Evidence Flashcards
what was the government majority in 2019?
80 seats
what was the government majority in 2017?
no majority it was a minority government with a confidence and supply agreement with the DUP
what was the government majority in 2010?
no overall majority so formed a coalition with the lib dems
2001 government majority number?
166 seats
turnout of the brexit referendum?
72%
turnout of the 2014 scottish independence referendum (indyref)
84%
turnout of 2011 av referendum?
42%
turnout of 1998 good friday agreement referendum?
81%
whats the trend for turnout of general elections?
high in the early 90s with 77% in 1992, drops to 71% in 1997 then to 59% in 2001, been gradually increasing since but stayed in the 60-70% range.
slight drop of around 1.5% from 2017-19
what did stonewall do for lgbtq rights?
lobbied and got the 2004 civil partnership act passed and the 2013 same sex marriage act passed
evidence of pressure groups failing to change government policy
2003 stop the war protesters with 1m people marching, we still went to war
2024, pro palestine protester, yet no ceasefire or stopping of aid to israel
give examples of think tanks being ineffective
fabian society largely ignored on their views of renationalisation by tory governments
Institute of economic affairs, behind the truss fiasco with 45b pounds of unfunded tax cuts
give example of think tanks being effective
the centre for social justice’s research led to universal credit being introduced to help combat poverty
give an example of lobbying succeeding in the uk
marcus rashford and his free school meals program got 1.3m kids access to food
give an example of lobbying failing in the uk
private healthcare firms that want more privitisation of the nhs, have failed due to public and trade union pressure
