Political Evidence - Electoral Systems Flashcards
In 2015, what percentage of the vote did UKIP gain?
12.5% but only 1 seat
Where is Conservative support usually located?
South East and Central England
Evidence to suggest that FPTP produces disproportionate results?
UKIP in 2015. They received 12.5% of the vote but only 1 seat.
Evidence to suggest FPTP prevents small parties from breaking into the political system?
UKIP in 2015
Evidence to suggest FPTP produces a strong and decisive government?
2019 General Election whereby the Conservatives won a 80 seat majority
Evidence to suggest FPTP doesn’t produce a strong and decisive government?
Minority government formed in 2017 with the Tories and DUP wasn’t ‘strong and stable’
Evidence to suggest FPTP encourages voters to vote tactically?
Safe seats - voters will not vote for a party with no chance of winning, instead they vote for the party they may not support to remove to winning party from power
—-Harrogate and Knaresborough
Evidence to suggest FPTP doesn’t produce a mandate for an incoming government?
Since 1945, every winning party has received less than 50% of the vote. Meaning no government has had a mandate to carry out its proposals
In 2005 GE, Labour won a 66 majority with 35% of the vote
Evidence to suggest AMS produces broadly proportional results?
The regional list system tops up seats
In 2021, Tories gained 26 seats through regional list. They had 5 previously.
Also in 2021, the Green Party won 8 seats through the regional list system where they won 0 in constituency seats
Evidence to suggest AMS helps small parties break through into the political system, in 2021?
Green Party gained 8 seats through regional list. They had none through FPTP
Evidence to suggest STV produces a proportional outcome (Sinn Fein)?
In Northern Ireland
— Sinn Fein won 29% of the vote
— they got 30% (27) seats
2022
What percent of the vote did Sadiq Khan win in 2021 whilst running for London Mayor?
40%
What percent of the vote did Sadiq Khan win in the 2nd round of vote in 2021?
55%
Why is having a large 2nd round majority a good thing within the SV electoral system?
When Sadiq Khan won 55% of the vote in the 2nd round of the 2021 Mayoral Election
What was the winners bonus in 2019 for the Conservative party? (% of vote vs % of seat)
They got 42% of the vote
And got 56% of the seats
What % of the vote did the SDP/Lib alliance get in 1983?
25%
How many seats did the SDP/Lib alliance get in 1983?
11 seats = 1.7% of seats
Give an example of the Labour party winning an election but on less than 50% of the popular vote?
Labour 2006
66 seat majority on 35% of the vote
In 2019, what % of the vote did the Lib Dems get compared to the number of seats they got?
- 5% of the vote
1. 7% of the seats
What % of the vote did the Conservatives get in 2019 compared to the number of seats?
% of the vote = 43%
% of the seats = 56%
In the run up to the 2010 general election, how many safe seats were there calculated to be?
382
In the 2021 Scottish Elections how many seats did the SNP win?
64 out of a possible 129
What type of electoral system is AMS?
A hybrid system combining AMS and FPTP
In the 2003 Scottish Election, how many seats did Scottish Labour win?
56
