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Why So Many MP's
Why does a country as small as ours,need over 600 representatives in the House of Commons,yet the United States,as large as it is,only needs 100?
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It is interesting to note that under Article One, Section Two of the Constitution, seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of population and consisting of no more than one member for every 30,000 people.
As the US population increased, this minimum proved untenable (adhering to this mimumum would today fill the House with nearly 10,000 members), and Congress fixed the size of the House at 435 seats in 1911. This currently equates to one member per 680,000 people (approx.).
In comparison the UK House of Commons has 646 members, or one per 93,500 people.
The 100 US Senators act in an equivalent manner to the 726 (!!!) Peers which comprise the House of Lords [link]
No, No. Sorry, folks. Got to correct the mispreception.
The US has TWO legislative houses. The Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate has 100 legislators (two from each state, elected for 6 years) and the House has 435 legislators (according to population within a state, elected for 2 years).
These two legislative houses are separate from each other and there's a lot of behind the scenes bickering .. ah well, pretty boring, really. Important but boring.