Constitutional reform is where changes to the form and content of the institutions of government and their legal relations both with each other and with the country's citizens have occurred. For example the Labour Party's 1997 manifesto contained numerous proposals on constitutional reform which subsequently became the subject of legislation. The areas examined by Labour included Devolution, Human Rights Act, electoral reform and reform of the House of Lords, to increase participation in the political process via referendums and to examine the Freedom of Information Act.

Why was New Labours reform package the biggest programme to democracy"

The main reason that New Labours reform package was the biggest programme to democracy was that it had not had such significant changes at any one-time form many years. Labours new reform package meant that instead of just one electoral system (FPTP) being used there were now four other possibilities, STV, AMS...