Political Parties Flashcards
Explain the Conservative Party Leadership selection process?
They hold a number of ballots within the party to whittle the number of candidates down to two. The party members as a whole then vote on the two remaining members.
Explain the Labour Party Leadership selection process?
In order to become a candidate a member must have the support of at least 20% of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the members then vote in an AV system.
Explain the Liberal Democrat Party Leadership selection process?
Candidates must win the support of 20 Local parties or 200 party members, party members vote using AV system.
How many Party Members do the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have?
As of 2022 -
Conservative Party - 172’000.
Labour Party - 432’000.
Liberal Democrats - 74’000.
What are the three types of party funding?
Party Member donations, Short money, Cranborne money.
How much funding did the three main parties get from party members?
Conservative Party - £4’744’000.
Labour Party - £5’054’000.
Liberal Democrat Party - £966’851.
How much short money do the three main opposition parties get?
Labour - £7’689’924.
Liberal Democrats - £1’052’703.
SNP - 1’301’552.
Why is there controversy surrounding the system of donations?
The system gives large scale donors a heavy degree of influence over the political system for example trade unions and the labour party.
What is the current economic policy of the Conservative Party?
- They want to create a New National Skills fund worth £3 billion for high quality training and education.
- They want to provide tax cuts for small businesses in order to help re-vitalize the high streets.
- They want to cut corporate tax from 28% to 19% to encourage investment into the UK.
- They will keep the pension triple lock and provide free TV licenses for those aged 75 and older.
- They want to abolish the tax on tampons.
What is the current law and order policy for the Conservative Party?
- They want to put 20’000 more police on the street to make people feel safer.
- They want to expand stop and search powers further, anyone convicted of carrying a knife can be searched at any point.
- They want to invest £10 million so that more police officers can carry tasers.
- They want to invest £2.75 billion in building larger prisons so that they don’t become overcrowded.
What is the current welfare policy of the Conservative Party?
- They want to provide an extra £33.9 billion in funding for the NHS in order to provide new MRI machines for 71 branches to catch cancer earlier.
- They have also pledged to upgrade 20 hospitals and build a further 40 new ones.
- They want to construct 5 new medical schools.
- They also want to establish an NHS visa in order to encourage foreign workers to help support the NHS.
What is the Current Foreign policy of the Conservative Party?
- They want to double down on Brexit and have rejected EU attempts at loosening border controls for younger people.
- They will not introduce conscription measures.
- They want to continue sending military supplies to Ukraine.
- They want to continue providing arms to Israel despite Human Rights violations.
- They want to increase military spending and provide more funding to renew the trident program.
What is the current economic policy in the Labour Party?
- They promise to stick to strict fiscal rules in order to provide stability in the economy.
- Set in place a new fiscal lock by empowering the Office of Budget Responsibility.
- Set up a new Office of Value for Money which will ensure that taxpayer money is used effectively.
- Appoint a Covid Corruption commission to track down people who exploited taxpayers during Covid.
What is the current law and order policy of Labour?
- They want to put 13’000 more police on the street with increased patrols, also give every community a named police officer they can speak to.
- They want to overall the system to protect Women from violence including, specialist rape investigation units in every town and city as well as using counter-terrorism laws on repeat offenders.
- They want to establish Young People’s Hubs which will provide mental health support and give young people things to do.
- Train more detectives to deal with complex crimes.
What is the current welfare policy of the Labour Party?
- They plan on providing NHS staff with extra overtime pay in order to cut backlogs.
- They will work to recruit more dentists in local communities so everyone can access an NHS dentist.
- They want to introduce far more CT and MRI scanners to improve the effectiveness of the service.
- Ban the promotion of vaping and junk food in order to keep children healthy.
