Elections And Referendums: 2019 Election

Question 1

In the 2019 Election, how did the Conservatives manage to all a general election early considering they were struggling to call ti with the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011?

Answer 1

They managed to circumvent the Act with the passage go the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019

Question 2

What was the 2019 election dominated by?

Answer 2

Brexit and its aftermath which had resulted in 3 fruitless years

Question 3

In the 2019 Election, how many votes and seats did each party get?

Answer 3

Conservatives: 13,966,451 and 365 seats
Labour: 10,295,912 and 203 seats
Liberal Democrats: 3,696,414 and 11 seats
SNP: 1,242,380 and 48 seats
Green: 865,707 and 1 seat
Brexit: 644,257 and 0 seats
Others: 1,302,984 and 23 seats

Question 4

In the 2019 Election, what traditionally Labour consistency fell to the Conservatives?

Answer 4

The ‘red wall’

Question 5

In the 2019 Election, where did the Conservatives lose 2 seats?

Answer 5

London and Scotland

Question 6

In the 2019 Election, what provided the biggest indicator of voting behaviour?

Answer 6

Age

Question 7

In the 2019 Election, what did YouGov work out the likeness of a someone voting of 5th Conservatives for every 10 years older a voter was?

Answer 7

Around 9 points

Question 8

In the 2019 Election, in what social classed did the Conservatives outperform Labour in?

Answer 8

Among all social classes

Question 9

In the 2019 Election, which sort lived political party had 11 MPs (8 Labour and 3 Conservative) defect from their parties to from this new party, yet all lost their seats?

Answer 9

Independent Group (Change UK) Party

Question 10

In the 2019 Election, what remained quite limited in voting?

Answer 10

Tactical Voting

Question 11

In the 2019 Election, what newspapers took the side of the Conservatives?

Answer 11

The Express, the Mail and the Sun

Question 12

In the 2019 Election, what became an important measure in gain votes?

Answer 12

Social Media

Question 13

In the 2019 Election, how many people had seen the 78-second Conservative advert on its first day of its realise?

Answer 13

3.5 million

Question 14

In the 2019 Election, what topics dominated social media advisement?

Answer 14

Brexit followed by the NHS

Question 15

In the 2019 Election, where on social media did Labour focus their adverting on?

Answer 15

Facebook

Question 16

In the 2019 Election, how much did Labour and Conservatives spend on social media advertisement?

Answer 16

Labour: £1.4 million
Conservatives: £900,000

Question 17

In the 2019 Election, what did one source find how many Conservative adverts featured questionable claims?

Answer 17

88%

Question 18

In the 2019 Election, what did the Conservatives and Labour work together to do on a ITV leaders’ debate on the 19 November 2019?

Answer 18

Exclude the Liberal Democrats and SNP

Question 19

In the 2019 Election, what was the slogan ran by the Conservatives?

Answer 19

‘Get Brexit Done, Unleash Britain’s Potential’

Question 20

In the 2019 Election, what did the Conservatives pledge in their manifesto?

Answer 20

50,000 new nurses, no rise in income tax, VAT oe National Insurance, and a pledge to cut emissions to virtually zero by 2050

Question 21

In the 2019 Election, what were Labours promise in their manifesto?

Answer 21

A seance Brexit referendum after 6 months following a renegotiated Brexit deal, increase health spending (by 4.3% annually) and a rise in the national minimum wage to £15 an hour, ending the charitable status of private schools in England and nationalisation of certain key business

Question 22

In the 2019 Election, what was slogan used in the Labour manifesto?

Answer 22

‘The Final Say on Brexit’

Question 23

In the 2019 Election, who was the Liberal Democrats leader?

Answer 23

Jo Swinson

Question 24

In the 2019 Election, what was the Liberal Democrats manifesto slogan?

Answer 24

‘Stop Brexit, build a Brighter Future’

Question 25

In the 2019 Election, what was the promises in the Liberal Democrats manifesto?

Answer 25

Revoke Article 50 and for the UK to rejoin the EU, including 35 hours of free childcare and giving schools an extra £10 billion

Question 26

In the 2019 Election, how many votes did the Conservatives win a seat for compared to other parties?

Answer 26

Conservatives: 38,264 votes per seat
Labour: 50,837 votes per seat
Liberal Democrats: 336,038 votes per seat
Green: 866,435 votes per seat