Politics: UK Politics: Democracy: Potential Reform

Replace HoL with Elected Chamber: Advantages

- It would remove elected, unaccountable body from UK democratic process
- Unbias and give professional opinions

Replace HoL with Elected Chamber: Disavantages

- Cause greater rivalry with HoC leading to gridlock
- Expertise of Lords could be lost

Replace First Past the Post Electoral System with a more Proportional One: Advantages

- Remove negative features of FPTP such as: Safe seats and government with minority seats

Replace First Past the Post Electoral System with a more Proportional One: Disadvantages

- PR systems make coalitions more likely and harder to hold account.
- These systems are also more complex

Codify the UK Constitutions (written like the US one): Advantages

- Clarify the process of UK political system and provide higher law that would be entrenched rather than flexible of the current codified constitution

Codify the UK Constitutions (written like the US one): Disadvantages

- Might prove too rigid
- Raise questions over location of sovereignty
- Give a lot of power to unelected judges

A Devolved English Parliament to Equalise Devolution: Advantages

- Create more equal level of representation across the UK and deal with "West Lothian" questions

A Devolved English Parliament to Equalise Devolution: Disadvantages

- England is too large of a siege entity to work within a devolved system, regional devolution has so far been rejected (North East)

Introduce State Party Funding: Advantages

- Allow Politicians to focus on their main job rather than fundraising.
- May reduce influence of powerful donors

Introduce State Party Funding: Disadvantages

- The process of fundraising helps keep politicians and parties connected to voters
- Should the taxpayers money be used for this ?

Introduce Compulsory Voting: Advantages

- Increase election turnout
- Improving legitimacy

Introduce Compulsory Voting: Disadvantages

- Forcing people to vote may not improve public engagement in politics
- Must we also have the right not to vote ?