2.3 Minor parties Flashcards
SNP
2015
how many scottish constituencies
Scotland held 56/59 of scottish constituencies
snp
2019
SNP won 48 seats
SNP
2016
labour adn david cameron
voted with labour rebels to defeat cameron’s government for wanting to allow larger stores in England and Wales would open for longer on sunday, claiming it would affect pay rates in scotland
SNP
successes/examples of significance
- maintained free university education
- free prescriptions
SNP
insignificance + examples
sturgeon, bill
power can be limited by the supreme court, Sturgeon was not allowed to call another independence referendum in 2022 as this power is reserved for westminister
- In 2022 Westminister also blocked an SNP gender bill that would allow for transgender individuals to legally identify as their new gender, claiming it would come into conflict with the equality act
- labour also dont work too closely with a party that want indepdence
UKIP
2004
european parliament elections, they won 16.1% of the vote
UKIP
2014
26.6% of the vote in parliament :0
UKIP
2015
cameron committed to an in/out referendum in his manifesto indicating UKIPs significance
UKIP
Labour abandoned commitment due to UKIP
abandoned commitment to re-establishing free movement of EU people to the UK
green
2010 vs 2019 brighton
2010: 31% of the vote
2019: 57.2% of the vote
green
how have green obtained some level of influence?
not standing in certain constituencies to swing vote towards labour/SNP and away from the conservatives eg. 2017 Ealing and central Acton
green
influence in parliament eg.
2019 cross-party support in acknowledging that there was an environmental emergency
green
scotland influence…
- 2021: 8/129 seats in scotland
- the SNP, who won 64, made an agreement with them because of this.
sinn fein
policies and influence
- doesn’t acknowledge Northern Ireland as part of the UK
- unification of Ireland
- won greatest no. of seats in 2022 Stormont Assembly
- Michelle O’Neil first minister + leader of sinn fein
