Elections And Referendums: 2019 Election Flashcards
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?
They managed to circumvent the Act with the passage go the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019
What was the 2019 election dominated by?
Brexit and its aftermath which had resulted in 3 fruitless years
In the 2019 Election, how many votes and seats did each party get?
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
In the 2019 Election, what traditionally Labour consistency fell to the Conservatives?
The ‘red wall’
In the 2019 Election, where did the Conservatives lose 2 seats?
London and Scotland
In the 2019 Election, what provided the biggest indicator of voting behaviour?
Age
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?
Around 9 points
In the 2019 Election, in what social classed did the Conservatives outperform Labour in?
Among all social classes
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?
Independent Group (Change UK) Party
In the 2019 Election, what remained quite limited in voting?
Tactical Voting
In the 2019 Election, what newspapers took the side of the Conservatives?
The Express, the Mail and the Sun
In the 2019 Election, what became an important measure in gain votes?
Social Media
In the 2019 Election, how many people had seen the 78-second Conservative advert on its first day of its realise?
3.5 million
In the 2019 Election, what topics dominated social media advisement?
Brexit followed by the NHS
In the 2019 Election, where on social media did Labour focus their adverting on?
In the 2019 Election, how much did Labour and Conservatives spend on social media advertisement?
Labour: £1.4 million
Conservatives: £900,000
In the 2019 Election, what did one source find how many Conservative adverts featured questionable claims?
88%
In the 2019 Election, what did the Conservatives and Labour work together to do on a ITV leaders’ debate on the 19 November 2019?
Exclude the Liberal Democrats and SNP
In the 2019 Election, what was the slogan ran by the Conservatives?
‘Get Brexit Done, Unleash Britain’s Potential’
In the 2019 Election, what did the Conservatives pledge in their manifesto?
50,000 new nurses, no rise in income tax, VAT oe National Insurance, and a pledge to cut emissions to virtually zero by 2050
In the 2019 Election, what were Labours promise in their manifesto?
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
In the 2019 Election, what was slogan used in the Labour manifesto?
‘The Final Say on Brexit’
In the 2019 Election, who was the Liberal Democrats leader?
Jo Swinson
In the 2019 Election, what was the Liberal Democrats manifesto slogan?
‘Stop Brexit, build a Brighter Future’
