Electoral systems

Question 1

FPTP

Answer 1

2019:
Conservatives 43.6% -> 56%
LibDems 11.5% -> 1.7%
Alex Chalk won by 900 votes
67.3% turnout

lack of stable majority govt:
2017-2019 Theresa May
2010-2015 Coalition
2007-2010 Gordon Brown
July-Oct 2022 - 3 different PM

Question 2

SV

Answer 2

London Mayoral election 2021:
Sadiq Khan - 55% of the votes - 40% of first pref votes
Shaun Bailey (Con) - 35% of first pref votes
40.1 % turnout

Question 3

STV

Answer 3

Stormont 2022: (by first pref votes)
Sinn Fein 29% -> 30.1%
Ulster Unionist 11.2% -> 10%
SD + Labour 9.1% -> 8.9%
63% turnout

Question 4

AMS

Answer 4

Scottish Parliament 2021:
SNP 44% -> 49.6%
Con 22.7% -> 24%
Lab 19.8% -> 17%
LibDems 6% -> 3.1%
Green 4.7% -> 6.2%
63.3% turnout

Question 5

Parliament makeup

Answer 5

Westminster
Conservatives 354 - 64 majority
SNP 45/59 of the available Scottish seats
Green 1