Elections examples

Question 1

How many coalition’s have there been in the UK?

Answer 1

3 - War coalition, 2010, 2017

Question 2

How many seats did the conservatives win and with what percentage of the vote in 2015?

Answer 2

330(50.8%) with just 36.9% of the vote

Question 3

In 2015, what was the percentage of the electorate that endorsed conservative party policies?

Answer 3

24.4% of the 66.1% turnout

Question 4

What convention did the Lords break in October 2015?

Answer 4

Salisbury Convention - they voted to delay cuts to tax credits

Question 5

How many MPs in the 2015 general election had a ‘majority mandate’

Answer 5

51% (328 MPs)

Question 6

What percentage of ballot papers were spoiled under the ASM system in Scotland 2007?

Answer 6

3.5%(140,000)

Question 7

What percentage of ballot papers were spoiled under FPTP in 2010?

Answer 7

0.18%

Question 8

How did the Scottish Parliament fix the issue on spoilt ballots?

Answer 8

In 2011, they introduced two separate ballot papers with number of wasted constituency ballot going down to 0.42% and 0.34% for the party list ballot

Question 9

Why were people unhappy with the Labour Govt.?

Answer 9

Iraq war involvement

Question 10

What was 2010 Coalition keen to do?

Answer 10

Claim victories and disown failures

Question 11

What did the Electoral Reform Society do?

Answer 11

Before 2015, they predicted the outcome of 363 of 368 safe seats

Question 12

How much did parties spend on the marginal seat of Luton North prior to 2015 GE?

Answer 12

Around £129,687

Question 13

How much did parties spend on the safe seat Bootle prior to 2015 GE?

Answer 13

Around £5,907

Question 14

Why did the electorate potentially oppose the AV+ Reform referendum?

Answer 14

Produces a similar outcome to FPTP

Question 15

Why does Party list break link between Electorate and MPs

Answer 15

Party draws up list of preferred candidates with the top of list getting priority

Question 16

How did the 2010 GE resemble the issues of Party List

Answer 16

Cameron had an ‘A-list’ of candidate’s he wanted to get elected. Some did not even live within the constituencies where they were put up for election.

Question 17

2015 general election, how many seats and votes did UKIP win?

Answer 17

1 seat with 3.8million votes

Question 18

2015 general election, how many seats and votes did the SNP achieve?

Answer 18

56 seats with 1.45 million votes

Question 19

With what percentage of the vote did SNP win 56 seats?

Answer 19

50% of the vote

Question 20

Where did UKIP succeed ?

Answer 20

2014 European elections as it makes use of a more proportional system

Question 21

What is one benefit of FPTP?

Answer 21

Keeps extremist parties out, evident from BNP failing to win seats

Question 22

General Election turnout 2005?

Answer 22

61.4%

Question 23

General Election turnout 2015?

Answer 23

66.1%

Question 24

General election turnout 2017?

Answer 24

68.7%

Question 25

Turnout for the European elections in 2014?

Answer 25

35.6%

Question 26

Turnout for AMS Scotland 2011 for constituency vote and regional vote respectively?

Answer 26

50.4% and 51.1%