Minor parties

Question 1

Name some minor parties

Answer 1

SNP
Plaid Cymru 
UKIP
DUP
Green Party

Question 2

When was SNP established

Answer 2

1934

Question 3

When did SNP win its first parliament seat and where

Answer 3

First parliamentary seat at Hamilton by election in 1967

Question 4

Plaid Cymru dates from ____

Answer 4

1925

Question 5

When did Plaid Cymru win its first seat in Westminster

Answer 5

Won its first seat at Westminster in 1996 Camarthen by election

Question 6

Where is Plaid Cymru’s main support

Answer 6

Main support in welsh - speaking North Wales - South Wales = Lab dominated

Question 7

When was UKIP founded

Answer 7

1993

Question 8

When was Nigel Farage elected as UKIP leader

Answer 8

2006

Question 9

What was the Green Party originally known as

Answer 9

PEOPLE - then known as the ecology party - then changed name to GP

Question 10

When did the Green Party change its name to the Green Party

Answer 10

1985

Question 11

When was the DUP founded and by who

Answer 11

1971 - by the reverend Ian Paisley

Question 12

What was the DUP’s priority when it was founded

Answer 12

Priority to keep NI as part of the UK

Question 13

When it was founded what did the DUP have strong links to

Answer 13

Strong links with the free Presbyterian Church & its social conservatism

Question 14

Name some significant achievements of the SNP

Answer 14

Before 2015 highest number of MP’s the SNP returned to Westminster had been 11 but in 2015 the SNP won 56 of the 59 Scottish constituencies in the HOC

Became the third biggest party in the HOC following the gen elections of 2010 & 2015

Question 15

What is a significant achievement of Plaid Cymru

Answer 15

In the 2017 gen election Plaid Cymru won 4 of the 40 welsh parliamentary seats - most it has ever won - influence always minimal at Westminster

Question 16

What are some significant achievements of UKIP

Answer 16

Little impact until the 2004 EU parliament election when it achieved 16% of the vote - following election of Farage broadened support in EUP among white WC by opposing EU membership & further immigration

Expansion of EU in 2004 & 2007 / flood of east Europeans contributed to electoral success in 2014 EUP elections UKIP beat both Lab & Conserv with 26.6% of the vote + 24 seats

Question 17

What are some significant achievement of the Green Party

Answer 17

In 1989 Greens achieved 15% in the European Parliament elections

In 2010 Caroline Lucas won Brighton pavilion for the Greens further increasing her share of the vote in 2015 & 2017 gen election - 2015 over a million people voted Green - 3.6% of the vote -

Question 18

What is a significant achievement of the DUP

Answer 18

In 2005 gen election it became the largest unionist party at Westminster + biggest share of the vote in elections to the Stormont assembly - 28% of the vote

Question 19

What has the DUP played an indispensable role in

Answer 19

The development of the peace process in NI - initially opposed to power sharing with republican parties

Question 20

Where is the SNP most powerful

Answer 20

Scotland

Question 21

What are some policies the SNP has put into place in Scotland

Answer 21

Has maintained free uni tuition policies by not adopting tuition fees that exist elsewhere in the UK

Prescription charges have been abolished

Question 22

The SNP’s ___ MP’s provide the party with almost _____ times more voting influence than the __ Lib Dem MP’s elected in 2017

Answer 22

45
Three
12

Question 23

From ____ to _____ Plaid Cymru formed a coalition with ______

Answer 23

2007 to 2011

Labour

Question 24

How does Lab’s dominant influence over Plaid Cymru affect the party

Answer 24

Lab’s dominant influence ensures that Plaid Cymru’s influence has generally been limited at Westminster and on the Northern assembly

Question 25

How does Farage add to UKIP’s influence (impact on British politics)

Answer 25

His high profile media presence , plain - speaking , common sense and criticism of establishment politicians

Question 26

What evidence is there for UKIP’s influence being tiny

Answer 26

Influence still tiny - in 2017 gen election leader Nuttall lost only seat party had support plummeted to 1.8%

Question 27

How did UKIP fuel Euroscepticism?

Answer 27

By contributing to ref promise made by Conservs

Question 28

What evidence is there for UKIP helping to determine the 2015 gen election

Answer 28

Lab lost 7 seats to Conserv due to strong showing by UKIP - partisan dealignment - fuelled euroscepticism so conservs ref promise was desirable

Question 29

How has the Green Party impacted British politics

Answer 29

Encouraging main parties to adopt more environmentally friendly policies in the 2017 gen election - shadow chancellor McDonell announced that the govt’s response to climate required ‘a transformation of our institutions and how our economies run’

Question 30

What did the previous shadow chancellor McDonell say about the govts response to climate change

Answer 30

Required ‘a transformation of our institutions and how our economies run’