UK Electoral System

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Course Outline

  1. Constitutional Foundations and Participation
  2. First Past the Post
  3. Universal Adult Suffrage
  4. Voting and Candidacy Qualifications
  5. Electoral Institutions and Constituencies
  6. Elections, By-elections and Reform
  7. Alternative Electoral Systems
  8. Proportional and Mixed Systems
  9. Referendums and Parliamentary Sovereignty

Key Dates

  1. 1868Chorlton v Lings rejected the argument that the Representation of the People Act 1867 gave women the right to vote
  2. 1918The Representation of the People Act enfranchised all men in parliamentary elections and women over 30 who were local government electors or wives of local government electors
  3. 1948The Representation of the People Act finally achieved a full franchise based on equality and the principle of one person, one vote
  4. 5 May 2011The UK referendum recorded 32% in favour of the alternative vote and 68% against it
  5. 2016The United Kingdom held a Brexit referendum

1. Constitutional Foundations and Participation

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1. What does constitutionalism require regarding governmental power?

2. What does constitutional law primarily regulate within a state's legal and political framework?

3. What does universal adult suffrage enable the adult electorate to do?

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What is constitutional law?

A supreme law governing legal rules and political power, including its own change.

Constitutional law

Governs the legal and political structure

What does universal adult suffrage mean?

The adult electorate grants governing power and can hold government accountable with few limits.

Constitutionalism

Government limited by a constitution

What is the First-past-the-post electoral system?

The candidate with the most votes in a single-member constituency wins without an absolute majority.

Universal adult suffrage

All adults can vote, with some restrictions

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