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The U.K. Prime Minister is not directly elected by the public. Leadership by parliamentary math.

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Voters elect Members of Parliament, and the Prime Minister is typically the leader who can command a majority in the House of Commons. In practice, that usually means the leader of the largest party or coalition.

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