page_title: Politics of England
section_title: England in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Politics of England / England in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Parliament of the United Kingdom with the Millenium Wheel in the background.
context_page_description: The Politics of England forms the major part of the wider politics of the United Kingdom, with England being more populous than all the other countries of the United Kingdom put together. As England is also by far the largest in terms of area and GDP, its relationship to the UK is somewhat different from that of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The English capital London is also the capital of the UK, and English is the dominant language of the UK. Dicey and Morris list the separate states in the British Islands. "England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark.... is a separate country in the sense of the conflict of laws, though not one of them is a State known to public international law." But this may be varied by statute.
  The United Kingdom is one state for the purposes of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882. Great Britain is a single state for the purposes of the Companies Act 1985. Traditionally authors referred to the legal unit or state of England and Wales as "England" although this usage is becoming politically unacceptable in the last few decades.
context_section_description: The Parliament of the United Kingdom is located at Westminster in London.
caption: Parliament, with the London Eye visible in the background.
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