UK Parties

Question 1

How many seats does SNP have at holyrood in 2021

Answer 1

64

Question 2

How many seats does labour have at holyrood 2021

Answer 2

22

Question 3

How did Plaid Cymru influence the 2011 referendum for more devolved powers

Answer 3

coalition with labour between 2007-2011

Question 4

which two parties still dominate the welsh senedd as of 2021

Answer 4

Labour - 29 seats
Conservatives - 16

Question 5

What does recent polling suggest about SNPs influence at holyrood

Answer 5

Diminishing , Decreased point gap with labour from 12 to 7 from 2023- 2024

Question 6

2 examples of smaller parties being able to influence policy

Answer 6

1. SNP winning a majority in the scottish parliament and seeing through a refferendum for scottish independence in 2014
   2.George Galloways workers party somewhat influencing labour to become more ProPalestine in the future due to his recent by election win in Rochdale

Question 7

How is power still centralised in the UK Government

Answer 7

Uk gov has reserved powers over devolved nations - e.g. Uk gov vetoed the Scottish gender bill in 2022 even though gender recognition is a devolved matter

Question 8

2 examples showing how government is no longer dominated by the two major parties

Answer 8

1. 2010 - 2015 conservative/lib dem coalition where the conservatives couldn’t gain a majority. Lib Dem’s opposed many policies including the privatisation of key motorways
2. In 2017 the conservatives again fell short of a majority and formed a confidence and supply agreement with the democratic unionist party that won 10 seats

Question 9

In what 2 ways did the Lib Dem’s fail during the coalition

Answer 9

1. They lost their flagship AV referendum with a 67.9 percent vote for no, and only a 42 percent turnout . Cons made it seem like a non issue
2. Failed to reform the house of lords to become fully elected as it was abandoned in the second reading after lack of Conservative support