Positives of representative democracy

• Free and fair elections

  Elections are held by the Electoral Comission - an unaffiliated body

  Laws are made to limit campaigning - spending limits and equal broadcasting rights, this also includes the purdah (4 - 6 weeks wherein new proposals are not allowed)
• Universal Suffrage

  Everyone over the age of 18 and that is not mentally incapable, a peer or a prisoner, can vote and all votes are equal in value, regardless of age, gender, or race
• The Party System

  Wide variety of MPs and parties elected in parliament - more representative of the people

  Allows more scrutiny and debate in Parliament
• Pressure groups

  Helps represent more groups of people with more specific views that they want heard

  Help raise public awareness and educate the electorate

  An alternate form of participation
• Parliamentary sovereignty

  Representatives of the people that are better informed make decisions on the behalf of the electorate
• Devolution

  Devolved nations have assemblies or smaller parliaments that discuss more specific issues pertaining to the area they represent