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1
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How many seats did the conservatives win in the 2015 general election

A

330 Seats

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2
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How many seats did labour win in the 2015 general election

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232 Seats

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3
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What percentage of the vote did Labour win

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30.4%

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4
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What percentage of votes did the conservatives win

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36.9%

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5
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What does the percentage of votes won show in relation to the amount of seats won

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FPTP benefits larger parties

FPTP isn’t proportionally representative

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6
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How many seat(s) did UKIP win

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1 Seat

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7
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What percentage of the vote did UKIP win

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12.6%

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8
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What percentage of the afro Caribbean vote did Labour win

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67%

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What percentage of the Afro-Caribbean vote did the Conservatives win

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21%

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10
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How much more percentage of votes did the Conservatives gain in the over 65 age group

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20% more than Labour

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11
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how were the Scottish seats distributed

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56/59 were SNP

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12
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What areas voted for the Conservatives

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Outside major cities
Outside major industrial centres

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13
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What did the opinion polls wrongly show

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Underestimated the amount of elderly voters that would turn out
and elderly to be more likely to vote conservative

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14
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What demographic was taken by UKIP

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good deal of Labours core working class support was captured by UKIP

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15
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What part of Labours demographic was lost

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Labours “red belt” regional heartland taken away

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16
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Where did the Liberal democrats lose its votes

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Lost all of its 15 seats in the south west of England

17
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What was the turnout percentage

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66%

18
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What event put the SNP in a powerful position

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2014 Scottish referendum

19
Q

What parliamentary majority did Tony Blair gain in 1997

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179

20
Q

What kind of cabinet did Tony Blair have

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Sofa cabinet

21
Q

In Blairs first 8 years as Prime minister how many defeats did he suffer in the House of Lords

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353

22
Q

What are 2 examples of David Cameron having control

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Despite being in coalition Cameron was able to implement sweeping “austerity” to deal with growing national debt

Able to campaign and “get his way in the Scottish independence referendum in 2014

23
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What are 2 examples of David Cameron not having control

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Failing to get intervention in Syria 2013

Had to call Brexit referendum shows his inability to control the Eurosceptic wing of his party and UKIP

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