3.3 Electoral systems Flashcards

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impact of uk electoral systems on government

impact of uk electoral systems on government

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  • ams has created strong, stable, single party governments
  • wales/scotland have been able to legislate themselves because of the Wales and Scotland Acts
  • scotland/wales have experienced both coalition and majority governments by using a proportional system
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Impact on parties and party systems

nationalist parties

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have been able to gain influence under proportional systems

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Impact on parties and party systems

could be argued small parties are…

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overrepresented.
eg. Labour won 46 seats in the 2007 election. the SNP won 46 and Green won 2. The SNP and Green were able to form a coalition government, does this give them too much power? ) i dont think so)

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impact on parties and party systems

success of small parties

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2015: SNP won 56 seats, replacing labour as the dominant party in scotland
and, UKIPs success in 2015 is undeniable

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impact on parties and party systems

2017 + 2019 - conservatives and labour

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won 82% of the vote between them.

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Impact on voters + voters choice

impact on voters/voters choice (good)

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  • different electoral systems improve the turnout and are more proportional
  • in multi member constituencies (STV NORTHERN IRELAND) voters have a choice of representatives they can lobby to get their voices heard
  • other systems have great choice - SV has 2 preferences, STV has ordinal voting, AMS has split ticket voting
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Impact on voters + voters choice

Impact on voters + voters choice (bad)

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  • in many devolved bodies the turnout has been lower than the UK general election
  • perhaps due to complexity, or reduced importance of devolved bodies
  • its unclear whether lower turnout is down to the electoral system or political disillusionment though
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