Role and value of minority parties Flashcards
What is the role of minority parties?
- 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
How have GP broadened their appeal?
Offering a comprehensive manifesto that is broadly left wing in tone
Who are the leaders of GP?
Since 2021, Carla Denya and Adrian Ramsay have co-led the party
In 2015 how many people voted Green?
over a million 3.8% of vote and only 1 seat
How has GP had influence on British policies?
2017 the shadow chancellor radically addressed climate change
2018 TM launched govs 25 Year Environment Plan at the London Wetland Centre
What are some of the GP 10 core principles?
- social and environmental justice
- Humankinds depends on diversity of natural world
- Non-violent solutions to conflict
What are some GP policies?
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
When was UKIP founded?
1993
When did Nigel Farage become leader of UKIP?
2006
Who is UKIPS main supporter?
White working class
What is UKIPs main ideology?
anti-EU and anti-immigration
In 2015 what was the vote share and number of seats won by UKIP?
12.6% and 1 seat
Who was the leader of UKIP in 2017?
Paul Nuttall
Who was the leader of UKIP in 2018?
Gerad Batten
lost 123 of its 126 seats
Why did UKIP suffer?
Once we left EU suffered reinventing itself
What was the biggest influence UKIP had?
David Cameron’s in/out referendum was a response to the growing Euroscepticism of British politics which UKIP fuelled
How did UKIP affect LP?
white working class support contributed to LP achieving its worst share of the vote since 1987
Who played a defining role in the EU referendum campaign in 2016?
Nigel Farage put immigration at the heart of the case for Brexit
How did UIP affect results in Middlesbrough?
Always had L MP but Leave won 65.5% of the vote
What was the Brexit referendum result?
Leave 52%
Remain 48%
When was the Brexit party founded?
2018 and led by Farage between 19-21 as a right-wing Populist party
What did the Brexit party advocate for?
no-deal Brexit
In 2019 what were election outcomes for the Brexit party?
Won the most seats at the European Parliament election
no seats won in GE
What has Reform UK campaigned for?
reduce net migration, low taxation, opposing net 0 energy policy
How did Reform do in 2024 GE?
3rd highest popular vote, 14.3% of vote share and 5 MPs
