Electoral Systems Flashcards
Which Labour candidate in the 2024 election, can be used as an example for MPs often lacking majority support in their constituency?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
Terry Jeremy
Completet the stats: in 2024 the labour candidate Terry Jeremy…
a) Was Elected in ____
b) With just ____% of the vote
c) Which is just ____% of the constituencys population if those who didnt vote are also counted
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
a) South West Norfolk
b) 26.7%
c) 15.7%
Evidence of the ‘winners bonus’ of the FPTP system
Complete the stats: In the 2024 election..
a) The Labour Party won ____% of the seats?
b) With just ____% of the vote
c) Despite winning just ____ seats with 32.1% of the votes in 2019
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
a) 63%
b) 33.7%
c) 202
Evidence of FPTP fav. parties w. geographically concentrated support
In 2024, reform UK won…
a) ____% of the vote
b) but just ____ seats
c) what % of seats is that?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
a) 14.3%
b) 5
c) 0.8%
Evidence of FPTP fav. parties w. geographically concentrated support
Which pressure group modelled how the 2024 election result would have been different under a more proportional system?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
Make Votes Matter
Evidence for more proportional systems
How many voted would’ve Reform UK recieved under:
a) AMS
b) STV
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
a) 91
b) 71
Evidence for more proportional systems
In 2019 the Liberal Democrats won:
a) ____% of the vote
b) but just ____/650 seats
c) which equals ____% of the seats
d) if the system was fully proportional, they wouldve won ____ seats
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
a) 11.5%
b) 11
c) 1.7%
d) 75
Evidence for more proportional systems
In 2024 the Liberal Democrats won
a) ____ % of the vote
b) but just ____ seats
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped replaced - representation and proportionality
a) 12.2%
b) 72
Evidence for strong MP Constituency link under FPTP
Who did a study on the emails handled by MPs?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
The House Of Commons
Evidence for strong MP Constituency link under FPTP
How many emails do MPs handle a week according to a study done by the House of Lords?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
300 - 500
Evidence for strong MP Constituency link under FPTP
How much of an MPs time is estimated they allocate to constituency matters including surgeries and case work?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
40%
Evidence for strong MP Constituency link under FPTP
Describe what happened on Dec 5 2023
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
22 Conservative MPs supported a labour amendment aimed at speeding up compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal.
Evidence for strong MP Constituency link under FPTP
Why were the events of the 5th of December 2023 significant?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
The MPs rebelled against a three line conservative Whip to do so
Evidence for strong MP Constituency link under FPTP
What was the result of the conservative supporting the labour amendment surrounding the infected blood scan scandal?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
The amendment, which was successfully passed by narrow majority, called for the establishment of a body to administer conversation within three months of passing the Victims and Prisoners Bill
Evidence for strong MP Constituency link under FPTP
Given an example of a conservative MP that took part in the events of December 5, 2023
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
- Caroline Nokes
- Rebelled to represent the local movement for great conversation and the number of victims affected
- in her Romsey and Southampton North constituency
Under rep of minor parties = exclusion of extremists under FPTP
In 2010 the extreme right wing - British National Party:
a) won ____% of the national vote
b) but didnt finish higher than ____ in any constituency
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
a) 2%
b) 3rd
Under rep of minor parties = exclusion of extremists under FPTP
Contrast the BNP vote and seat share in the Europen Parliament election in 2009 which used a proportional Closed Party List system
BNP won:
a) ____% of votes
b) and ____ seats
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - counter for representation and proportionality
a) 6.2%
b) 2
What did the pressure group Make Votes Matter report in 2024?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped and replaced - Voter Choice
- 1/5 voters intended to vote tactically
- 58% of those who voted ended up with an MP they didnt vote for - hightest since WW2
Evidence of safe seats being a problem
Complete the stat:
a) Manchester ________ was won by Labour in 2024
b) With ____% of the vote
c) On a turnout of just ____%
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped and replaced - Voter Choice
a) Rusholme
b) 51.93%
c) 40%
Evidence of marginal seats being a problem
Which important marginal seat has been won by the winning party at every general election since its creation?
Para Point: FPTP SHOULD be scrapped and replaced - Voter Choice
Thanet South, Kent
FPTP is easy for voters to use -result known early + gov formed quickly
In 2024 the first consituency result:
a) which was ____
b) was announced at ____ on the day of the election
c) Stamer arrived at Downing Street as new PM at ____ the day after the election
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - Voter Choice
a) Sunderland South
b) 23:15
c) 12:40 pm
FPTP is easy for voters to use
The simplicity of FPTP is show in the:
a) ____ Alternative Vote (AV) Referendum
b) in which ____ % of voters voted against changing the voting system
c) on a ____% turnout
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - Voter Choice
a) 2011
b) 68%
c) 42%
FPTP is easy for voters to use - complicated systems = donkey voting
In the…
a) ____ local elections in NI,
b) In District Electoral Areas where there were two candidates running from the same party, the candidate whose surname was first ____
c) was elected ____% of the time
d) while the second was elected only ____% of the time
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - Voter Choice
a) 2019
b) alphabetically
c) 85%
d) 54%
FPTP creates strong govts
a) in the 1980s FPTP enabled ____
b) to bring about widespread changes to the ____
c) while in ____ it gave Blairs govt the mandate to
d) carry out ____ ____ ____
Para Point: FPTP SHOULDNT be scrapped and replaced - Type of Govt Created
a) Thatcher
b) Economy
c) 1997
d) extensive constitutional reforms
