Representation
The name given to those that vote for MPs within their Parliamentary constituencies.
Constituents.
The name of the voting system used in general elections.
First Past the Post (FPTP)
The unelected upper house of Parliament.
This Act of Parliament was influenced by ECHR legislation and rulings and forms the basis of our rights culture.
Human Rights Act 1998.
The current PM of the UK Government.
Keir Starmer.
During the majority of the 20th Century and 21st Century so far, the UK has been dominated by these two political parties.
Conservative and Labour.
The lack of this means that less and less people are participating in the electoral process.
Turnout.
The name given to the process of decentralising powers from Westminster to the other countries of the UK.
Devolution.
The Act of Parliament that allows you to request information held about you.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Green Party.
Disillusionment with traditional political parties has been caused partly by this being undermined.
What are the two types of pressure groups.
Causal and Sectional/Interest groups.
First Past the Post is sometimes criticised for leading to votes being...
Wasted.
Two powerful institutions in the UK that regularly come into conflict over human rights violations.
Courts and Parliament.
The name of the international alliance that the UK relies on and contributes to for collective military security.
NATO (North-Atlantic Treaty Organisation).
These two groups do not have a voice in representation in the UK.
Prisoners and Under 16s.
These people are paid to provide access to politicians and have been criticised for undermining democracy in the UK.
Lobbyists.
Google, Facebook and Amazon are examples of this group that are sometimes argued to undermine democracy.
Corporations.
Uncodified, unentrenched nature.
The current deputy PM.
David Lammy.
The names of the two main organisations that campaigned for women's suffrage in the 1880s-1920s.
Suffragettes (WSPU) and Suffragists (NUWSS)
This pressure group applied enough political pressure during the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics to secure a pay rise from the government.
RMT Union.
This organisational body ensures the fairness of UK elections and campaigning.
Electoral Commission.
Parliament has the final say on the protection of rights due to the courts not being able to strike down this type of law.
Primary legislation.
The former UK ambassador to the US who has been implicated in the Epstein scandal.
Peter Mandelson.