

a candidate 

someone who offers himself/herself for election 

 

 

a Memper of Paliament

someone elected to represent his/her constituents

the electorate

all qualified voters

a by-election

when one particular constituency votes for a new MP

a general election

when all MP's are replaced or re-elected

a ballot box

the container in which you put your vote

a polling station

the building where you go to cast your vote 

the Opposition

the largest party in Parliament which is not part of the Government

a majority 

the number of votes/seats by which a candidate/party wins an election

life expectancy 

Lebenserwartung

welfare state

Sozialstaat

health insurance 

Krankenversicherung

House of Lords 

second parliament chamber

operate 

on sb.

House of Commons

supreme legislative authority in the UK

the cabinet

PM and others

put down

einschläfern

wear off

stop being effective

come round/to

become conscious

bring on

cause

come down with

start to suffer from 

cut down on 

do less of

benefit

from sth

conservatives

Tories

labour party

workers party

ward / clinic

Spitalsstation / Klinik

fever / rash

Fieber / Ausschlag

injection

have an injection for