27. the importance of general elections General elections are very important in the western democracy According to the author, they provide opportunities for people to influence future government policies and to rep lace those incompetent political leaders 28. the formation ofthe government 651 members of parliament are elected in the general election representing 651 constituencies in the UK. The party which holds a majority of those"seats in parliament forms the government, with its party leader as the Prime minister 29. vote of no confidence This refers to a statement put forward by an MP--- usually a member of an opposition party--- for the House of Commons to vote on say ing that"This house no longer has confidence in the Government. If the government loses a"vote of no confidence" in the House of Commons, that is, if a majority of MPs agree, then it has effectively lost its ability to govern and is forced to resign and call a general election. An example of this happened in 1979 with the labour government 30. theelectoral campaigns Before a general election, the political parties would start their electoral campaigns in order to make their ideologies and policies27. the importance of general elections General elections are very important in the western democracy. According to the author, they provide opportunities for people to influence future government policies and to replace those incompetent political leaders. 28. the formation of the government 651 members of parliament are elected in the general election representing 651 constituencies in the UK. The party which holds a majority of those “seats” in parliament forms the government, with its party leader as the Prime Minister. 29. vote of no confidence This refers to a statement put forward by an MP--- usually a member of an opposition party--- for the House of Commons to vote on saying that “This house no longer has confidence in the Government”. If the government loses a “vote of no confidence” in the House of Commons, that is, if a majority of MPs agree, then it has effectively lost its ability to govern and is forced to resign and call a general election. An example of this happened in 1979 with the Labour government. 30. the electoral campaigns Before a general election, the political parties would start their electoral campaigns in order to make their ideologies and policies