Politics and Democracy in the UK

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A temporary ___ in a ___ place which people enter to cast their votes (12)
  2. 7. An official written record of names or events or transactions (8)
  3. 9. A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image (14)
  4. 10. Government in which people vote for their leaders (9)
  5. 13. A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900 (6)
  6. 15. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (8)

Down

  1. 1. A politician who is running for public office (9)
  2. 2. The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom (13)
  3. 3. One of the quantities in a mathematical ___ (12)
  4. 4. The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest (5)
  5. 5. The action of ___ something that you disapprove or disagree with (10)
  6. 6. The lower ___ of the British parliament (14)
  7. 8. A person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas (plural) (13)
  8. 11. A vote to select the winner of a position or political office (8)
  9. 12. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (8)
  10. 14. A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative (4)