the impact of UK electoral systems 3.2

Question 1

impact on governments

Answer 1

PROPORTIONAL SYSTEMS =
- more coalition governments (due to good Friday agreement though)
- devolved bodies have been able to work successfully due to the different electoral systems

Question 2

‘conferred matters’

Answer 2

it could make law only on policy areas it had been given, to a ‘reserved matters’ model.

Question 3

’ reserved matters’

Answer 3

The ‘reserved matters’ model of government had been used in Scotland and allowed it to make laws on anything not ‘reserved’ for Parliament at Westminster.

Question 4

impact of political parties

Answer 4

• coalitions allowed more governments to work more effectively
• allowed more people to exercise political power and be able to express, politically, what they believe in

Question 5

impact on voter and voter choice

Answer 5

• different use of electoral systems allows more people to express their political opinions and have more of a chance to see the people get in
• higher voter turnout
• HOWEVER = due to complexity of the systems, voter turnout has also decreased