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Political Parties Flashcards

1
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What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 1979?

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81%

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What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 1997?

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74%

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What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 2010

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65%

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What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 2017

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84%

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What % of votes did UKIP take in 2015 and how many seats did they gain?

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12.6%

1 seat

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6
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How many seats in the EU Parliament does UKIP hold?

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7 of the 75 available

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What is the maximum number of seats that the SNP can get?

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59 (they only run in Scotland)

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How many seats did the SNP take from Labour in 2015?

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40

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9
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How many seats did the SNP lose in 2017?

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56 seats to 37 seats

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10
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Give 2 industries that wee a focus of Atlee’s Old Labour Nationalisation

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Coal Mines

Bank of England

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11
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Clause IV§

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A clause in Labour’s constitution that sets out the socialist aim of the party

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12
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When was the Royal Mail privatised?

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2015

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13
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What are 3 industries that Corbyn said he wanted to privatise in his 2017 Manifesto

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Railways
Water
Royal Mail

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14
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Ratio of pay between the highest earning and lowest earning members of a company that Corbyn wants in 2017 manifesto

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20:1 ratio

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X% VAT on private school fees (Corbyn’s 2017 manifesto)

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20%

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16
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What tax rate does Corbyn want on those earning over £123,000

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50%

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17
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Corbyn wants to raise the current corporation tax from X to Y

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26% - 29%

18
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When did the UK join the Iraq War?

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2003

19
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Which Labour Leader protested against the British participation in the Falklands war?

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Michael Foot

20
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Corbyn’s views on Trident

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He is against it
BUT he has compromised due to significant support from the PLP. He has pledged to support Trident and give 2% of GDP to defence

21
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How many Labour MPs voted for Syrian air strikes?

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66 MPs

22
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How much of the PLP voted for Trident’s renewal?

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60%

23
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How much of the vote did Corbyn win in the 2015 Leadership election?

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62%

24
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Which Labour leader founded the NHS and when?

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Attlee in 1948

25
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Blair on ‘welfare to work’

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He would scrap thee Jobseeker’s allowance to make it harder to live simply off of benefits

26
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Blair on NHS and wages

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Heavily invested in the NHS (even more so than any previous gov) and tripled its budget
Introduced a national minimum wage and increased child benefits by 72%

27
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How much did the 2017 Labour manifesto pledge towards healthcare and social reform?

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£7.7 billion

28
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How did the 2017 Labour manifesto focus on workers’ rights?

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Creation of a ministry of Labour

Banning of zero-hour contracts

29
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Cameron views on NHS

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Vowed to prioritise them, showing a more One Nation tendency

30
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Cameron state intervention in the economy

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Introduced a National Living Wage

Increased the state pension

31
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Cameron’s promise to reduce the deficit

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Reduce deficit by £156 billion through spending cuts (2011-12)

32
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Cameron proposed income tax cuts

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50%-45%

33
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May pledged to cut corporation tax to X% by Y

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Cut to 17% by 2022

34
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May rose the tax-free personal allowance to what?

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£12,500

35
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2017 Conservative manifesto pledged how much money to schools and the NHS?

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Extra £8 billion to NHS

£4 billion for schools by 2022

36
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Austerity

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Difficult economic conditions created by the government in order to reduce public spending

37
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What did May do with austerity?

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Announced that it was over with the 2018 budget

38
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Cameron on family

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Wanted people to rely on their family and not the state

39
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draft Domestic Abuse Bill

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Increased state support for prevention of and protection from domestic abuse
Backed by Theresa May

40
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How many conservative MPs voted against the 2010 Same Sex Marriage Act?

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127 MPs

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