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
In the 2003 Scottish Election, how many seats did the SNP win?
35
What was the outcome of the 2003 Scottish Election?
A coalition was formed between scottish Labour and the Lib Dems
In the 2021 Welsh Senedd Election, how many seats did Labour win?
30 / 60.
In 2010, what % did the Lib Dems win?
23%
In 2015, what % of the vote did the Lib Dems win?
8%
Evidence to suggest that FPTP does not results in different types of government?
effective in producing a single party government with large majorities. Thatcher = 144 and Blair = 179
Evidence to suggest that FPTP is effective in producing different types of government?
In 2010, 2015 and 2017 FPTP failed to create a single party government
How many seats did the Green Party win in the 2021 Scottish Elections?
8
In the 2016 London Mayoral Elections, what % of the vote did the Conservatives and Labour get?
81%
What was the turnout of the 2021 Northern Irish Assembly Election?
63%
What was the aftermath of the 2021 Northern Irish Assembly Election 2017?
Sinn Fein was the first nationalist party to be elected to Stormont. The DUP failed to agree to enter the executive leading to government shutdown. Also to do with Brexit/NI protocol
Following the 2021 Scottish Election, what sort of government was formed?
A minority government
In August 2021, what sort of government did Nicola Sturgeon create and with whom?
A Green Party pact
What was the turnout of the 2021 Welsh Senedd Election?
47%
In the 2021 Welsh Senedd Elections, how many seats did Welsh Labour achieve?
30/60 = majority
In the 2021 Welsh Senedd elections, how many seats did the Conservatives gain from the regional list system
8 seats taking their total to 16
What was the turnout of the 2021 Welsh Senedd election?
47%
Since 1999, what has been the turnout of the Welsh Senedd elections?
43.3%
