Topics 1-4 Prep Flashcards
Turnout Statistics:
2019
2017
2001
1997
1950
2019 - 67%
2017 - 69%
2001 - 59%
1997 - 73%
1950 - 84%
% Of Vote for Tory 2015
37%
Number of Seats won by Tory in 2019
365 Seats
AV Referendum 2011
42% Turnout
32 Yes 68 No
IndyRef 2014
85% Turnout
55 No / 45 Yes
(75% for ages 16-18)
Lobbying egs
Vince dale owns wind farms, lobbies on behalf of Net Zero
BP + Shell lobby on behalf of gas and oil companies
C&D Outsider Group
Lobbied for Nukes to be disarmed, but failed cause Thatcher wanted nuclear deterrent, so did uk population
Green Influence
Brighton
Committment to Net Zero for May
Car manufacturers by 2035 cannot sell petrol or diesel c ars.
Every year beforehand there must be a % of sales which must be electric (22%), for every car under, they’re fined £15000
UKIP influence
Forced Cameron to commit to a Brexit Referendum and put it in their manifesto
Voting Age 16 Stats
1969 - changed from 21 to 18
Blair - must be in education until 18
Armed forces, marry, driving
Indyref -75% (16+18) vs 85% (total)
Very few countries have votes at 16, Austria, Brazil Channel Islands
PR Strengths and Weaknesses
Neg - Can lead to weak coalitions
Neg - No Link
Pos - Proportional
Pos - Fair to small parties
Germany Angela Merkel Lasted 12 years
Germany has 5% check to get any seats
STV Strengths and Weaknesses
NI Assembly, Scottish Council Elections
Neg - Takes ages to get result
Neg - Confusing / Extremist parties
Neg - No constituency link - vote for super constituency MPs
Pos - Gives proportional result, for NI under FPTP it’d always be unionist
Pos - Possible to choose from parties and candidates
FPTP Strengths and Weaknesses
Neg - Not all constituencies same size
- IOW vs Western Isles / 110000 VS 22000
Neg - Wasted vote for smaller parties - minority party aren’t represented
-1950 C more votes, L more seats vs 1974, C more Seats, L more votes
Neg - Over representation - winners bonus for big parties
Pos -Safe seats can change hands - Redcar became bluecar
Pos - Strong Constituency Link - Greg Clark Lobbied for building of Pembury hospital and Dualing of A21
Pos - Quick - Newcastle & Sunderland 1 hour
Pos - Extremist parties dont get elected
FPTP - Mayor of London Results
40.5 % Turnout
SV Strengths and Weaknesses
Pos - easy to understand
Pos - broad support for winnwer
Pos - independent candidates stand a chance
Neg - Voters need to identify top winners to make full use of vote
Stonewall Pressure group
Introduced civil partnership act 2004
Equalising age of consent to 16 as part of sexual offences act (2000)
2022 Boycotted conservatives holding first global LGBT conference due to it excluding trans people from a ban on conversion therapy
Core 4 Calais Pressure Group
delivers aid to refugees in calais and other areas affected by eu migrant crisis
2022 - First planned deportation flight to Rwanda was emptied one by one due to HR legal challenges
Just Stop Oil Pressure Group
Sitting in Roads
Throwing Paint on Van Gogh painting
Tying themselves to goal posts at premiere league
Greenpeace Pressure Group
2024- 250,000 Signed petition to ban disposable vapes which was a success
2018 - Campaigned for banning of Microbeads in UK - 350,000 signed
Social Movement Examples
Iraq War - 750,000 - stop war coalition
Greta Thunberg: ‘Fridays for Future’ Climate marches
BLM
The Peoples Vote Movement started revoke Article 50 e-petition in March 2019 Got 6 Million signatures
Outsider Group
C&D against Thatcher - NATO alliance , wanted Nuclear Deterrent
C&D Wanted disarmament, but they failed because public wanted nuclear deterrent as well as Thatcher
Countryside Alliance banned fox hunting in 2004
Insider Group
National Farmers Union gave advice to department for environment food and rural affairs in return for influence over policy
1979 Election Result
43.9% Win
76% Turnout
% increase of lower class vote in 1979
11% C2, 9% DE
Reasons for Labour loss in 1979
Lost no confidence vote
Callaghan unable to control trade unions - tried to impose a 5% limit on ppay increases
Winter of Discontent - mass striking
Campaign for Conservatives 1979
Labour isn’t working
Right to Buy
Prioritised lowering inflation
Privatising industries
1997 Election result
43.2% of vote
71.4% Turnout
418 Seats
Tory Scandals 1997
Jonathon Aitkin - wife life, sued guardian for slander - went prison for lying in court
Neil Hamilton - took bribe to ask q. in parliament, ‘rent an mp like you rent a taxi’
2017 Kate Holy weak constituency link example
not representing remain for her constituency (Vauxhall), she was pro brexit
“Dementia Tax”
Reform for social care for elderly to fund social care through state - mocked by Labour
Party Funding stats
Labour 4.5m from TUs, 18m from donations
Conservative Large donations, membership decreased to under 1m in 2017
% of vote for Labour in 2005
35%
2011 Welsh Referendum
35.6% Turnout
Seat allocation 2010 (Low Rep)
Labour: 29% vote, 258 seats
Libdem: 23% vote, 57 seats
Winners bonus - labour example 2005
35% vote, 355 seats
