House of Assembly of Bermuda

House of Assembly of Bermuda
House of Assembly of Bermuda
12th Modern Bermudian Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Bermuda
History
Founded	1 August 1620 (original unicameral house); 2 June 1968 (modern bicameral Parliament)
Leadership
Speaker	Dennis Lister, PLP ; since 8 September 2017
Deputy Speaker	Derrick Burgess, PLP ; since 8 September 2017
Premier	Edward David Burt, PLP ; since 19 July 2017
Leader of the Opposition	Cole Simons, OBA ; since 2 November 2020
Structure
Seats	36 MPs
House political groups	His Majesty's Government Progressive Labour Party (PLP) (30); His Majesty's Loyal Opposition One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) (6);
Elections
House voting system	First-past-the-post
Last House election	1 October 2020
Meeting place
	The Sessions House, home of the House of Assembly in Hamilton since 1826.
Website
	parliament.bm

The House of Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. The house has 36 Members of Parliament (MPs), elected for a term of five years in single seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. Bermuda now has universal voting with a voting age of 18 years. Voting is non-compulsory. The presiding officer of the House is called the Speaker.

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