electoral systems-own research Flashcards
In all but three elections since WW2 the majority of voters have chosen Labour, Lib Dems, SNP and the Greens yet the Tories have been in power for ……
2/3s of that time
in the 2024 GE how much % of the popular vote did Labour receive compared to what 5 of seats in the Commons?
popular vote-35%
seats won in the Commons-63%
how many adults actively voted for Starmer’s programme of change in the 24 GE?
1 in 5
what % of MPs were elected with over half the votes in their constituency?
15%
in the 2024 GE, what % of people voted for losing candidates?
58%
in the 2015 GE how many seats did the SNP win in Scotland with what % of the vote?
the SNP won all but three seats with 50% of the votes
how many more votes did Reform UK receive than the Lib Dems in the 2024 GE?
600,000
how many seats did Reform UK win in the 2024 GE?
5 seats
what did Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood say in the 2024 GE?
He justified the decision of not giving 16 year olds the vote because they would vote for Labour and that would stop Brexit
in the 2015 GE, the SNP support only increased by 1.5% of the vote yet they inherited how many seats?
56
what did Theresa May say about FPTP
it secures a ‘strong and stable’ leadership
what did the 2017 GE election see which had not been seen since the 1960s?
high levels of proportionality however this could be an anomaly as the results may have been the polarizing effect of Brexit
