Political Parties and Elections Flashcards
(27 cards)
social class
Ipsos Mori 2015 GE:
AB - 45% cons, 26% lab
DE - 27% cons, 41% lab
age
Ipsos Mori 2015 GE:
18-24 - 27% cons, 43% lab
65+ - 47% cons, 23% lab
brexit vote
18-24 - 73% remain
65+ - 60% leave
race/ethnicity
Ipsos Mori 2019 GE:
BME - 20% cons, 64% lab
white - 48% cons, 29% lab
Cons. improving representation
Rishi sunak first non-white PM, Sajid Javid first non-white Home sec.
Labour often associated with….
….the 2008 financial crash
UKIP 2015
12.6% votes - 0.15% seats (1 seat)
UKIP 2017
1.8% votes
leaders image
‘save our bacon’
floating voters
voters to new labour
labour voters to SNP
labour to SNP
2010: 41 scottish labour seats
2015: 1 scottish labour seat
privatisation of state owned companies
British steel, British Airways, British Telecomunications
thatcher’s privatisation key in which election?
1983
1983 conservative result
397 seats
42.4% of votes
1983 labour result
209 seats
27.6% of votes
clause IV
committed labour to the nationalisation of industry
clause IV key in which election?
1997
1997 election result
418 seats
increase of 147 from 1992
low tax and spend key in which election?
(thatcher)
1979
1979 election results
339 conservative seats
43.9% of votes - conservative
37% votes - labour
1997 labour manifesto key points
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
1997 labour and conservative seat share changes
lab: +147
cons: -170
falklands win key in which election
1983
1983 results
3.8% swing labour>conservative
