Portal:Constitution of the United Kingdom

Unlike most other countries the United Kingdom does not have a codified constitution. There are however a number of texts which are considered to be constitutional, for example the Human Rights Act 1998.

Works

 * The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II., 1827 by Henry Hallam
 * The English Constitution, 1894 by Walter Bagehot
 * The New Democracy and the Constitution, 1912 by William Sharp McKechnie
 * The Public Records and The Constitution, 1907 by Luke Owen Pike

Selected key statutes

 * Magna Carta (1215)
 * Habeas Corpus Act (1679)
 * Bill of Rights 1689 - for England and Wales
 * Claim of Right 1689 - for Scotland
 * Act of Settlement 1701
 * Act of Union 1707 - union of the Kingdom of England & the Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain
 * Act of Union 1800 - union of Great Britain & Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 * Reform Act 1832
 * Reform Act 1867
 * Reform Act 1884
 * Parliament Act 1911
 * Representation of the People Act 1918
 * Government of Ireland Act 1920
 * Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922, and Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922


 * Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
 * Representation of the People Act 1928
 * Statute of Westminster 1931
 * Parliament Act 1949
 * Representation of the People Act 1949
 * Life Peerages Act 1958
 * Representation of the People Act 1969
 * European Communities Act 1972
 * Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
 * Human Rights Act 1998
 * Scotland Act 1998
 * Government of Wales Act 1998
 * Northern Ireland Act 1998
 * House of Lords Act 1999
 * Freedom of Information Act 2000
 * Constitutional Reform Act 2005
 * Government of Wales Act 2006
 * Succession to the Crown Act 2013