Refurendum key knowlage

Question 1

What is a referendum?

Answer 1

A referendum is a direct vote by the electorate on a issue

Question 2

What is representative democracy?

Answer 2

where we vote on someone (an MP) to represent us in parliament

Question 3

What is direct democracy?

Answer 3

Where the electorate vote directly on an issue. This is the purest form of democracy

Question 4

What is parliamentary sovereignty?

Answer 4

The principal that Parliament can make amend or appeal any law and cannot bind its successors and bound by its predecessors

Question 5

What is popular sovereignty?

Answer 5

this is where the electorete can exercise sovereignty, as they are the ones who have the power to elect representatives and decide on major issues by voting in referendums

Question 6

What is the electoral commission?

Answer 6

it is an independent agency that regulates party and election finance and set standards for how election should be run

Question 7

what was the reasons for the significant increase in the number of referendums held under new labour?

Answer 7

1-they promised to increase them, so more people had a say
2-So more people would partake in politics
3-legitimise, more decisions in parliament
4- more democratic/popular sovereignty

Question 8

what are the advantages of referendums?

Answer 8

boost political participation,
can help solve constitutional issues,
educates people,
Legitimise decisions made by government
gives power to the people