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2017 General Election

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Labour got 64% of under 24
Conservative got 61% of 65+
More AB voted conservatives; 48% v 32%
Labour bad press due to Corbyn
U turn on dementia tax Tory
Labour manifesto geared toward young voters & removed nationalisation
Conservative manifesto made by policymakers

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2019 general election

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Widespread labour losses
Conservatives benefitted from electoral system: 56% seats 43.6% vote
Labour lost 6 Welsh seats
Fall of red wall
Rise in conservative votes amongst C2 and DE (nearly 50%)
43% of former labour supporters left due to starmer

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1997 general election

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Blair strong leadership
37% of AB vote labour
Sun backed Labour Party; supported conservatives in 1992 when they won

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1979 general election

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Thatcher v Callaghan
No confidence vote in Tory
Turnout 76%
Won with 44% of vote
All areas went Tory; more in south
Tory gained 9/11% in C2 D
Women gained conservative due to preferring strong government
Labour only won under 24

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Salient issues

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Conservatives use inflation and economic turmoil under Callaghan
Media against Blair war
Labour used black Wednesday in 1997
Brexit led to conservative red wall
Dementia tax
Corbyn antisemitism

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High vote share v seats

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2015 green 1 seat 1 million votes
UKIP 12% no seat

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Referendum results and turnouts

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AV: turnout 42%; lost by 68%
Brexit: 72%; won by 51.9%
Scottish independence: turnout 85%; loss by 55%

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1997 Class Voting

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41% AB vote Cons
59% DE vote Labour; 21% Tory

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% who believe TV is the most influential part of the media

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62%

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How many watched TV debates in 2010 v 2019

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9.6m v 4.8m

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How many young people rely on internet fully?

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79%

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% of Brexit vote without qualifications

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75%

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When did cities reject local mayors?

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2010 all except Bristol
Turnout under 30

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How much is the state funding for referendum campaigns?

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600,000
Went to 700,000 in Brexit campaign

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Declining turnout

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75% in 1987, 71% in 1997, 59% 2001, 66% 2015

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Sources of the constitution

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Statute - PPERA
common law - Gina miller
Authoritative works - the British constitution
Convention - Salisbury doctrine
EU law

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Principles of the constitution

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Rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty, separation of powers

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Disadvantages of representative democracy

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Not directly asked, people make their own decision, detachment,

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When was the 3 line whip developed

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1900s

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Rise of elitist democracy

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90% graduates, 35% privately educated

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% who claim they don’t trust govt

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32%

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Partisan dealignment

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1950 90% affiliated
Now: 432k Lab, 172k Cons, 104K snp

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Causes of Pd

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Lost social capital, more educated, media scrutiny, rise of career politicians & age of spin

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Increasing democracy

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Lower voting age
E democracy
Compulsory voting

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Sectional PG

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BMA unite

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Causal PG

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Rspb Cancer research

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BMA success/failure

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Seatbelts, sugar tax, alcohol pricing,

Strike in 2016 flopped

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Greenpeace success/failure

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Shut down offshore / lobby govt against petrol cars
300m revenue
Failed to enforce London carbon cap
Conflict with scientists over GMO

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Example of failing inside

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NUT flopped with Gove

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Methods of PG

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Letters - water aid
Lobbying/celeb ghurka
Legal challenge: child poverty group v welfare change
March - stop the war flop
Consultation - health and social care act

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Think tanks

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Fabian society
Adam smith institute

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By elections & accountability

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Can trigger recall with 10% if MP out for set time

Eg Davies 2019 lost to libdem

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Questionable mandates

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Labour only got 35% of vote in 2005
Never had over 50% of vote share

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Criticism of FPTP

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Labour 28 safe seats
2017: lab/cons 2% difference but 55 seats; libdem 12% 11 seats

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Majoritarian systems

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AV, FPTP, SV

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PR systems

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AMS, STV,

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Types of issue

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Valence
Issue voters
Rational choice

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Social class breakdown

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2010
2017/9 cons hold c2de strongly; labour hold AB with libdem
Cons 58% below GCSE 2019; labour 64% working class 1964

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Age division

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Labour holds 2/3 of 18-24
Cons hold 45+

Blair got middle age 12%

Crossover age at 39

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Short term factors for election results

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Leaders, policy, incumbent, funding, overton window, media

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1979 GE

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Winter of discontent
Promised privatisation and better services
Labour broken economy
Right to buy
Monetarist

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1997 election

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Black Wednesday crisis
Incumbent sex scandal
Cash for access scandal
179 seat majority
Increased all shared and 70% bame

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1997 manifesto promises

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Cut times
Devo
Fast track
No tax rise

44
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Liverpool Walton labour

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85.7%

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Cons/Lab vote share 1979 to 2010

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81% to 65%

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EU dominance over UK case

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Factortame 1990

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limits on party funding

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PPERA 2000 limit to 30k constituency
Trade Union Act 2016
PPEA 2009 anything over 7500 has to be UK

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Impact on 2009 funding reform

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Total spending in 2010 30m; worth just cons before

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Types of state party funding

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Policy development grant
Funding for campaign
Short money given to opposition parties

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Which report found loans for peerages

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Phillips report 2007

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Stages in Scottish devolution

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Scotland act 1998
Independence referendum 2014
Scotland Act 2016

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Stages in Welsh devolution

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1979 referendum beaten
1997 narrowly passed -> wales act 1998
Wales Act 2014 gave stamp duty, business rate
Wales Act 2016 gave 10% income tax and permanence of assembly

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West Lothian question

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McKay comission
Evel
Scotland still voted on tuition
Used on housing and planning bill
Barnett formula

54
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total number of combined authorit

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10

55
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Parliament Act 1911
1949

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1911 banned money bill voting (they banned land tax)
Delay only 2 years
1949 one year

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3 factors impacting parliament influence over govt

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Party discipline
Government control over civil service
Membership of committee’s owned by whip

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Examples of breaking cabinet resp

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Duncan Smith welfare 2016
Dugdale 1954

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Executive dictating policy

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Poll tax 1990
Invasion Iraq 2003
Drone strikes Syria 2015

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Rate of govt following select committees

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44%

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Government acting ultra vires

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Gina miller
Residence test for legal aid 2016

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Suffrage groups

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Chartists - men over 21
Suffragists - peaceful protest
Suffragettes - direct action for female enfranchisement

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Private member& petition bills

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Abortion act
Abolition of death penalty

Backbench business committee 2010
Petitions committee 2015

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Inability to manage party as leader

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Corbyn 28 resignations 2017

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Public bill committee

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Strengthened; better scrutiny
2007 reform accepts experts evidence

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Types of Committees

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Select Committee - internal, topical, department
Public bill committee
HoL committees

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Limit of public bill v select committee

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Select elected by commons; public bill appointed by whip

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EU

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1972 joined
1975 referendum
Factortame 1990

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