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Jessica Mead Does the UK constitution provide a framework for representative democracy? What the UK constitution is and how it should be interpreted has been a source of controversy and debate for hundreds of years. Walter Bagehot was perhaps the first to try to unite the numerous legal texts that comprised the 'ancient and ever-altering constitution'1 such as the Bill of Rights (1688) and the Parliament Acts (1911, 1949). However, many of the most important laws concerning the power of the executive and its relationship with the legislative remain unwritten. Representative democracy is 'a form of indirect rule by the majority of the electorate'2. Political decisions are taken by a small number of elected representatives, known as the legislature. Although the most common form of democracy actually in practise, there are still problems with it which shall be discussed below. This essay will examine the electoral system, representative democracy and whether the...

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