Elections Flashcards
How many seats did Lab get in 2015? What %vote?
232
(30.4%)
How many seats did the SNP get in 2015? What %vote?
56
(4.7%)
Name six oppurtunities to vote in the UK
1) General elections
2) Devolved assembly elections
3) European Parliament elections
4) Local elections
5) Police and Crime Commissioner elections
6) Referendums
Give an example of a devolved assembly election?
Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, NI Assembly
What percentage of the vote went to Con/Lab? What does this suggest?
69%, return to two party politics?
What do local elections entail?
Elections to district, borough and county councils. Including elections to the greater london assembly and for the london mayor
What did the voters have in mind when they chose Cameron to lead over Miliband?
Voters chose Cameron to lead economic recovery
How many 3rd party MPs were elected, the highest since when?
87 3rd party MPs, highest since 1924
What is the fixed term of a devolved assembly election?
4 years
Who was the youngest MP to be elected in 2015?
Mhairi Black, 20
Explain how we can see that FPTP is a pluarality system.
The Cons polled the most votes and were elected
Why was the AV referendum held?
It was argued that FPTP was unfair to third parties and over represents large parties. So there was a vote to change
What was the average age of an MP in 2015 GE?
50
What contributed to Labour’s demise in the 2015 election?
Rise of SNP
What is the fixed term of a european parliament election?
5 years
How many seats did the Cons get in 2015? What %vote?
331
(36.9%)
Give an example of concensus politics. Name the parties and give a summary of the policy.
Labour and Lib Dem want to reduce the voting age to 16
Give an example of a Labour party policy from their 2015 manifesto
Reduce voting age to 16
How many seats did the Green party get in 2015? What %vote?
1
(3.8%)
What was the turnout in the 2015 GE?
66.1%
How many seats did Plaid Cmryu get in 2015? What %vote?
3
(0.6%)
Give an example of a Lib Dem party policy from their 2015 manifesto
Remain a committed member of the EU
Give an example where we can see the winning party has been given a mandate to govern
The Conservatives held the EU referendum on June 23rd 2016
How many seats did the Lib Dems get in 2015? What %vote?
8
(7.9%)
What % of the commons are women? What % of swedens parliament are women?
29% (poor compared to swedens 45%)
What was the biggest swing in the 2015 GE?
39% from Lab to SNP in Glasgow North-East
How many seats did UKIP get in 2015? What %vote?
1
(12.6%)
Give an example of a Conservative party policy from their 2015 manifesto
In/Out Referendum on EU by the end of 2017
What was the turnout in the safe seat of Stoke on Trent Central, and the marginal seat of Pudsey?
Stoke on Trent Central, 50% (Tristam Hunt, Lab Hold)
Pudsey, 72% (Stuart Andrew, Con Hold)
In PACC elections how many policing areas are PACC’s elected in?
41
Give an example of adversarial politics. Name the parties and give a summary of the policy.
Lib Dem and Conservative, Cons wanted to hold a referendum on the EU but Lib dem wanted to remain
What is the fixed term of a PACC election?
4 years
What traditional weakness of the FPTP system did the 2015 election seem to contradict?
Traditionally, FPTP denies 3rd party representation but the SNP were well represented
Which party was the only one to lose votes in 2015? How much did they lose?
Lib Dems, 15.5% votes lost, 49 seats lost. (8 seats, 7.9%)
How did UKIP poll in the 2015 election? Include %vote and seats won.
UKIP polled well at 12.9% of the vote but only managed to gain 1 seat.
