Silly question about voting in the election-sorry I'm a wee bit dumb!

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Sorry to ask here; posting for traffic.

I live in an area that is verrrrrry Conservative. Approximately 60% of the population of my (fairly rural) county, voted Conservative in the election in 2015, and it's usually around that figure. (Labour got about 15%, and libdem 6%, UKIP 13%, something like that.)

So here's my question...

When I vote in a GENERAL ELECTION; if I vote for Conservative, am I voting for my local Conservative MP, or for Theresa May directly? And if I vote for Labour, am I voting for my local Labour MP, or Jeremy Corbyn directly?

While I'm here, also (another daft question,) if Corbyn decides he wants to push something through (or May for that matter,) is it true they cannot do it unless the majority of the MP's agree with it? (So like Corbyn couldn't take down Trident like he wants to, unless the majority of his party say yes?)

Please be gentle.

oneiroi Whilst the Supreme court said parliament should vote, ir was one by 8:3, so it was not clear-cut.
the Uk has a written constitution, just not on one bit of paper, but on lots of different bits in different places.

Some of the replies on this thread are appallingly rude. The OP asked a perfectly reasonable question, and she is entitled to civil, informative helpful replies rather than scorn.

We vote for the candidate we want to be our local MP. The person who is elected as the MP then represents the constituency in parliament.

The MP is supposed to represent everyone in the constituency, not just the people who voted for her or him. If your MP is a Tory, you can still contact her for help or advice, or ask her to consider your views if you voted Labour.

Felix, the same place teachers of any other subject come from. The conspicuous absence of the these three core subjects while much subject matter is taught that will be of little practical use to 90% pupils would be bizarre if it wasn't intentional.

Carol the UK has sets of (sometimes contradictory) practices and procedures that have been followed in the past but as you allude to these are, in many cases, vague and unclear and therefore don't constitute what I would understand as a constitution, which would clearly set out rights and processes in one authoritative document that required minimal 'interpretation'.

Excited to see that Rufus27 lives near me...
Hoping for an upset on Thursday. Go Claire!

Agree Bonnie. I think it's takes far more intelligence to ask a question then it does to be snide.

There are many probably simple things that I don't know about or understand, but if you don't ask, you don't learn!

If trident is what is worrying you, JC was outvoted by bis party to not scrap trident. He was over ridden, so it is in the labour manifesto to renew. Jc would not just 'get rid' of trident, but rather wants to work towards a WORLDWIDE scrapping of nuclear weapons.

What's wrong with that?