Constitutional
What word describes a constitution collected in one authoritative document?
Codified
Which document did King John agree to in 1215?
Magna Carta
What key word means the right to vote?
Suffrage
Citizens decide policies themselves. What type of democracy is this?
Direct democracy
What did voters need for the first time in the 2024 general elections?
Photo ID
udges develop legal rules through court decisions. Which constitutional source is this?
Common law
Which 1689 document limited royal power and protected Parliament?
Bill of Rights
Which campaigners used militant methods to win votes for women?
Suffragettes
What do we call a public vote on a single political question?
Referendum
In December 2025, David Lammy proposed limiting which part of the Magna Carta?
Trial by jury
Ministers use powers once exercised by the monarch. What are these called?
Royal prerogative
Which law set out a Protestant succession to the throne?
Act of Settlement
Which 1832 law extended voting rights and reduced rotten boroughs?
Great Reform Act
Voters can question leaders and remove them at elections. What key concept is this?
Accountability
Which government policy did the supreme court rule unlawful in November 2023?
The Rwanda asylum scheme.
Which principle says ultimate political authority belongs to the people?
Popular sovereignty
Which two laws reduced the Lords’ power to block legislation?
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
Give the two minimum voting ages for women introduced in 1918 and 1928, respectively.
30; 21
People accept a government’s right to rule. What key concept is this?
Legitimacy
Peers recently proposed a record 1,200 changes, to a bill on what controversial subject?
Assisted dying (euthanasia)
A government dominates Parliament and faces few checks. What phrase describes this danger?
Elective dictatorship
Which law enabled people to enforce European Convention rights in UK courts? (year too)
1998 Human Rights Act
Which Chartist demand was never accepted?
Holding elections every year.
What does the Greek word “democracy” mean?
Power / rule by the people
In July 2024, general election turnout fell to around 60%. In which previous year was it last lower than 60%?
2001