Summary 04a. Composition and Meeting of Parliament

BEK Chapter 9 – Composition and Meeting of Parliament


A Composition of Parliament

 House of Commons
o Representation of the People Act 1983
 Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2) [2005] ECHR 681
 R (Chester) v Lord President [2013] UKSC

o Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013

o Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1996
o Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Act 2011


o Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
 Contributions to political parties
 National spending limits
 Electoral Commission
o Communications Act 2003


o Bowman v United Kingdom (1998) 26 EHRR 1
o R v Jones (1999) 2 Cr App R 253


o R v Radio Authority, ex parte Bull [1997] 2 All ER 561
o R (Pro-Life Alliance) v BBC [2003] UKHL 23
o Animal Defenders International v United Kingdom [2013] ECHR 362


o Electoral Reform – Electoral Systems
 European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999
 (Closed party lists)
 Scotland Act 1998
 (Additional member system)
 Northern Ireland Act 1998
 (single transferable vote)
 Greater London Authority Act 1999
 (supplementary vote)
 Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Act 2011
 (alternative vote)


 House of Lords
o Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876/Constitutional Reform Act 2005
o Life Peerages Act 1958
 House of Lords Appointments Commission
 ‘Cash for Honours’ Affair
o House of Lords Act 1999
 Earl Grey’s Motion [2000) SC (HL 46
 House of Lords Reform – elected, nominated or mixed?