# Elections and voting explained (UK)

Discover how elections work in the UK and take a closer look at the General Election, exploring: our right to vote, how candidates and parties gain votes and what happens once elected.

If you are a teacher, this animation is a quick and easy way to introduce the General Election with secondary students studying subjects such as Citizenship or Government & Politics.

This is just one chapter of the ‘An Introduction to Parliament’ video.

Find the full video, along with further chapters, such as Parliament’s Structure and Your Voice, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAMbIz3Y2JA

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2014
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: UK Parliament
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elections_and_voting_explained_(UK).webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: UK Parliament
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/69282807?play=1)