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England merupakan sebahagian daripada United Kingdom. England meliputi bahagian selatan Pulau Great Britain dan berkongsi sempadan darat di bahagian utara dengan Scotland dan bahagian barat dengan Wales. England juga dikelilingi oleh laut dan merupakan negara yang mempunyai paling ramai penduduk di UK.

England dinamakan sempena nama Angles, sebuah puak Jerman. England bersama-sama dengan Scotland, Wales dan Ireland Utara membentuk United Kingdom. Bandaraya terbesar England iaitu London ialah ibu negara United Kingdom.As part of the United Kingdom, the basic political system in England is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system.[84] There has not been a Government of England since 1707, when the Acts of Union 1707, putting into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union, joined England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.[63] Before the union England was ruled by its monarch and the Parliament of England. Today England is governed directly by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, although other countries of the United Kingdom have devolved governments.[85] In the House of Commons which is the lower house of the British Parliament based at the Palace of Westminster, there are 532 Members of Parliament (MPs) for constituencies in England, out of the 650 total.[86]

In the United Kingdom general election, 2010 the Conservative Party had won an absolute majority in England's 532 contested seats with 61 seats more than all other parties combined (the Speaker of the House not being counted as a Conservative). However, taking Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales into account this was not enough to secure an overall majority, resulting in a hung parliament.[87] In order to achieve a majority the Conservative party, headed by David Cameron, entered into a coalition agreement with the third largest party, the Liberal Democrats, led by Nick Clegg. Subsequently the Labour Party leader, Gordon Brown was forced to step down as prime minister[88] and

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