2017 general election

Question 1

background information?

Answer 1

Held on thursday 8th june 2017
Conservatives won

Question 2

Why was the election called?

Answer 2

Theresa May stated it was because she wanted to strengthen her hand in British negotiations wanted lager majority
-Due to brexit
-Snap election

Question 3

How long had previous govt been in power?

Answer 3

2 years just conservative
conservative and lib dem 5 years

Question 4

Who were the party leaders?

Answer 4

Cons- T may
Lab- Jer Corbyn
SNP- Nic Sturgeon
Lib dem- tim farron

Question 5

Circumstances at time?

Answer 5

Brexit
Ni assembly election
Labours red wall collapsed
Recent coalition government

Question 6

How popular were the government at the time in the election called?

Answer 6

Conservatives- well liked, mainly voted for the brexit policies, but lost a lot due to deal with DUP
-Labour: disliked due to hate from jeremy Corbyn
-Lib dem: disliked due to corruption of coalition govt, remainers

Question 7

Key issues at the time?

Answer 7

Brexit
Terrorist attacks (if govt would put in terrorism laws)
Scot independence
Labours tuition fees

Question 8

Leadership style- theresa may?

Answer 8

Her leadership wasn’t strong but many preferred her to Jeremy Corbyn

Question 9

Leadership style- Jeremy Corbyn?

Answer 9

Very disliked by media
People say he didn’t work well for the prime minster
Was rewarded for a campaigns that had an old fashion feel (engaging in tv debates)

Question 10

Turnout?

Answer 10

68.8%

Question 11

Electoral system?

Answer 11

Hung parliament (no party with a single majority)

Question 12

Electoral system- conservative?

Answer 12

42.3% of vote and 317 seats
A lot less than normal (hung parliament)
Still favorable for bigger parties

Question 13

Electoral system- Labour?

Answer 13

40% 262 seats
Only got 2.3% less vote but 55 seats
Unfavorable, big proporition of vote

Question 14

Electoral systems- lib dems?

Answer 14

7.4% 12 seats
hugely unfair, got more than snp but still lost seats

Question 15

Electoral systems- snp?

Answer 15

3% 35 seats favoured unfair to lib dem

Question 16

Media outcome?

Answer 16

Main focus on 2 political party
Newspaper, tv and social media
Conservatives backed in newspaper (the sun)
T may backlash in the media due to dementia tax
-Huge backlash for corbyn ‘dont chuck britain in the corbyn’

Question 17

Sociological model- gender?

Answer 17

Most likely to conservative labour lead with women out of men

Question 18

Sociological model- age?

Answer 18

Labour winning with 18-54
Conservative lead 55+

Question 19

Sociological model- class?

Answer 19

Middle class lead of conservative
Working class- conservative
unskilled- labour