Political Developments: 2001 Election Results and why Labour won

Question 1

What seat majority did Labour win in the 1997 election?

Answer 1

179 seats

Question 2

What seat majority did Labour win in the 2001 election?

Answer 2

167 seats

Question 3

How many voters did Labour lose in the 2001 election?

Answer 3

3 million voters?

Question 4

Why might Labour losing 3 million voters not have been as significant?

Answer 4

Less people voted in the 2001 election than the 1997 election.

Question 5

What percentage less of the British population voted in the 2001 election compared to the 1997 election?

Answer 5

12%

Question 6

What was the case for all of Labour’s 5 pledges they made in the 1997 election by 2001?

Answer 6

They had fulfilled them all

Question 7

Which Act was passed in what year that helped the public to request information about public services?

Answer 7

2000 Freedom of Information Act

Question 8

What did the 1998 Human Rights Act do?

Answer 8

Allowed for British citizens to appeal to the ECtHR if they felt their human rights had been infringed on

Question 9

When should Britain have properly implemented the Human Rights Act?

Answer 9

1946

Question 10

Which Act was passed in what year that helped the public to protect their data?

Answer 10

1998 Data Protection Act

Question 11

Name one of the 5 pledges on Labour’s 1997 election card they had completed

Answer 11

Get class sizes down to 30 students

Question 12

When did the Human Rights Act pass?

Answer 12

1998

Question 13

What was a limitation for the 2000 Freedom of Information Act in terms of when it came into effect?

Answer 13

It only came into effect in 2005

Question 14

How many people had requested information from public authorities by 2006?

Answer 14

100,000 people

Question 15

What had Labour tried to gain from the public in their first term in office?

Answer 15

Trust from the public

Question 16

How did Labour present Hague?

Answer 16

They presented him as being like Thatcher

Question 17

What did Hague do showing he was not good at interacting with the public in the 2001 Notting Hill Carnival?

Answer 17

He only bragged about how he used to drink 14 beers a day

Question 18

What did Hague focus on for his 2001 campaign?

Answer 18

Not adopting the Euro

Question 19

Who visited Hague in public during his 2001 election campaign?

Answer 19

Margaret Thatcher

Question 20

What was the issue with Thatcher visiting Hague in his 2001 campaign?

Answer 20

It enforced the idea he would be like Thatcher

Question 21

Which act did Labour pass making working families better off? (To the year)

Answer 21

Working Families Tax Credit Act, 1999

Question 22

What had Gordon Brown started doing in terms of selling in 1999?

Answer 22

Started selling British gold

Question 23

What was an issue with the selling of British gold later on?

Answer 23

By 2011, it was worth 6 times more