I The General Elections Requirements for being a candidate: --Anyone who is eligible to vote can stand as a MP in principle. --Candidates with political backgrounds tend to get more votes than an independent candidate. --People who want to make an impact in national politics must usually join one of the big parties and apply to be chosen as their candidate in one of the constituencies
I The General Elections • Requirements for being a candidate: -- Anyone who is eligible to vote can stand as a MP in principle. -- Candidates with political backgrounds tend to get more votes than an independent candidate. -- People who want to make an impact in national politics must usually join one of the big parties and apply to be chosen as their candidate in one of the constituencies
I The General Elections Procedure of the general elections: --Every one on the "electoral register"gets a voting card in mail with details of when and where to vote. --The political parties get their electoral campaigns,including advertising in newspapers,on TV,door-do-door campaigning and postal deliveries of leaflets. --People go to their stations and take a card with the candidates' names listed on it.Then they put an"X"beside the name of the candidate of their choice and insert it into the sealed box through a slit in the top
I The General Elections • Procedure of the general elections: -- Every one on the “electoral register” gets a voting card in mail with details of when and where to vote. -- The political parties get their electoral campaigns, including advertising in newspapers, on TV, door-do-door campaigning and postal deliveries of leaflets. -- People go to their stations and take a card with the candidates’ names listed on it. Then they put an “X” beside the name of the candidate of their choice and insert it into the sealed box through a slit in the top
The General Elections Browr Fighting for your future Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is joined by his wife Sarah after he gave his final campaign speech to Labour Party supporters in Dumfries,Scotland May 5,2010
The General Elections Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is joined by his wife Sarah after he gave his final campaign speech to Labour Party supporters in Dumfries, Scotland May 5, 2010
The General Elections Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron addressed the final campaign rally in Bristol,southwest England,on May5,2010
The General Elections Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron addressed the final campaign rally in Bristol, southwest England, on May 5, 2010
The General Elections People queued for hours to vote in the 2010 election
The General Elections People queued for hours to vote in the 2010 election