Politcal parties Flashcards
Con donors
John sainsbury 10.2 mil and graham edward’s 5.2 mil since 2019
Blair trade union support
reduced reliance after they declined in strength
Leader of opposition funding
50k to lab leader
IPPR opinion poll said politicians are out for themselves
57%
Lib Dem 2019 said what about tuition fees
oppose increase of student tuition fees
in 2019 all 3 parties pledged what
to increase funding to NHS
Why did con membership choose Truss in 2022
Her tax policies, the membership chose her for their gains rather than the country
Johnson majority 2019
80 seat
Con factions
New cons, ERG more right wing
Lab membership 2015 increase
450k, majority younger voters
2017 election Lab lost but
removed cons majority under may
2015 party alignment
9% said they align strongly with a party
Sunak pushed what into top 5 issues
Immigration, considered more important to voters by YouGov
Post office scandal led to
emergency legislation in response to pressure from public + petitions for former PO boss to be removed
Percentage of people who would pay to join a campaigning/charity group
26% 2019
Percentage of people who said they would be a member of a political party
11%
What act established a review of finance
Political parties elections and referenda act 2002
What body makes the donates public
The electoral commission , independent
Donations over £7500
must be declared to the commission and made public for scrutiny
amount of Constituency spending is
£30k per constituency
short money
1974 named after then leader of commons Edward short
Why does Sinn Fein not accept short money
Abstentionism, do not swear oath of allegiance to the Queen and therefore do not take seats
Sinn Fien are given
Representative money-2006
Cranborne money
1996 , lord’s equivalent of short money
Ecclestone & Lab party scandal
1997 Ecclestone donates 1mil to Lab not public. Lab wins landslide and bans all sponsorships by tobacco. Blair keeps the money. Gets caught and has to apologise on Tv but then denied covering up details
Result of Ecclestone scandal
Disclosure of donations under £5000
Cash for honours scandal
Chai Patel nominated for peerage after donating £1.5mil. It was revealed this had happened 5 times. Other parties were investigated and parties had been “borrowing” money from donors and not recording it
Johnson’s Honors List
Consisted of 86 members, some paid for his holiday to Mystique that he continued to lie about. People bribed there way onto the list.
Johnson’s Wallpaper
Said the money had been a donation to party. Instead electoral commission investigated, £110k towards refurbishing his home.
Result of johnson’s wallpaper
He was fined £18k
Lab donations
Unite £11million
GMB Union £5.7mil
Lib Dem donations
Lord David sainsbury £8mil
David Tillies £1mil
In 2015 minor parties received
21% of votes and 10% of seats
How can SPF be more democratic
Used in devolved elections in PR systems
Steady income makes parties more complacent
Blair and his lack of support for TU after their membership declined, he didn’t need the money
Opp leader funding excludes who
minor parties
Public do not support
since 2009 expenses scandal, 57% said to IPPR that politicians are out for themselves
SPF could lead to extreme parties
Gaining seats
SPF Violates what right
Freedom of speech - right to donate if you want to
2015 lab members increased to
450k due to younger voters
Parties try to “catch all”
Vote of ceasefire and sunak pushing through on immigration after YouGov said it was top 5 issues for electorate
catch all post office scandal
emergency legislation from petition for former PO boss to be removed
Parties may choose leaders who are popular in the party
Truss tax polices, membership chose her for their own gain rather than country
People who strongly aligned with party %
9%
Becoming catch all negatives
Less of an ability to help specific groups and then have weaker ties to the party
pressure group increase
26% would pay to join 2019 11% would be party member
Lab and Con have some of what type of seats
safe seats
constituencies get £
£30k SPF
SNP won how many seats in scot in 2019
56/59
Green membership
54k 2021
Plaid cymru membership
10k 2022
Cons called for brexit due to
UKIP winning 140 council seats in 2016 some which were trad con.
Green party leaders
Co leaders
Carla Denyer and Andrew Ramsey
Con party on brexit 2025
reaped the benefits” of Brexit due to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal as an instance of success. They also cite the “ending of the supremacy of EU law” and “removing burdensome regulations”
emphasise deregulation, euroscepticism and national sovereignty, a Thatcherite position on foreign policy.
Labs 2025 right wing immigration policy
Impact of reform uk
Border Security, Asylum and
Immigration Bill
measures to seize and search phones, expand detention powers, and create new offences against gangs selling small boats parts.
make it impossible for a refugee who arrives in the UK on a small boat to become a British citizen, which attracted significant criticism from the Refugee Council and some Labour MPs.
Lab 2024 turn on non doms and labs econ policies
increased tax for billionaires
billionaires leave uk to counties with less/no tax
agreed to make amendments to tax reforms to keep billionaires in the uk
(pragmatic approach)
similar to blair’s third way trad left wing policies with tempered by a recognition of market realities
