House of Commons

The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled
72nd Parliament
Logo used to represent the House of Commons
Flag of the House of Commons
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Leadership
Speaker	TheBritishUnion since 18 March 2023
Chairman of Ways and Means	ScriptedSid, Labour since 16 December 2022
Prime Minister	benjaminhenley, Conservative since 12 March 2023
Leader of the House	Marcus_Stuyvesant, Conservative since 12 March 2023
Government Chief Whip	Marcus_Stuyvesant, Conservative since 12 March 2023
Leader of the Opposition	MasunOCathain, Labour since 28 February 2023
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	HM Government (28)   Conservative (28) HM Most Loyal Opposition (16)   Labour (16) Other opposition (5)   UK First (5) Presiding officers   Speaker (1)
Length of term	Up to 2 months
Elections
Voting system	Webster/Sainte-Laguë
Last election	12 March 2023
Next election	No later than 13 May 2023

The House of Commons is the lower house of Parliament. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 50 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). In elections, citizens vote for a party, seats are allocated using the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method, and parties appoint people to the seats they've won.