Election Specials

Answering all the questions you didn't know you had about the General Election

This series is about how General Elections work in the UK, from start to finish.

1. What are constituencies and where do they come from?
2. The competitive and secretive process of getting your party to select you as a candidate... often before an election is even called!
3. How the PM decides to call an election, how we are told about it, and the frantic rush in Parliament to get ready for it.
4. Parliament brings itself to a close with an ancient and intricate ceremony involving a lot of hats. No, really.
5. Finally getting to how the election actually gets started.
6. What the government is allowed to do during the election campaign.
   
7. What candidates get up to during a campaign, both locally and nationally.
   
8. Polling day!
   
9. A defeated government departs and a victorious new Prime Minister arrives in Downing Street.