To what extent have constitutional reforms since 1997 made the UK more democratic?

There have been many constitutional reforms since 1997 that is progressive towards a more democratic system, however it is not a complete democracy and there are still parts of the constitution could be improved. In 1997 Labour government came to power, with tony blair as prime minister, later Gordon Brown came to power between 2007 to 2010 have made a series of constitutional reforms. This was due to the fact that many practices of british politics were out of date, and therefore sought to modernise the constitution. Another main issue was that the central parliament, Westminster has too much power and therefore the labour party sought to decentralize …show more content…

One of the major benefits of the HRA was that individuals could now take their own cases in domestic courts which save up the individual's time in comparison to before when individuals had to go to Strasbourg to argue case in european Court of Human. However there are some negative effects of the HRE, because that this reform was incomplete as a new biil o rights was proposed, no legislation was put forward by the government. In a perspective it could be seen that there was a change in the Uk constitution, the lack of a confirmed bill of human rights illustrates that the reform did not go far enough.

Mayoral Elections were first introduced in 1985. During the time Thatcher was in power, she abolished the way the london mayor is elected by which is supplementary vote. The supplementary vote system was reintroduced in 1997 by Blair. This was one of the constitutional reforms of the London government. The Greater London Authority (GLA) is in the top tier administrative body for greater london which was established in 1995. The GLA consists of 25 elected members and an elected Mayor with scrutiny powers. It is a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning. The reform of the London government is an example of devolution, but specific to london which give many benefits. Such as Influential decisions, such as lon 2012