Noswaith dda.

I enjoyed running my last election as Commons Speaker, even if my availability was not the best for some of it.

Issues thread may be found here and I encourage people to leave feedback there.

Without further ado, negotiations may last until Monday 11th March at 10pm GMT. Any coalitions, either for Government or Official Opposition, must be modmailed to r/MHoCQuad before this deadline. In the event no one submits, each party by order of size will be asked if they wish to form a government.

The Current House of Commons

Solidarity: 48

Liberal Democrats - 39

Labour Party: 33

Conservatives - 29

British Alternative - 1 (Independent Grouping)

/u/model-willem - South East (List)

Full results can be found on this spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y16iEQFvPm0DP5c81YgVSmw2FoARWmflwzWCNV3f5qc/edit?usp=sharing

The rules for forming Government and Official Opposition are:

Forming a Government

The largest grouping of MPs in either a coalition or a single party will be invited to form a government. Once formed, the coalition (or party) must submit a King's Speech, by Monday 18th March at 10PM GMT. (or sooner), outlining their legislative agenda before any business can proceed. The submitted King's Speech shall not proceed to a vote in either House. If the largest coalition fails to submit a King's Speech, or the coalition falls apart, then the second largest coalition is invited to form a government.

Once formed, a government can only be removed by one third of the MPs that are members of the government leaving it, or by a Vote of No Confidence (which cannot happen until after a 4 week grace period).

Forming The Official Opposition

The second largest other grouping of MPs in either a coalition or a single party will be invited to form The Official Opposition. If they decline to form The Official Opposition, the next largest grouping will be invited to.

Supply and Confidence

• Supply and Confidence counts towards numbers, including no of parties as per the constitution, for forming a Government.
• To do so, a party must submit a modmail along the lines of "We support X coalition as Supply and Confidence" during the coalition forming period.
• Non-government parties may not have members in the Cabinet.
• If there is a tie between two potential governments/coalitions, coalition MPs take precedence over Supply and Confidence MPs, for example:
• a 45 seat coalition beats a 40 seat coalition 5 seat S&C
• but a 40 seat coalition 5 seat S&C beats a 44 seat coalition
• If there is still a tie (e.g. 40 5 vs 40 5), the tie shall be broken by number of votes won at the last General Election

Submitting MPs

Part of the reforms meant that a member can hold multiple seats, at a maximum of 3 seats. You will need to modmail your seat allocation to r /MHoC, including the seat preference of which you want to be listed as:

An example is given below:

/u/Sir-Iceman - Thames Valley - 3 seats

/u/Zakian3000 - Scotland (List) - 2 seats

/u/lily-irl - Essex- 1 seat

The official Government and Opposition subreddits which will be used are: r/DowningStreet and r/MillbankTower.