Political Parties and Elections

Question 1

social class

Answer 1

Ipsos Mori 2015 GE:
AB - 45% cons, 26% lab
DE - 27% cons, 41% lab

Question 2

age

Answer 2

Ipsos Mori 2015 GE:
18-24 - 27% cons, 43% lab
65+ - 47% cons, 23% lab

Question 3

brexit vote

Answer 3

18-24 - 73% remain
65+ - 60% leave

Question 4

race/ethnicity

Answer 4

Ipsos Mori 2019 GE:
BME - 20% cons, 64% lab
white - 48% cons, 29% lab

Question 5

Cons. improving representation

Answer 5

Rishi sunak first non-white PM, Sajid Javid first non-white Home sec.

Question 6

Labour often associated with….

Answer 6

….the 2008 financial crash

Question 7

UKIP 2015

Answer 7

12.6% votes - 0.15% seats (1 seat)

Question 8

UKIP 2017

Answer 8

1.8% votes

Question 9

leaders image

Answer 9

‘save our bacon’

Question 10

floating voters

Answer 10

voters to new labour
labour voters to SNP

Question 11

labour to SNP

Answer 11

2010: 41 scottish labour seats
2015: 1 scottish labour seat

Question 12

privatisation of state owned companies

Answer 12

British steel, British Airways, British Telecomunications

Question 13

thatcher’s privatisation key in which election?

Answer 13

1983

Question 14

1983 conservative result

Answer 14

397 seats
42.4% of votes

Question 15

1983 labour result

Answer 15

209 seats
27.6% of votes

Question 16

clause IV

Answer 16

committed labour to the nationalisation of industry

Question 17

clause IV key in which election?

Answer 17

1997

Question 18

1997 election result

Answer 18

418 seats
increase of 147 from 1992

Question 19

low tax and spend key in which election?
(thatcher)

Answer 19

1979

Question 20

1979 election results

Answer 20

339 conservative seats
43.9% of votes - conservative
37% votes - labour

Question 21

1997 labour manifesto key points

Answer 21

cutting class sizes
cutting nhs waitlists
getting 250,000 under 25s off benefits and into work
no rise in income tax
introducing a minimum wage
devolution

Question 22

1997 labour and conservative seat share changes

Answer 22

lab: +147
cons: -170

Question 23

falklands win key in which election

Answer 23

1983

Question 24

1983 results

Answer 24

3.8% swing labour>conservative

Question 25

blair’s loss of muslim support due to…

Answer 25

invading/involvement in Iraq

Question 26

blair’s loss of muslim support seen through…

Answer 26

labour losing bethnal green - the second largest muslim seat in the country - in 2005

Question 27

troops removed from afghanistan in…

Answer 27

august 2021