Complete Clue List
Across
1. Charles Kennedy is an example of one of these (two words)
8. Substance given by puncture of vein (abbr)
9. Term given to MPs who vote against their party's official view
11. The collective term given to the secretaries of state and senior government ministers
13. Keep MPs voting along party lines (pl)
14. Former British prime minister with first name Robert
15. Confused with a rabbit
16. Surname of Prime Minister Gordon
18. Name of the political party that was led by Neil Kinnock and John Smith (UK spelling)
20. The father of the house is generally this
21. There is ___ ___ of debate in Parliament (two words)
22. The prime minister is the elected ___ of the country under the monarch
24. Musical instrument
25. The constituency that Prime Minister Tony Blair represented as an MP
30. A UK constituency, the ___ of Wight
31. Term of approval used in the House of Commons
32. Each MP gets ___ seat in Parliament
35. All parts of the UK are represented by an MP including the Welsh spelling of the village Pyle
37. Northern Ireland (abbr)
38. Muscle cramp, maybe after sitting down on Parliament benches for too long!
40. In 19th century politics, Queen Victoria was empress of this country
41. Surname of Betty, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons
42. A Parliamentary recess takes place at the ___ of a session
Down
1. Prime minister from 1859 to 1865 (two words)
2. It is still possible for MPs to take their oath on the name of this holy book
3. The day before the new year
4. Parliament do this when voting on legislation
5. Throngs
6. Traditionally the mainstream right wing party with leaders such as Margaret Thatcher
7. Many politicans are this when another member of the House of Commons proposes legislation
10. It is inappropriate to do this in Parliament unless it is an oath
12. Associated Press (abbr)
15. Rwandan ethnic group
17. What the 'N' stands for in the political abbreviation BNP
19. Antonym of subtract
20. A word commonly shouted by the Speaker of the House
23. Not an hereditary peer but a ___ peer
26. George Canning did this whilst prime minister
27. Internet country code top-level domain for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (abbr)
28. What the voters do to a candidate they wish to represent them
29. First name of a foreign secretary called Miliband
33. End of pen used to sign legislation perhaps
34. Monarch: ___ Majesty
35. When a government makes a mistake they sometimes have to eat humble ___
36. First name of James Bond author Fleming
38. Administrative officer in a government department perhaps (abbr)
39. His Holiness (abbr)