Word list

The home of the Prime Minister.

The home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The locked box you put your ballot paper in when you have voted.

A piece of paper with a list of candidates. You mark a cross on this paper next to the name of the person you choose.

An election that takes places when an MP leaves their job or dies.

The group that the Prime Minister chooses to run the Government. Each Cabinet minister runs a Government department, for example, the Minister for Health will run the Department for Health.

A campaign means doing different activities to try and make something happen.

Doing different activities to try and make something happen.

A person who wants to represent the people in their area by becoming a politician. They want people in their area to vote for them at an election.

The Cabinet Minister who runs the Treasury.

They work in Government departments but they are not politicians. For example, if a minister needs information about accessible transport, they ask a civil servant who works in the Department of Transport to find it for them.

These are the rules that tell people what they should and should not do.

A group of people who work together to share ideas about something, for example, a committee can get together to look at how people on benefits can work, or bullying in the workplace or at school.

A community is a group of people who live in the same area, or who share similar ideas.

An area represented by a Member of Parliament.

People who live in the area a politician represents.

This is the local government where things are decided about the area you live in.

One of the groups who make decisions in the European Union.

The money people pay to the council for services like rubbish collection, libraries and Social Services.

Local politician.

The system that means we can all have a say in who runs the country and how it is run.

The Government has lots of things to think about, like money, health, education, so to make it easier they set up different offices called departments. For example, the department responsible for people’s health is called the Department for Health.

When someone gets the most votes in an election.

The time when you get to choose a politician to represent you.

An independent group set up by Parliament. They are there to make sure that elections are carried out properly. They make sure people understand it is important to register to vote, and know how to vote.

The list of names of everyone who is allowed to vote.

This usually means nature and the air, the trees, rivers, and land around us. Sometimes we say ‘environment’ to mean everything around us, which can include the buildings and roads people have built on the land.

One of the groups who make decisions in the European Union.

The old name for the European Union.

One of the groups who make decisions in the European Union.

One of the groups who make decisions in the European Union.

A group of 27 countries who have joined together to decide on policies and laws. 

This is the time when people choose Members of Parliament and the Government to help run the country.

Group who help make decisions about what happens in London.

The name for the group of people who are elected to help run the country.

The Government has lots of things to think about, like money, health, education, so to make it easier they set up different offices called departments. For example, the department responsible for people’s health is called the Department for Health.

This is the person who is the head of the country, for example a Queen or a President.

This is where MPs meet and work, where they make speeches, ask questions and make decisions for the whole country.

This is where the Lords or Peers meet and work. Their job is to check what the Government is doing and help decide on new laws.

The place that MPs and Lords meet and work.

These are the things that ALL people are entitled to.

This is something that the law says you should not do. If you do something illegal you can get into trouble with the police.

Not a member of any political party.

Person up for election who is not a member of a political party.

This is a politician who is not a member of a political party.

Head of State in a Monarchy.

Laws are rules that tell people what they should and should not do.

Person in charge.

Person in charge.

Group who are responsible for local services.

They are elected politicians who have the job of running local services.

A local election is when you can vote for your local politicians, called councillors. They make decisions about your local area and local services.

Local politicians are ordinary people who are elected to help make decisions about local services. There are different types of local politician and they are called councillors.

Lords are not chosen by the public and do not get elected. Lords and Peers are people chosen by the prime minister and other political party leaders and given a job by the Queen. This job is to discuss the Government and help to decide on new laws.

A manifesto is often written down and tells people what a political parties main ideas are.

The leader of the Greater London Authority.

MEPs are politicians you can vote for who represent you when it comes to making decisions about the European Union.

Politicians who work in the London Assembly.

A Monarchy means that the Head of State is a Queen, or King.

Your MP is a politician who represents you when it comes to making decisions about things that affect the whole country.

You can vote to choose your MP at a General Election.

This is the political party that comes second in a general election. It is their job to keep an eye on what the Government does, and to say what they would do if they were the Government.

On the internet.

This is where Parliament is based in London, and is the place where important decisions are made about running the whole country.

A type of local politician.

Parliament is made up of groups of people who run the country.

A petition is about a lot of people asking someone important, like the Prime Minister, to do something.

This is a plan of action about how to do something.

This is a group of people who join together because they have similar ideas about things, like how to run the country.

Politicians are ordinary people who decide they want to help run the country. They become politicians by winning an election.

Politics is the name for the way groups of people make decisions about running the country. The people who help make these decisions are called politicians.

Another word for voting.

This is a private place in a polling station, where you vote for someone in an election by putting a cross on a ballot paper.

A card sent to people who are registered to vote. It tells them about when an election is going to happen and where they can go to vote.

This is a place like a school, hall or community centre where an election takes place.

This is a ballot paper that is sent through the post. It means someone can vote at home.

A special polling card that allows someone else to vote for you.

When you ask someone else to vote for you.

A Head of State who is usually elected by the people of that country.

The leader of the Government.

The son of a Queen or King.

The daughter of a Queen or King.

Head of State in a Monarchy.

A vote where you choose an answer to a question rather than a person.

Add a name to a list.

The council has a register which is a list of all the people who can vote in an area. You must fill in a form and tell the council if you want to register to vote.

This means doing something on behalf of someone else.

Someone who acts on another person's behalf.

People who act on others' behalf.

The family of people who can become a Queen or a King.

Tell us what we should or should not do.

A group of people who work for the council and provide services for those who need support.

The name for different meeting places where you can meet your doctor, councillor or MP.

Money that people have to give to the Government. The Government use this money to run the country.

A type of local politician.

Buying, selling or swapping things.

The Government department responsible for the country’s money.

Choosing someone in an election, or choosing an answer to a question.

A local area.