Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Lords House of Commons
Sovereign	Monarch of the United Kingdom
Leadership
Monarch	Robert since 16 October 2022
Lord Speaker	The Earl harrison_nw of Liverpool
Commons Speaker	TheBritishUnion since 18 March 2023
Prime Minister	benjaminhenley, Conservative since 12 March 2023
Leader of the Opposition	MasunOCathain, Labour since 28 February 2023
Structure
Seats	House of Lords: 25 House of Commons: 50
House of Lords political groups	Chamber Leadership   Lord Speaker (1)   Deputy Speaker (1) Lords Spiritual   Bishops (1) HM Government   Conservative (3) HM Most Loyal Opposition   Labour (3) Other groups   High Tory (2) Crossbench   Crossbenchers (15)
House of Commons political groups	Presiding officers   Speaker (1) HM Government (28)   Conservative (28) HM Most Loyal Opposition (16)   Labour (16) Other opposition (5)   UK First (5)
Elections
House of Commons last election	11 March 2023
House of Commons next election	On or before 13 May 2023
Meeting place
Palace of Westminster London United Kingdom

Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK. Parliament is bicameral but has three parts, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. In theory, the Crown normally acts on the advice of the prime minister, and the powers of the House of Lords are limited to only delaying legislation; thus power is de facto vested in the House of Commons.