Westminster system

GPTKB entity

Statements (69)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government
gptkbp:characterizedBy ceremonial head of state
responsible government
opposition party
parliamentary sovereignty
bicameral or unicameral legislature
cabinet collective responsibility
prime minister as head of government
gptkbp:hasFeature gptkb:Cabinet
gptkb:Speaker_of_the_House
impeachment
parliamentary privilege
general elections
dissolution of parliament
ministerial responsibility
first-past-the-post voting (in some countries)
fusion of powers
monarch or president as head of state
question time
government formed by party with majority in lower house
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Westminster system
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Parliament_Acts
gptkb:Magna_Carta
gptkb:Bill_of_Rights_1689
gptkb:Acts_of_Union
British constitutional law
constitutional conventions
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Palace_of_Westminster
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Bahamas
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Belize
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:India
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Malta
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cabinet_collective_responsibility
gptkb:State_Opening_of_Parliament
gptkb:The_Prime_Minister
gptkb:UK_Government
gptkb:Cabinet_of_Ministers
gptkb:Crown-in-Parliament
gptkb:Opposition_(UK)
gptkb:BNA_Act
gptkb:Constitution_of_Canada
gptkb:Canadian_Crown
gptkb:impeachment
gptkb:New_Zealand_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5