Chamber of the House of Commons (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 parliament, government
The Chamber of the House of Commons was opened in 1950 after the Victorian chamber had been destroyed in 1941 (architect: Giles Gilbert Scott) is at the northern end of the Palace of Westminster.

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords (the upper house). The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members of Parliament" or MPs. Members are elected, through the first-past-the-post system, by electoral districts known as constituencies, and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved (a maximum of five years).

Official website: www.parliament.uk/commons/index.cfm
Wikipedia article about the HoC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_House_of_Commons
The place is located in Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster#Commons_Chamber
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Coordinates:   51°29'59"N   -0°7'28"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago