Key constitutional and administrative laws in the United Kingdom

Magna Carta 1215

Statute of Rhuddlan 1284

Act of Supremacy 1534

Act of Union 1536

Act of Union 1542

Crown of Ireland Act 1542

Union of the Crowns 1603

Petition of Right 1628

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

Royal Marriages Act 1772

Act of Union 1800

Reform Act 1832

Reform Act 1867

Reform Act 1884

Demise of the Crown Act 1901

Parliament Acts (of 1911 and 1949)

Representation of the People Act 1918

Government of Ireland Act 1920

Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921

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

Regency Act 1937

Crown Proceedings Act 1947

Republic of Ireland Act 1948

Representation of the People Act 1949

Life Peerages Act 1958

Administration of Justice Act 1960

Peerage Act 1963

Representation of the People Act 1969

European Communities Act 1972

Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

Human Rights Act 1998

Scotland Act 1998

Government of Wales Act 1998

Belfast Agreement 1998

Northern Ireland Act 1998

House of Lords Act 1999

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Constitutional Reform Act 2005

St Andrews Agreement 2006

Government of Wales Act 2006

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