Stats to learn - Mock 10th March 2015

Question 1

What year did the Hapathy election occur?

Answer 1

2001

Question 2

What was the turnout rate of the 2001 UK general election?

Answer 2

59.4%

Question 3

a) What was the turnout rate of the 2001 UK general election?
b) Why was this?

Answer 3

a) 59.4%
b) People were content with their own lives and did not feel the need to vote, thus this election was known as ‘The Hapathy Election’

Question 4

What was the 2001 election also known as?

Answer 4

The Hapathy Election

Question 5

a) What was the 2001 election also known as?

b) Why was this?

Answer 5

a) The Hapathy Election

b) Because people were content with their own lives and did not feel the need to vote thus didn’t

Question 6

What was the turnout rate in 1997?

Answer 6

71.4%

Question 7

Why is the Hapathy election so significant?

Answer 7

It was the worst turnout ever in UK general elections - 59.4%

Question 8

What did the 2012 Hansard Survery predict about the following general election?

Answer 8

Less than 50% were certain to vote in the next election, a new low

Question 9

What was the membership of the Conservative Party in 1953?

Answer 9

2,800,000

Question 10

What was the membership of the Conservative Party in 1992?

Answer 10

750,000

Question 11

What was the membership of the Conservative Party in 2012?

Answer 11

174,000

Question 12

Give the 3 statistics showing a decline in Conservative Party membership.

Answer 12

1953 - 2,800,000
1992 - 750,000
2012 - 174,000

Question 13

What party had the following membership declination?

1953 - 2,800,000
1992 - 750,000
2012 - 174,000

Answer 13

The Conservative Party

Question 14

What was the membership of the Labour Party in 1953?

Answer 14

600,000

Question 15

What was the membership of the Labour Party in 1992?

Answer 15

400,000

Question 16

What was the membership of the Labour Party in 2012?

Answer 16

177,000

Question 17

Give the 3 statistics showing a decline in Labour Party membership.

Answer 17

1953 - 600,000
1992 - 400,000
2012 - 177,000

Question 18

What party had the following membership declination?

1953 - 600,000
1992 - 400,000
2012 - 177,000

Answer 18

The Labour Party

Question 19

What was the membership of the Liberal Democrats in 1998?

Answer 19

100,000

Question 20

What was the membership of the Liberal Democrats in 2010?

Answer 20

65,000

Question 21

Give the 2 statistics showing a decline in Liberal Democrats membership.

Answer 21

1998 - 100,000

2010 - 65,000

Question 22

What party had the following membership declination?

Answer 22

Liberal Democrats

Question 23

In 2004, what percentage of the population did not belong to a pressure group?

Answer 23

44%

Question 24

In 2004, what percentage of the population belonged to a pressure group?

Answer 24

56%

Question 25

In 2004, how much of the population belonged to more than one pressure group?

Answer 25

21%

Question 26

How much was National Trust membership in 2004?

Answer 26

2.7million

Question 27

How much was RSPB membership in 2004?

Answer 27

Over 1 million

Question 28

How much was Consumer’s Association membership in 2004?

Answer 28

Over 1 million

Question 29

How much was Countryside Alliance’s membership in 2004?

Answer 29

Over 100,000

Question 30

Who said “It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph”?

Answer 30

Edmund Burke

Question 31

What did Edmund Burke say?

Answer 31

“It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph”

Question 32

What quote could you use when saying that wide political participation will counter the rise of extremism?

Answer 32

“It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph” (Edmund Burke)

Question 33

What evidence could you use to say that low turnout is a problem because it brings into question a government’s legitimacy?

Answer 33

In 2005 Labour won an absolute majority with the votes of 35.2% of the electorate on a turnout of 61.4%. Only 21.6% of the electorate actually voted for the new Labour government (35.2% of 61.4% = 21.6%)

Question 34

Who won an absolute majority in 2005?

Answer 34

Labour

Question 35

How much did Labour win by in 2005?

Answer 35

35.2%

Question 36

What was the turnout of the 2005 election?

Answer 36

61.4%

Question 37

How much of the electorate actually voted for the New Labour Government in 2005?

Answer 37

21.6%

Question 38

What year was the Jenkin’s Commission brief?

Answer 38

1998

Question 39

What were the 4 criterion of the 1998 Jenkin’s Commission brief?

Answer 39

• Broad proportionality
• Stable governments
• MP/Constituency link
• Extension of voter choice

Question 40

What are the 4 following criterion part of?

• Broad proportionality
• Stable governments
• MP/Constituency link
• Extension of voter choice

Answer 40

1998 Jenkin’s Commission brief

Question 41

How many single-member constituencies are there currently in the UK?

Answer 41

650

Question 42

How many elections since 1922 have produced majority governments?

Answer 42

19 (out of 24)

Question 43

Give two recent examples of elections that have produced a majority government.

Answer 43

1. 1974, Labour won 301 of 634 seats

2. 2010

Question 44

How much of the electorate (including those who didn’t vote) voted Conservative in the 2010 election?

Answer 44

24%

Question 45

a) How much of the electorate (including those who didn’t vote) voted Conservative in the 2010 election?
b) Why would this have been a problem if the Conservatives HAD won an absolute majority?

Answer 45

a) 24%

b) Because it would have given them a thin mandate and less legitimacy

Question 46

What was turnout at 2010 election?

Answer 46

65%