paper 1 evidence bank

Question 1

T.U 2016 ref

Answer 1

72.2

Question 2

T.U indy ref

Answer 2

84.6

Question 3

2015 recall act

Answer 3

fiona onasanya + chris davies (successful)
ian paisley (unsuccessful w/ 9.4% of vote)

Question 4

increase for EU ref

Answer 4

7.6%

Question 5

T.U AV ref

Answer 5

42%

Question 6

london mayor ‘21 T.U

Answer 6

19.1%

Question 7

2001 T.U

Answer 7

19.1%

Question 8

2017 T.U

Answer 8

59.4%

Question 9

2019 lib dem seats

Answer 9

19% of seats, but only 2% of votes

Question 10

16/17 yr olds for indy ref

Answer 10

89% registered to vote

Question 11

election act

Answer 11

voting ID

Question 11

police crime sentencing act

Answer 11

strengthens police power to tackle protests

Question 12

Junior doctors 23

Answer 12

77% voted to strike

Question 13

CBI

Question 14

BMA

Answer 14

insider group
lobbied policy makers through direct meetings, + media etc.. to ensure health + care act ‘22 was passed

Question 15

38 degrees

Answer 15

outside group
uses social media
has 2.5 million members

Question 16

greenpeace

Answer 16

influenced michael gove’s ban on bee harming pesticides.

Question 17

marcus rashford

Answer 17

with with fareshare on vouchers for free school meals during summer

Question 18

truss + thinktanks

Answer 18

lots of connections to institute of economic affairs&raquo_space; has spoken more @ more of its events than any other politician over last 12 yrs.

Question 19

IEA + Brexit

Answer 19

had significant influence in brexit + leaving EU single market.

Question 20

cameron + greensil

Answer 20

lobbied rishi sunak via text on behalf of greensil, they paid him 10 mil over 10 yrs

Question 21

Civil partnership

Answer 21

declared incompatible by SC in 2018. govt amended act in 2019

Question 22

prisoners voting

Answer 22

echr rules blanket ban incompatible w/ echr

Question 23

FOI

Answer 23

allowed public access to information in name of transparency

Question 24

police crime + sentencing bill '22

Answer 24

gives police power to impose on noisy protests + create buffer around parliament

Question 25

2015 cons vote share

Answer 25

37% of electorate, 51% of seats

Question 26

2015 Greens vote share

Answer 26

1 mil votes but 1 seat

Question 27

2015 UKIP

Answer 27

12.6 mil

Question 28

2017 UKIP

Answer 28

1.% of vote

Question 29

bernie ecclestone + funding

Answer 29

donated 1 mil to lab in attempt to exempt formula 1 from ban of tobacco sponsorship

Question 30

2017 Lab + Cons vote share together

Answer 30

largest vote share since 1979 82.3% of vote

Question 31

donations in '22

Answer 31

£51 mil

Question 32

2022 cons donations

Answer 32

4.8 mil

Question 33

2022 lab donations

Answer 33

7.2 mils

Question 34

2022 lib dem donations

Answer 34

1.4 mil

Question 35

2022 greens donations

Answer 35

172,000

Question 36

2005 lab vote share

Answer 36

35.3% of pop vote

Question 37

indy ref

Answer 37

T.U 84.6 Remain 55% leave 45%

Question 38

T.U 2017 G.E

Answer 38

63.5%

Question 39

2019 cons vote share

Answer 39

365/650 seats w/ only 43.6% of vote share

Question 40

age in 2017

Answer 40

64% 18-24 voted lab 61% of 65+ voted cons

Question 41

age in 2019

Answer 41

56% of 18-24 voted lab 57% 0f 60 -69 voted cons

Question 42

social class '97

Answer 42

-In 1997 Blair increased his vote share in all class categories -In 1997-37% of AB voters voted Labour -In 1997-41% of C2(skilled manual) voted for the conservatives

Question 43

social class in 2017

Answer 43

-In 2017-48% of voters in the AB voted conservative -In 2017-32% of AB voters voted labour

Question 44

social class in 2019

Answer 44

-In 2019-36% of AB voters voted labour -In 2019-C2 voters were more likely to vote cons (49%)DE(47%)AB(42%) In 2019-43% of those with higher education voted labour

Question 45

region 2019

Answer 45

-57.4% of people in south east of england voted for the conservative party -wales-typical labour stronghold-but in 2019 Labour lost 6 seats in wales -North east-48.2% voted labour

Question 46

media influence

Answer 46

-the Sun has backed every winner since 1979 -In 1997-The sun backed the Labour party -1992-”Its the sun wot won it”-allowed for unexpected conservative victory -2017 General election-increased use in social media as a campaign tool -Blair made use of “spinning” in 1997

Question 47

more media influence

Answer 47

1997 made use of tv debates -2017-Labour still scored highly despite constant negative press about corbyn -2017-May won despite being seen as “may bot” with a lack of tv presence -opinion polls showed Callaghan was popular candidate in 1979 -conservatism divided over EU in 1997 whilst labour were united around Blairs third way. -Most widley-circulated paid papers is the sun with 1.2 million papers printed daily

Question 48

more more media

Answer 48

-left wing tabloid mirror readers are 68% labour voters -right wing tabliod the express readers are 77% conservative -71|% of press for conservatives but 43.6% of 2019 vote Salient issues- -Conservatives made use of deteriorating economic situation-strikes,inflation ect “crisis what crisis”

Question 49

more more more media

Answer 49

-labour made use of conservatives failing economic policies after black wednesday in 1997. -Brexit was a divisive issue-Conservatives lost votes by AB voters who wanted to punish them for leaving the EU. -2017-cons have to U turn on “dementia tax” -2019-Labours copious manifesto pledges led to questions on affordability -2019-43% of former labour supporters based voter and leadership

Question 50

campaign '97

Answer 50

1997-Tony blair- charismatic, young and enthusiastic, major was tainted through scandals in the tory party.

Question 51

campaign 2017

Answer 51

2017 labour manifesto-appealing to younger voters+dropped socialist policies such as nationalisation 2017-corbyn took advantage of media and in person events to win the votes of younger people 2017-conservative manifesto-devised by policy advisors and lacked an enthusiastic response. 2017-conservative campaign-uninspiring, = Minority govt

Question 52

Campaign 1979

Answer 52

Thatcher softened her voice+appealing to stay at home mums -Labour isn't working slogans appealed to working class struggling with economic situation.