Political parties - smaller parties

Question 1

Reform UK

Answer 1

2024 election:
* 12.3% increase from 2019 to 14.3% of the vote share
* 5 seats up from 0 in 2019

Manifesto:
* Stop all non essential immigration. Only key roles like healthcare would be allowed into UK
* any illegal immmigrants to be dentained and deported
* cut foregin aid by 50%
* scrap net zero energy plans

Question 2

Green

Answer 2

2024 election:
* 6.7% vote share up by 4% from 2019
* 4 seats up by 3 from 2019

Manifesto:
* lower voting age to 16
* pledge that wind will provide around 70% of the UKs elctricity by 2030

Question 3

How small partys fail

Answer 3

• Lack of funding
• lack of media exposure
• unfair electoral system (FPTP) -votes for smaller parties are seen as wasted votes

Question 4

How smaller parties can succeed

Answer 4

• Find wealthy supporters - reform and Elon Musk
• Strong leaders may gain support - Nikola Sturgeon
• in proprtional systems less votes are wasted

Question 5

Smaller seats election stats

Answer 5

seats won by minor parties:
* 1979 - 27
* 2001 - 80
* 2024 - 117

Question 6

Smaller parties % of votes won in elections

Answer 6

% of votes won by the main parties:
* 1979 - 80.8%
* 2001- 72.4%
* 2024 - 58%

Question 7

Lib-dems

Answer 7

2024 election:
* recieved 72 seats, thier highest since 1923 (up by 64 from 2019)
* 12.2% of votes

**Manifesto: **
* aim for 90% of UKs energy to be from renewables by 2030
* freeze rail fares
* plant at least 60 million trees a year