Political Parties - Case Studies + Evidence

Question 1

2015 - Parties Outcome

Answer 1

Conservatives won 37% of the electorate but 51% of seats
Green Party won over 1million votes yet only 1 Seat
UKIP won 12.6% of the vote (demand for brexit) yet only 1 seat

Question 2

2015 - Labour Membership

Answer 2

Ed Miliband made cost of membership to the Labour Party just £3 in an attempt to increase party membership - 300,000 people joined

Question 3

2017 - UKIP

Answer 3

Only won 1.8% of the vote

Question 4

2019 - Parties Outcome

Answer 4

Conservatives won 44% of the electorate and 56% of seats
Green Party gained 3 seats

Question 5

2019 - Conservatives Leader

Answer 5

Boris Johnson elected Party Leader and consequently PM by 1% of the population (100,000 members of the conservative party)

Question 6

Housing (Tory)

Answer 6

Housing Minister - Robert Genrick rushed through approval for development project to satisfy Tony Donor Richard Desmond - saved him millions

Question 7

David Cameron + HoL

Answer 7

Cameron - Left in 2016 yet before rewarded loyal supporters with peerage in HoL

Question 8

2009 Controversy ?

Answer 8

2009 Parliamentary Expenses Scandal - widespread misuse of allowances and expenses - led to sackings

Question 9

A-Level Grades controversy ?

Answer 9

Starmer in 2020 questioned the government on algorithm used for A-level grades during the pandemic

Question 10

Labour Party Donation

Answer 10

1998 - Bernie Ecclestone donates £1 million to the Labour Party - attempted to expect Formula 1 from ban of tobacco sponsorship

Question 11

2017 Election Party Outcome

Answer 11

Labour and Conservatives received highest vote share since 1979 (82.3%)

Question 12

2022 - Party Donations

Answer 12

Political Parties reported donations of £51 million in 2022
Conservatives - £4,860,000
Labour - £7,220,000
Green Party - £172,000

Question 13

Issue facing Government

Answer 13

British Public think a lack of trust in politicians and government is one of the top 5 issues facing the government (could talk about PartyGate here)

Question 14

Starmer’s Promise ?

Answer 14

Keir Starmer (2022) promised to restore trust in government (Johnson did he same in 2019)

Question 15

Lib Dem Vote Share

Answer 15

After 2015 Lib Dem/Tory coalition, Lib Dem vote share fell to just 8%