Using this resource

These slides are designed to be used in pre-teaching vocabulary to

students, to familiarise them with words they may hear on their visit to
Parliament.
They can also be used as posters for class displays.

Words included: democracy, parliament, constituency, Member of

Parliament (MP), Prime Minister, representation, Lords and Baronesses,
legislate, scrutiny.
Democracy
The people of
The United the UK choose
Kingdom who runs the
(UK) is a country and
democracy. makes the laws.

It means
‘power of the
Democracy people’ – all
means that people can be
everyone has a involved.
say in what
happens.
 Parliament The Houses of
Parliament is a
building.
Sometimes it is
called the Palace
of Westminster.

Parliament is made
up of three groups
of people: the
House of
Commons, the
House of Lords and
the Monarch.
 Constituency
A constituency
is a place
where people
live.
Each
constituency
has one person
who represents
them in
Parliament.
The UK is split up
into 650 parts.
Each part is called
a constituency.
 Member of Parliament (MP)
Adults vote for
the person
they want to
be the MP in
their
constituency.
Most MPs are
part of a
political party, a
group with
MP is short for similar ideas.
Member of
Parliament.They
meet in the House
of Commons.
Prime Minister
The leader of
the party with
The Prime the most MPs
Minister is an is the Prime
MP. Minister.

The
government is
120 MPs who
The Prime look after
Minister different areas
chooses and of life.
leads the
government.
Representation
MPs speak up for
their local area
(constituency) in
Parliament.

They go to local
events and help
MPs listen to people who live
people’s ideas in their
and problems. constituency.
Lords and Baronesses Lords and
Baronesses
can be in a
political
party.
Most of them
are chosen
because they
are experts.

They meet
in the House
of Lords.
Legislate
Legislate means to
MPs and Lords
make a law.
debate or discuss
Before an idea
the idea.
becomes a law, it is
called a ‘bill’.

They vote to
decide on the
idea.
Scrutiny
Scrutiny is another
word for checking.

MPs and Lords

A teacher ask each other
might check questions to
your work to scrutinise and
make sure it’s check their
the best it can work.
be.