Elections Examples

Question 1

Conservative seats and votes won in 2017 general election

Answer 1

317 seats

42.4% of vote

Question 2

Labour seats and votes won in 2017 general election

Answer 2

262 seats

40% of vote

Question 3

Liberal Democrat seats and votes won in 2017 general election

Answer 3

12 seats

7.4% of vote

Question 4

SNP seats and votes won in 2017 general election

Answer 4

35 seats

3% of vote

Question 5

UKIP seats and votes won in 2015 general election

Answer 5

1 seat

12.7% of vote

Question 6

Disproportion between UKIP and SNP in 2015

Answer 6

UKIP won 2.5 times more votes than SNP, but SNP won 56 times more seats

Question 7

How many seats would the main parties have won in 2017 under a broadly proportional system such as AMS

Answer 7

Conservative 273
Labour 260
Liberal Democrats 39
SNP 21

Question 8

Example of a party’s loss of votes in one constituency

Answer 8

Brent Central, 2015 - Liberal Democrats lost 35.8% of vote

Question 9

Example of party’s massive gain in votes in a counstituency

Answer 9

2015, SNP won a seat of Labour in Glasgow North Est with a +43.9%

Question 10

Large national fall in % of votes

Answer 10

Lib Dems lost 15% of the vote from 2010 to 2015

Question 11

MPs winning constituencies with fewest % of votes

Answer 11

In 2015, SDLP MP in Belfast South had just 24.5% of the vote

Question 12

Smallest constituency majorities

Answer 12

SNP won North East Fife by just 2 votes

Question 13

Lowest 2015 constituency turnout

Answer 13

Stoke-on-trent - 51% voted

Question 14

Constituency with most candidates

Answer 14

Maidenhead 2017 - 13

Question 15

Candidate dropping from 1st 4th place

Answer 15

Lib Dem loss 2015 - Norwich South

Question 16

Lowest vs highest 2015 turnout

Answer 16

Stoke-on-trent- 51%

East Dunbartonshire 81.9%

Question 17

2017 - Conservative % of votes vs % of seats

Answer 17

42% of votes

% of seats

Question 18

2017 - Labour % of votes vs % of seats

Answer 18

40% of votes

40% of seats

Question 19

2017 - Lib dem % of votes vs % of seats

Answer 19

7.4% of votes

8% of seats

Question 20

2015 - UKIP % of votes vs % of seats

Answer 20

12. 7% of votes

0. 2% of seats

Question 21

2015 voter turnout - 18-24

Answer 21

57%

Question 22

2015 voter turnout - 70+

Answer 22

84%

Question 23

Constituency with small electorate

Answer 23

Arfon has an electorate of just 40,000

Question 24

Constituency with big electorate

Answer 24

Isle of Wight has electorate of over 100,000

Question 25

MP with huge majority

Answer 25

Theresa May won 62% of vote in Maidenhead

Question 26

Example that MPs lack support

Answer 26

After 2010, 2/3 of MPs had less than 50% of votes

Question 27

Example of an MP representing a constituency

Answer 27

Jeremy Wright - Kenilworth and Southam