Democracy And Participatomn Examples Flashcards
What was the turnout at the 1992 election ?
77.1%
What was the turnout in the 2001 election ?
59.4%
What was the turnout in the 2005 election ?
61.3%
What was the turnout in the 2017 election ?
68.8%
What was the 2019 turnout ?
67.3%
What was the 2019 turnout for 18-24 year olds ?
And cmpared to 16/17yr old in Scot ref
35%
75% turnout for 16/17 hr old in Scottish parliament.
Labs green and libs support lower voting age
Average Germany turnout 2017 for reference?
76%
How much of the vote share in 2019 did cons and labour have ?
76%
An example of incorrect distribution of seats in 2015
Turnout for election was 66% cons won 36% of that vote so realistically 24% public endorsed them
Membership of the cons party
170000 members less that 0.38% of the electorate
Membership of labour
367000 less than 1% of the electorate
Significance
Membership of political parties has been declining from its peak in the early 1950s. At that time, there were around 2.8m Conservative Party and 1m Labour Party
How many members did the brexit party formed in 2020 have by June of 2020
85000
How many members does royal bird society have
1.2 mil more than the. 3 main parties combined
Name 3 E- petitions
2007 e petition against plan to introduce chargers using all road in the uk 1.8 million signatures Blair still introduced a tax if certain roads but issues a response and hinted to cut on car tax.
2021 end child food poverty w fair share and rashform 1.1 mil signatures and parliament announced a package over Easter in Covid but no plans to extend to the winter.
2021/22ID verification on social media nearly 700000 signatures. Debated in parliament and proposed after radio abuse toward football player after 2020 European championship finals parliament decided on online safety legislation but not ids and it impacts freedom of expression and may disproportionately affect vulnerable users.
pressure groups and their success?
Greenpeace - 3.5 million members in 55 countries and 236.9 million euros a year but cbi more influential
CBI - more influential under cons 267 mentions in 2019 parliament , 1.8 media mentions in 2019 double 2018 and 4r4 cbi events hosted including conferences, policy round tables and dinners and 415 political engagements from across political spectrum.
Extinctions rebellion - met ichael gove and he pledged net 0 w no specified time sos for end at the time 2019 also claimed to be mentions 70000 times in online media In2019
But limited as 2020 blockade of the printing press they were reprimanded people claimed the public disturbance costed lives. Said they’d stop public displays.
Leave means leave wanted hard bred it w cons and former cons but Johnson and may ignkred them anyway
CBI insider more success in cons gov so depends who’s in charge
the Countryside Alliance put rural affairs on the political map in 2003 by putting 300,000 demonstrators
BMA
RMT lost insider status in 2004 after breaching party rules and finding rival Scottish socialist party
Insulate Britain 2021 if not forThem people would be be aware if issue of insulating social housing in England and how impacts climate change but roadblocks prevented people going to work
Just stop our unsuccessful Nat gallery 2022 led to arrests of 2 members and they were charged bad press.
Example of failed E petition ?
The 2016 2nd referendum petition reached 3.8 mil signatures but no second referendum
What percentage of seats did Lib Dem’s win in 2019?
11.6% votes 11 seats 1 lost seat ( leader Jo Swindon who then stepped down doesn’t regret pro remain strategy )
Leader rn and since has been ed Davy
What percentage of the seats 2019 did snp win.
48 seats and 3.9% of the vote. Cpmsred w Lib Dem’s more proportional outcome.
Belgium and Netherlands ( proportional systems) average time to form gov compared to uk?
Belgium - 98 days ( from 1930s to 2010s )
Netherlands - 93 days
Uk - 2 days
Examples of courts protecting rights the uk ?
Only ever been 47 dec of incompatibility since 2001 so equivalent of 2 a year roughly very few rights protected this way
2024 last one before 2021
AM v zimbabue v s.o.s for home dept 2020
Ahmed v HMT 2010 - courts up ruled in his favour
Lee v Asher (n. Ireland. ) 2018
Freedom of speech and religious expression was the basis of the win of the case unanimous decision
Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer
2022 UK Supreme Court Declares Section 146 of Trade Union And Labour Relations Act Incompatible with European Convention on Human Rights.
2024 The Supreme Court held that Section 146 of TULRCA failed to strike a fair balance between the interests of workers exercising their trade union rights and those of employers and the wider community.
Ruwanda scheme 2023 court said Ruwanda not safe parliament passed a bill to say it is
But
UK Supreme Court leaves decision on prisoner voting rights to parliament
R (on the application of Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] UKSC 63 (16 October 2013)
Summary
Two prisoners serving life sentences for murder claimed that their rights had been infringed by reason of their prohibition from voting in elections. The United Kingdom Supreme Court unanimously dismissed both appeals.
Facts
In the United Kingdom, all prisoners currently serving sentences are prevented from voting under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983
Legislation Impeding rights
Ruwanda scheme 2022
Police , crime ,courtd and sentencing act 2022 gave police more authority to arrest on certain areas like protests
Nation,sort and border but 2021 according to amnesty international Even if a person is still able to establish their right to asylum, the Bill includes provision to withhold or undermine the protection to which a refugee is entitled.
The Supreme Court held that Section 146 of TULRCA failed to strike a fair balance between the interests of workers exercising their trade union rights and those of employers and the wider community. 2024
2022 UK Supreme Court Declares Section 146 of Trade Union And Labour Relations Act Incompatible with European Convention on Human Rights.
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When was the proposal for a British bill of rights and by whom?
Justice secrstary Dominic Arab at 2021 Tory party conference
Average uk voter turnout ? And how much would it increase w mandatory voting?
67%
30%
