Part of Oral Answers to Questions — General Election – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 May 1945.
Mr Douglas Clifton Brown
, Hexham
12:00,
29 May 1945
I think I ought to remind the House that we are getting a very long way from the original purpose of this Question, which was the Scottish Education Bill.
In a general election, each constituency chooses an MP to represent it by process of election. The party who wins the most seats in parliament is in power, with its leader becoming Prime Minister and its Ministers/Shadow Ministers making up the new Cabinet. If no party has a majority, this is known as a hung Parliament. The next general election will take place on or before 3rd June 2010.
