Democracy key evidence

Question 1

What was the turnout of general elections 2010,15,17 and 19 between?

Answer 1

65-69%

Question 2

What percentage of 18 year olds voted in the last 3 elections?

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

what was the turnout of the 2012 police and crime commission vote?

Answer 3

15.1%

Question 4

between 2015-19 how many unique signatures did the Parliament run e-petitions site gather?

Answer 4

23 million

Question 5

Give an example of something the pressure group: Greenpeace has done

Answer 5

Greenpeace protestors interrupted Truss’ conference speech in 2022

Question 6

Who was the government prevented from implementing its policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda by?

Answer 6

European Court of Human Rights

Question 7

When was the Human Rights Act?

Answer 7

1998

Question 8

When was the Freedom of Information Act?

Answer 8

2000

Question 9

When was the Equality Act?

Answer 9

2010

Question 10

what is parliamentary sovereignty?

Answer 10

it means it can pass legislation to update and create new rights as society advances e.g. the Marriage Act of 2013

Question 11

When has the UK ignored the ECtHR before?

Answer 11

Hirst v UK 2005 the ECtHR ruled that prisoners should be given the vote and this was ignored in the UK