The British Royals Message Board: Re: HM's Administration

Very interesting. Thanks for the explanation.
But following it, Sunak’s , Truss’s and Johnson’s are the same Govt., but different administrations. Is that correct?
When Johnson became PM after May’s resignation, he did not form a new Govt., but did he after winning the elections? Or formulating it differently. If the same party which is in Govt. wins a general election, does the PM resign and is appointed again or not? That is what happens in Spain. The Govt. remains only as acting Govt. after a general election and the King has to appoint a new candidate, even if the same party has won and the candidate is the same one.

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Surprised to read that King Charles asked Mr Sunak to form "a new administration". I always thought the actual formula was asking "to form a Government in my name". And, in the Queen's Speech, the late Queen always referred to "my Government".
Does it mean tbat HM's Government is now HM's Administration? I knew Administration is used in the US as equivalent to Govt, but not in the UK or other European countries. In my country Government and Administation are different concepts.

Say the UK was to have a General Election next week and the Conservatives lost to Labour. The current Prime Minister would resign, along with the Conservative Government and the Labour leader would be invited by the King to become Prime Minister and form a new Government.

In our current scenario we have a Government who are still in power and hold the adminstration of running the country. If a Prime Minister chooses to resign when their administration has an overall majority (as in 2022 – twice), it is for the party or parties in government (and their members) to identify who can be chosen as the successor. The Prime Minister only formally resigns and recommends a successor to the Monarch once this process is over.

See Link from the UK Parliament site: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/how-is-a-prime-minister-appointed/