citizenship question:how many MPs does the UK parliament hav

[rogerroger]

Hello

How many MPs does the UK parliament have?
ok i can find it out by doing a google, but more importantly this is not to be found in chapters 2,3 or 4(at least i dont remmeber seeing it there), does this mean this question or other questions which is supposedly common knowledge can be asked?

i have come across and memorised the following numbers
welsh assembly: 60
scottish parliament: 129
stormont(is it still called stormont): 108

or maybe the scots have 108 and the irish 129

[Chess]

they are around 350 to 400 MPs....I have not googled this but based on my recollection of the 2005 campains


Is this a 'multiple choice question' ? then one would have to use 'common sense'

[Kayalami]

With respect can I suggest you direct matters/posts on the test to the existing sticky else there may be a multitude of queries on this scattered across multiple pages of the forum. Let me know if this is agreeable or otherwise as I intend to lock this post. Thank you for your understanding.

[John]

How many MPs? Currently 647. The number varies a bit from time to time as boundary changes take effect.

Their parties? Details on this webpage.

Lots more information on that Parliament website.

[rogerroger]

kayalami, i will direct questions to the exisiting stickey

i just thought that each question might become an individual thread, and if there are a host of questions, the existing stickey might become to big


john, i check the link out, the count is 646, my question is since this information is not in the book (at least i have not been able to locate it), can i be quizzed on it or any other "obvious" information in the quiz?

anybody out there who has given the test, can they say if the questions are all from chapeters 2,3,4

[John]

Roger, 647? 646? That is weird! Earlier today I rechecked my addition before posting! But I agree that the current numbers add up to 646. Has an MP died?

I think the book does not have the exact number because it does vary. I recollect that in the last Parliament, before the General Election in May, there were 651 MPs. But it would be helpful for the book to give some idea.