Topics 1-4 Prep

Question 1

Turnout Statistics:
2019
2017
2001
1997
1950

Answer 1

2019 - 67%
2017 - 69%
2001 - 59%
1997 - 73%
1950 - 84%

Question 2

% Of Vote for Tory 2015

Answer 2

37%

Question 3

Number of Seats won by Tory in 2019

Answer 3

365 Seats

Question 4

AV Referendum 2011

Answer 4

42% Turnout
32 Yes 68 No

Question 5

IndyRef 2014

Answer 5

85% Turnout
55 No / 45 Yes
(75% for ages 16-18)

Question 6

Lobbying egs

Answer 6

Vince dale owns wind farms, lobbies on behalf of Net Zero

BP + Shell lobby on behalf of gas and oil companies

Question 7

C&D Outsider Group

Answer 7

Lobbied for Nukes to be disarmed, but failed cause Thatcher wanted nuclear deterrent, so did uk population

Question 8

Green Influence

Answer 8

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

Question 9

UKIP influence

Answer 9

Forced Cameron to commit to a Brexit Referendum and put it in their manifesto

Question 10

Voting Age 16 Stats

Answer 10

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

Question 11

PR Strengths and Weaknesses

Answer 11

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

Question 12

STV Strengths and Weaknesses

NI Assembly, Scottish Council Elections

Answer 12

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

Question 12

FPTP Strengths and Weaknesses

Answer 12

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

Question 13

FPTP - Mayor of London Results

Answer 13

40.5 % Turnout

Question 14

SV Strengths and Weaknesses

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Stonewall Pressure group

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Core 4 Calais Pressure Group

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Just Stop Oil Pressure Group

Answer 17

Sitting in Roads
Throwing Paint on Van Gogh painting
Tying themselves to goal posts at premiere league

Question 18

Greenpeace Pressure Group

Answer 18

2024- 250,000 Signed petition to ban disposable vapes which was a success
2018 - Campaigned for banning of Microbeads in UK - 350,000 signed

Question 19

Social Movement Examples

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Outsider Group

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Insider Group

Answer 21

National Farmers Union gave advice to department for environment food and rural affairs in return for influence over policy

Question 22

1979 Election Result

Answer 22

43.9% Win
76% Turnout

Question 23

% increase of lower class vote in 1979

Answer 23

11% C2, 9% DE

Question 24

Reasons for Labour loss in 1979

Answer 24

Lost no confidence vote
Callaghan unable to control trade unions - tried to impose a 5% limit on ppay increases
Winter of Discontent - mass striking

Question 25

Campaign for Conservatives 1979

Answer 25

Labour isn’t working
Right to Buy
Prioritised lowering inflation
Privatising industries

Question 26

1997 Election result

Answer 26

43.2% of vote
71.4% Turnout
418 Seats

Question 27

Tory Scandals 1997

Answer 27

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’

Question 28

2017 Kate Holy weak constituency link example

Answer 28

not representing remain for her constituency (Vauxhall), she was pro brexit

Question 29

“Dementia Tax”

Answer 29

Reform for social care for elderly to fund social care through state - mocked by Labour

Question 30

Party Funding stats

Answer 30

Labour 4.5m from TUs, 18m from donations
Conservative Large donations, membership decreased to under 1m in 2017

Question 31

% of vote for Labour in 2005

Answer 31

35%

Question 32

2011 Welsh Referendum

Answer 32

35.6% Turnout

Question 33

Seat allocation 2010 (Low Rep)

Answer 33

Labour: 29% vote, 258 seats
Libdem: 23% vote, 57 seats

Question 34

Winners bonus - labour example 2005

Answer 34

35% vote, 355 seats