Component 1

Question 1

Turnouts:
1951
1997
2001
2015
2017
2019

Answer 1

84%
71%
59%
66%
69%
68%

Question 2

Winning seats vs percentage:
1979
1997
2019

Answer 2

43.9% 339 seats
43.2% 418 seats
43.6% 365 seats

Question 3

2017 - Voting intention by newspaper: YouGov

Answer 3

Telegraph- 79% Con
Mail - 74% Con
Sun - 59% Con
Guardian - 66% Lab
Indy - 66% Lab

Question 4

Name of Russian donor to the Conservative party

Answer 4

Lubov Chernukhins

Question 5

Tory donors

Answer 5

27 members of House of Lords have donated almost £50m in total to Conservatives.

One in 10 Tory peers have given more than £100,000 to party

Question 6

The Sun’s effect on 1997 and 2010

Answer 6

The Sun’s endorsements were associated with a significant increase in readers’ support for Labour in 1997, approximately 525,000 votes, and its switch back was associated with about 550,000 extra votes for the Conservatives in 2010.

The magnitude of these changes, about 2% of the popular vote, would have been unable to alter the outcome of the 1997 General Election, but may have affected the 2010 Election.

The magnitude of these changes, about 2% of the popular vote, would have been unable to alter the outcome of the 1997 General Election, but may have affected the 2010 Election

Question 7

TikTok’s news reach.

Answer 7

TikTok’s reach for news has increased from 2020 (1%) to 2022 (7%). Half of its user base (for news) are aged 16-24.

Question 8

Decline in printed papers.

Answer 8

Reach of print/online newspapers has seen a decrease from 2020 (47%) to 2022 (38%).

Question 9

Trustworthiness of news. According to Ofcom.

Answer 9

Attitudes towards news generally remain consistent with 2020 (across measures such as quality, accuracy, trustworthiness and impartiality) for TV, radio, social media, newspapers and online, with TV performing strongest, and social media performing least well.

Question 10

Reach of BBC down.

Answer 10

Meanwhile many sources have seen decreases since 2021, with reach of BBC One/Two decreasing to 24% in 2022 (down from 35% in 2021).

Question 11

Daily Mails description of Thatcher’s win

Answer 11

‘Triumph for right-wing politics all around.’

Question 12

Legislation passing parliament since 1997 (On average)

Answer 12

86%

Question 13

Examples of Direct Democracy

Answer 13

Consultative exercises - HD2, Heathrow
Recall of MPs Act - Ian Paisley Jr
Election of party leadership - Truss won 57.4% of her party.
E-petitions 100k signatures.
Referendums

Question 14

Plurality of councils:
No overall control
Lab
Con
Lib dems
Green

Answer 14

92
71
33
29
1

Question 15

Holywood turnouts:
1999
2016
2021

Answer 15

59%
56%
64%

Question 16

Senedd turnouts:
1999
2016
2021

Answer 16

46.6%
45.3%
46.3%

Question 17

Irish Assembly

Answer 17

1998: 70%
2016: 65%
2022: 64

Question 18

Names of independents who have lost seats:

Answer 18

Douglas Carswell

Question 19

The rules of the PPERA 2000

Answer 19

Independent electoral commission
30000 pounds per constituency
Must declare donations over 5000
No foreign donors

Question 20

Lobbyists:

Answer 20

David Cameron - Greensill
Steve Brine - Remedium Partners

Question 21

Think tanks

Answer 21

IPPR
Policy Exchange
The Adam Smith Institute

Question 22

Criticisms of Think Tanks

Answer 22

Undisclosed funding
Undemocratic
Liz Truss trusted Adam Smith Institute.

Question 23

Pressure groups:

Answer 23

Republic
XR
Just stop oil
BLM

Question 24

Shit old minor parties

Answer 24

Green - 865,715
Reform (Brexit) - 644,255

Question 25

Referendum turnouts:
AV
Scotland independence
Brexit

Answer 25

42
85
72

Question 26

Social class 1979 & Thatcher

Answer 26

AB 59
C 41
DE 34

Question 27

Women + Young for Thatcher

Answer 27

47
42

Question 28

Social class for Blair

Answer 28

AB 31
C1 39
C2 50
DE 59