Uk Elections

Question 1

How many people are in each constituency

Answer 1

Around 60-80k

Question 2

Nicky Morgan asked constituents for their opinions on the same sex marriage act - how many voted in favour of this and how many voted against

Answer 2

For - 285 Against - 24
— not the whole constituent voted, not a topic that everyone cares about , important for functional rep in parliament, different constituents care about / have different views in different topics

Question 3

When was the tampon tax abolished and by who, when was it introduced

Answer 3

Abolished jan 21 by Sunak, introduced 1973 when there was no women in parliament

Question 4

What percentage do winning parties get of the vote on average

Answer 4

Around 35%

Question 5

Give an example of a time when government had a doctors mandate

Answer 5

Covid 19

Question 6

When was the expenses scandal and who did it involve?

Answer 6

2009, Jacqui smith
- earned the nickname rotten parliament

Question 7

When was the fixed term parliaments act? What did it do?

Answer 7

2011, uk elections should occur every 5 years on a fixed date

Question 8

How many seats does a party need to form government

Answer 8

326 (50%+1)

Question 9

In 2024, the labour gained what percentage of the vote vs what percentage of the seats?

Answer 9

34%, 63%

Question 10

In 2015, UKIP gained how many votes vs how many seats

Answer 10

4 million (12.5%) but only 1 seat

Question 11

Dates for conservative rule in late 20th century

Answer 11

1979-1997

Question 12

How many single member constituencies does Scotland consist of?

Answer 12

73

Question 13

What does the second part of AMS use

Answer 13

d’hondt formula

Question 14

What is a droop quota

Answer 14

Minimum number of votes needed for a seat
(Total number of votes in region / number of seats in region) + 1

Question 15

What is ordinal voting

Answer 15

Votes rank candidates in order of preference

Question 16

What was FPTP, AMS,SV, and STV last used

Answer 16

2019, 2021, 2022, 2022

Question 17

When were televised party leader debates first used

Answer 17

2010

Question 18

When was the Scottish vote of independence

Answer 18

2014

Question 19

When was the referendum on whether or not to leave the ECC

Answer 19

1975

Question 20

What is the burkean principle

Answer 20

Elected officials being allowed to act in the best interests of their constituents on the basis of being fully informed

Question 21

What was the result of the 2017 election

Answer 21

Conservative 317 seats + DUP 10 seats , supply and confidence agreement

Question 22

What percentage of the vote did nick clegg and David Cameron together gain in 2010

Answer 22

59%

Question 23

What was the result of the election in 2019

Answer 23

Conservative majority - 365 seats

Question 24

Since when is voter ID law

Answer 24

2023

Question 25

In 2010, what percentage of all votes were wasted

Answer 25

50%

Question 26

Voters in the most powerful 10% of constituencies have how much more power than those on the least powerful constituencies

Answer 26

30x more

Question 27

For voters in the least powerful constituencies, what does one vote become equivalent to

Answer 27

0.3 votes

Question 28

What turnout did FPTP create in 2024

Answer 28

59.7%

Question 29

What turnout did AMS create in 2021?

Answer 29

64%

Question 30

What percentage in average of ballots are spoiled?

Answer 30

0.2%

Question 31

What was the result of the 2015 election

Answer 31

331 majority government for conservatives

Question 32

Give an example of co-optation

Answer 32

In 2015 the conservatives adopted some of UKIPs popular policies in uk independence and immigration

Question 33

Where is STV used? What are the 4 main feature of it?

Answer 33

Northern Ireland, 1 vote, multi member constituencies, ordinal voting, proportional representation

Question 34

How constituencies does Northern Ireland consist of? How many seats are in each?

Answer 34

18 constituencies, 6 seats each

Question 35

How does STV work?

Answer 35

Rank in order of preference Droop quota worked out Meet it = seat Votes above redistributed till all seats filled Extra votes become 2nd preference and so on Still seats - remove lowest, redistribute votes

Question 36

What are the 3 main characteristics of SV

Answer 36

One vote, majoritarian, single member constituencies

Question 37

How does SV work?

Answer 37

1st and 2nd preferences voted Count all 1 st choice _ any majority? Top 2 candidates left, 2nd choices counted

Question 38

Where is additional member system used? What are the 3 main characteristics of it?

Answer 38

Scotland and wales, 2 votes, single/multi member constituencies, hybrid system

Question 39

How does AMS work?

Answer 39

Split ticket voting, person (constituency) and party (regional) Single member constituencies are voted using FPTP Regional reps are voted using d’Hondt formula and closed party list

Question 40

AMS - how many MSPs are voted using FPTP

Answer 40

73

Question 41

AMS - how many Scottish regional reps are there?

Answer 41

56

Question 42

SNP, winning how many seats in the 2019 election, won how many in 2024

Answer 42

48, 9

Question 43

Labour won how many seats in Scotland in the 2024 election by what time

Answer 43

35 by 5am

Question 44

Give a statistic that shows how bad turnout is across the uk in 2024 election

Answer 44

All but 3 estimated to have decreased in % turnout

Question 45

2024 general election results

Answer 45

412 to labour , 121 to conservative, 72 to Lib Dem’s