Role and value of minority parties

Question 1

What is the role of minority parties?

Answer 1

1. take up particular causes neglected by other parties-UKIP EU
   2.air grievances not being taken up by traditional parties
   3.haven for protest voters
   4.affect outcome of elections
   5.articulate thinking of a section of the electorate

Question 2

How have GP broadened their appeal?

Answer 2

Offering a comprehensive manifesto that is broadly left wing in tone

Question 3

Who are the leaders of GP?

Answer 3

Since 2021, Carla Denya and Adrian Ramsay have co-led the party

Question 4

In 2015 how many people voted Green?

Answer 4

over a million 3.8% of vote and only 1 seat

Question 5

How has GP had influence on British policies?

Answer 5

2017 the shadow chancellor radically addressed climate change
2018 TM launched govs 25 Year Environment Plan at the London Wetland Centre

Question 6

What are some of the GP 10 core principles?

Answer 6

1. social and environmental justice
2. Humankinds depends on diversity of natural world
3. Non-violent solutions to conflict

Question 7

What are some GP policies?

Answer 7

Green New Deal Bill reduce climate emissions to net 0 by 2030
FPTP replaced by PR
100,000 new 0 carbon homes built to rent each year
Democratic HoL
Abolish tuition fees

Question 8

When was UKIP founded?

Answer 8

1993

Question 9

When did Nigel Farage become leader of UKIP?

Answer 9

2006

Question 10

Who is UKIPS main supporter?

Answer 10

White working class

Question 11

What is UKIPs main ideology?

Answer 11

anti-EU and anti-immigration

Question 12

In 2015 what was the vote share and number of seats won by UKIP?

Answer 12

12.6% and 1 seat

Question 13

Who was the leader of UKIP in 2017?

Answer 13

Paul Nuttall

Question 14

Who was the leader of UKIP in 2018?

Answer 14

Gerad Batten
lost 123 of its 126 seats

Question 15

Why did UKIP suffer?

Answer 15

Once we left EU suffered reinventing itself

Question 16

What was the biggest influence UKIP had?

Answer 16

David Cameron’s in/out referendum was a response to the growing Euroscepticism of British politics which UKIP fuelled

Question 17

How did UKIP affect LP?

Answer 17

white working class support contributed to LP achieving its worst share of the vote since 1987

Question 18

Who played a defining role in the EU referendum campaign in 2016?

Answer 18

Nigel Farage put immigration at the heart of the case for Brexit

Question 18

How did UIP affect results in Middlesbrough?

Answer 18

Always had L MP but Leave won 65.5% of the vote

Question 19

What was the Brexit referendum result?

Answer 19

Leave 52%
Remain 48%

Question 20

When was the Brexit party founded?

Answer 20

2018 and led by Farage between 19-21 as a right-wing Populist party

Question 21

What did the Brexit party advocate for?

Answer 21

no-deal Brexit

Question 22

In 2019 what were election outcomes for the Brexit party?

Answer 22

Won the most seats at the European Parliament election
no seats won in GE

Question 23

What has Reform UK campaigned for?

Answer 23

reduce net migration, low taxation, opposing net 0 energy policy

Question 24

How did Reform do in 2024 GE?

Answer 24

3rd highest popular vote, 14.3% of vote share and 5 MPs