examples - political parties

Question 1

views and values of the brexit party and the conservative part

Answer 1

a party with a very narrow range of values and views which they are united around and one with a very broad range of views an values and so may be divided into factions

Question 2

purpose of green party

Answer 2

example of a party that seeks to influence the political system rather than gain power

Question 3

Labour, Conservatives and LibDems for example writing manifestos and then Kier Starmer, Rishi Sunak and Ed Davies as well as the party MPs promoting them successfully

Answer 3

examples of the function of making policy

Question 4

new labour always talked about being the third way and representing the whole country

Answer 4

decline of parties representing a specific section of society

Question 5

green party and womens rights parties

Answer 5

the rise of issues parties

Question 6

following the party’s 2015 election defeat, the former leader, ed miliband, resigned. this left behind a power vacuum. in finding a successor, the party ran into a huge controversy. the party membership voted overwhelmingly to elect jeremy corbyn. however, corbyn’s political views were far to the left of most of the labour MPs and peers. he was party leader until 2020 but many labour MPs in parliament refused to acknowledge him as their leader

Answer 6

example of issues with political leadership and how it can go wrong

Question 7

the conservative party lost faith in its then leader, theresa may in 2019 after her failure to unify the party to deliver an agreed version of Brexit

Answer 7

example of issues with political leadership and how it can go wrong

Question 8

boris johnson was overwhelmingly the favourite among conservative MPs and it became clear that most ordinary members of the party agreed with the MPs, leading to an emphatic appointment of him as party leader, which in turn saw him appointed as prime minister on 24th july 2019

Answer 8

examples of parties easily finding a leader