specific facts

Question 1

example of MP constituency link

Answer 1

Zac Goldsmith in RIchmond Park defied Tory 3 line whip to vote against third runway at Heathrow - under flight path

Question 2

Safe seats examples

Answer 2

Maidenhead - Conservative, May
Bootle - Labour

Question 3

spending in marginal vs safe seats

Answer 3

22 times more spent on Luton South than Bootle

Question 4

strong government majorities

Answer 4

Blair 1997 - 179 seats maj
Johnson in 2019 - 80 seats maj

Question 5

Example of coalitions taking long time to negotiate

Answer 5

Germany - took 2 months to reach an agreement
NI - up to 24 weeks for first and deputy ministers to be nominated - still a long time before the ministers have to cease to hold office

Question 6

Parties represented in NI assembly aftr May 2022 election

Answer 6

Sinn Fein - largest, DUP, Alliance, UUP, SDandLab. TUV, indpendents

Question 7

what is the formula used to allocate seats from votes in NI?

Answer 7

d’Hondt formula

Question 8

how many constituencies in NI?

Answer 8

18

Question 9

How many MLAs per NI constituency?

Answer 9

5

Question 10

Mayor of london election system previously

Answer 10

Supplementary Vote - majoritarian

Question 11

London mayoral result 2021

Answer 11

Sadiq Khan - 40% first round, then 55%
Shaun Bailey - 35% first round, then 45%

Question 12

Proportion of Scots voting against Brexit

Answer 12

62%