In article >,
says...
>
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:58:39 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> >says...
> >> Thanks, Cindy. In our case ... each area has a choice of candidates from
> >> different parties. The party that wins the most candidates overall, becomes
> >> the government and the leader of that party becomes the Prime Minister. If
> >> the Prime Minister resigns for any reason, as was our case after PM David
> >> Cameron lost the referendum on Brexit, the members of parliament of the
> >> governing party vote for a new leader who then becomes Prime Minister, so
> >> our voters don't actually vote for or elect our head of government at all!
> >
> > That is not quite true. The general electorate don't vote directly
> >for the Prime Minister, but ordinary party members of each party do when
> >they elect their party's leader (from a panel of candidates selected by
> >their party's MP's)
> >
> >The membership-elected leader of the majority party becomes Prime
> >Minister.
> >
> > The Labour Party's ordinary LP members, have just re-elected Jeremy
> >Corbyn as their leader and shadow Prime Minister. Theresa May would
> >have been elected PM by the general membership of the Conservative
> >Party, but the other final-ballot PM candidate withdrew at the last
> >minute.
> >
> >
> > Janet.
> >
> >
> But it still means May was not 'elected' by the people in general.

The current rules for electing the leader of the Conservative Party
were introduced in 1998. The system gives every member of the
Conservative Party a say in the election of the leader. In brief, the
election system consists of two stages:
? Conservative Members of Parliament select a choice of two
candidates to present to the membership of the whole Party
? Party members vote, on a "one member one vote" basis, for their
preferred candidate from a shortlist of two.

The previous PM, David Cameron, was elected as PM that way, by
ordinary voters.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/david-...-after-brexit-
referendum-next-prime-minister-will-be-chosen-by-party-activists-2016-6

The current Leader of the Labour Party was elected by ordinary
voters (he would be PM if Labour won a General Election).


Janet UK