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- - - - The constitutional right of the PM to call an early election was seen as a tool to manipulate the timing of elections
      - So far, In 2011 Parliament passed the Fixed Terms Parliament Act (FTPA) with the first election under this act being held in 2015. However, both the 2017 and 2019 elections were held early despite the existence of the FTPA
    - - In the new parliament, a government with a large working majority means that backbenchers will have less power than in the 2017–19 session.
      - They will be less able to make creative use of procedures – especially as the new Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has indicated he would not have taken some of the same decisions that his predecessor, John Bercow, did.Was introduced in 2010
      - So far, the reform has given MPs a greater opportunity to shape the parliamentary agenda. Decides the topic for debate on the floor of the Commons and in Westminster Hall for roughly 1 day per week.
        In 2012, the government unilaterally changed the way BBBC members were elected, so that they are now elected within party groups rather than by the whole house. This makes it more difficult for MPs with a record of independence to get on the committee.
    - - The Parliament does not represent the demographic make up of Britain.
      - The link between how popular a party is at the polling booth and how many seats they get in the House of Commons is often weak and unpredictable.
      - Millions of people can support one party and get a single MP, while a few hundred thousand people who support a different party can get ten times as many. This means that the issues that are important in Westminster aren’t the same as the issues the public feels strongly about.
      - When Parliament doesn’t represent public opinion it has a real impact on life in Britain – so is in need of reform to make sure seats match votes to put voters back in control. Also, this means that people who vote for candidates who don’t get elected aren’t represented at all due to the FPTP system which only represents the two major parties.