The electorate
Elects members of the House of Commons at a general election.
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🇬🇧 Formal national power · source bounded
Who selects whom in United Kingdom?
Government is formed through Parliament and remains accountable to it.
Dots are institutions · arrows are sourced powers
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Voters elect the House of Commons; the Monarch formally appoints the person able to command Commons confidence as Prime Minister; Government proposes and administers policy while Parliament authorizes laws and taxes and scrutinizes ministers.
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The dots
Institutions represented on this map.
Each institution below has an attached source. Being listed does not imply an unshown formal relationship.
UK Parliament
The House of Commons and House of Lords make laws, authorize taxes, and scrutinize Government.
The Monarch
Formally appoints the Prime Minister under the constitutional process.
Prime Minister and Government
Runs the country, develops policy, and remains accountable to Parliament.
Evidence and limits
Every line has a source. Every missing layer stays visible.
The map describes formal national relationships only. It does not measure democratic quality, legitimacy, actual compliance, or informal influence.
Official or constitutional source
Parliament and the Government
UK Parliament
- Commons election
- Government formation
- Parliamentary authorization
- ministerial accountability
How is the Prime Minister appointed?
House of Commons Library
- Commons confidence
- formal appointment by the Monarch
- government formation