politics constitution

What are three features of the UK constitution?

Uncodified flexible and based on multiple sources

What are three advantages of the UK Constitution?

Flexible adaptable and allows gradual political change

What are three disadvantages of the constitution?

Complex unclear and can allow strong executive power

Why did new labour introduce constitutional reforms after 1997?

To modernise institution decentralised power And strength and rights

What did the humans rights act 1998 do?

It incorporated European convention rights into uk law

What happened to hereditary peers under new labour 1999

Most lost their automatic right to sit and vote in the lords reducing the amount of hereditary peers to 92

What did the constitutional reform act 2005 create (Labour did this)

The uk supreme court separating the highest court from the lords

What did fixated term parliament act 2011 do

Normally set a 5 year parliament and restricted the PMs election powers

What is devolution

The transfer of powers from Westminster to elected bodies within the uk

How did the Welsh devolution develop from 1998

1998:mainly administrative 2014:tax powers. 2017: reverse powers and wider fiscal powers

What is pragmatism

Open to change

Coalition government

Government made up of 2 or more parties example 2010 Lib Dems + conservatives

Proportional representation

Percentage of votes that equal percentage of seats

Negative constitutionalism

A codified constitution will limit government

Av referendum 2011

The public rejecting changing the Westminster voting system to alternative vote:67.9% voted no

House of Lords reform bill withdrawn (yk what it is now what’s the date)

2012

Electoral registration and administration act 2013

Introduced individual electoral registration

How long was new labour and coalition gov in power

New labours -13 yrs 1997-2010

Coalition- 5 years (2010-2015)