4.1 - Case studies of three general elections Flashcards
Who won the 1979 general election?
Conservatives
1979 - Who were the main candidates for the three parties?
- Con - Margret Thatcher
- Lab - James Callaghan
- Lib - David Steel
1979 - What were the key contextual issues of the day?
- Winter of discontent
- Crisis what crisis
- Tory attack ads
1979 - Turnout?
76%
1979 - % of votes won by each party
- Con - 45%
- Lab - 38%
- Lib - 14%
1979 - % and number of seats won by each party?
- Con - 339 seats - 53.3% - 44 majority
- Lab - 269 seats - 42.3%
- Lib - 11 seats - 1.7%
1979 - % of class vote for each party?
ABC1:
- Con – 59%
- Lab – 24%
- Lib – 15%
C2DE:
- Con – 37%
- Lab – 45%
- Lib – 14%
1979 - % of age vote for each party?
18-34 – Con – 42%
Lab – 41%
Lib – 12%
35-54 – Con – 46%
Lab – 35%
Lib – 16%
55+ – Con – 47%
Lab – 38%
Lib – 13%
1979 - % of gender vote for each party?
Men – Con – 43%
Lab – 40%
Lib – 13%
Women – Con – 47%
Lab – 35%
Lib – 15%
1979 - Ethnicity stats for each party?
No stats available
1979 - Region stats for each party?
No stats available
1997 - Which party won the 1997 election?
Labour
1997 - Who were the three main candidates?
- Lab - Tony Blair
- Con - John Major
- Paddy Ashdown
1997 - What were the key contextual issues of the day?
- Devolution
- Constitutional reform
- Black Wednesday
1997 - Turnout
71.3%
1997 - % of votes won by each party?
- Lab – 44%
- Con – 31%
- Lib – 17%
1997 - % and number of seats won by each party?
- Lab – 418 seats (63.4%) – 179 maj
- Con – 165 seats (25%)
- Lib – 46 (6.9%)
1997 - % of class votes for each party?
ABC1 – Lab – 34%
Con – 39%
Lib – 20%
C2DE – Lab – 54%
Con – 24%
Lib – 15%
1997 - % of age votes for each party?
18-34 – Lab – 49%
Con – 28%
Lib – 16%
35-54 – Lab – 45%
Con – 30%
Lib – 19%
55+ – Lab – 40%
Con – 36%
Lib – 17%
1997 - % of gender vote for each party?
Men – Lab – 45%
Con – 31%
Lib – 27%
Women – Lab – 44%
Con – 32%
Lib – 18%
1997 - % of BAME vote for each party?
- Lab – 70%
- Con – 18%
- Lib – 9%
1997 - % of region votes for each party?
North – Lab – 57.5%
Con – 24.6%
Lib – 13.5%
E/SE/SW – Lab – 31.3%
Con – 39.2%
Lib – 23.9%
London – Lab – 49.5%
Con – 31.2%
Lib – 14.6%
2019 - Which party won the 2019 general election?
Conservatives
2019 - Who were the three main candidates?
- Con - Borish Johnson
- Lab - Jeremy Corbyn
- Lib - Jo Swinson