House of Commons

American  

noun

1. the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.

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House of Commons British  

noun

1. (in Britain, Canada, etc) the lower chamber of Parliament

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House of Commons Cultural  

1. The lower house of the parliament of Britain. It includes representatives from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, all elected by the people. It is more powerful than the House of Lords, the upper house of parliament. The leader of the ruling party in the House of Commons is the prime minister of Britain; the prime minister chooses a cabinet composed mainly of members of the House of Commons. (Compare House of Lords.)

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House of Commons

In the UK, prime ministers are not directly elected, unlike US or French presidents - they are the leaders of the party with the most MPs in the House of Commons.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Ipsa said responsibility for security funding passed to the House of Commons in April 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The party's comfortable majority in the 650-seat House of Commons means he will automatically become the next prime minister.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

A House of Commons spokesperson said: "The ability of members and their staff to perform their parliamentary duties safely, both on and off the estate, is fundamental to our democracy."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

In 1807 a bill to ban all English involvement in slave trading passed the House of Commons, then the House of Lords.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson