2017 Election Flashcards
What were Labour’s key policies?
Improve welfare, abolish university tuition fees, introduce 4 new bank holidays
What were the Conservative’s key policies?
Reduce austerity, protect the NHS, Brexit, introduce more grammar schools
What were the Liberal Democrat’s key policies?
Second referendum, social reforms, increase in taxation + potential cuts
What were UKIP’s key policies?
Hard Brexit
Why was the campaign rather uninteresting?
May refused to take part in any debates - Amber Rudd stood in 31st May for debate
What is the dementia tax?
Where money could be taken from people’s estates after their death if they did not have money to pay for healthcare during their lifetime - £100,000 would be left untouched
What events just before the election caused May to seem weak and why?
2 terrorist attacks in the 2 weeks before the election - Conservatives had wanted cuts to policing undermining May’s skills
Diane Abbot had called for police increase
How many seats did May lose through the second election?
13
What deal did May strike and with who in order to gain a majority?
The DUP - a confidence and supply agreement
How many seats did Labour gain in the second election?
30
How did the classes vote in 2017?
Conservatives gained C2 and DE
Labour gained AB and C1
Class divisions minimal
How did genders vote in 2017?
Males lent 6% towards Conservatives
How did the ages vote in 2017?
9% more likely to vote Conservative for every 10 years of age
Increase in youth turnout mostly to vote for Labour
