UK POLITICS

Question 1

Party dealignment

Answer 1

2% of electorate belong to a party

Question 2

FPTP is undemocratic 1,2

Answer 2

225 seats have not changed hands since 1950s

Question 3

FPTP is undemocratic 2,2

Answer 3

conservatives get 51% of seats but 37% of votes (2015)

Question 4

pressure groups support those without a voice

Answer 4

Howard league supports prisoners - got books for them in 2014

Question 5

pressure groups hold influence of policy

Answer 5

BMA advises NHS policy

Question 6

pressure group success

Answer 6

ASH 2007 banning of smoking in public workplaces

Question 7

participation with pressure groups is preferred

Answer 7

4 mil national trust members. 9x Labour Party

Question 8

hyper-pluralism and conflict

Answer 8

anti-fox hunting and countryside alliance

Question 9

pressure groups have too much influence

Answer 9

56% of labour funding comes from trade unions

Question 10

public opinion too volatile for referendums

Answer 10

Brexit split and yougov polls

Question 11

growth of smaller parties

Answer 11

25% of vote went to minority parties in 2015

Question 12

growth of smaller parties part 2

Answer 12

SNP membership nearly equal to conservative

Question 13

pressure groups with more resources are more effective

Answer 13

RSPCA permanent staff

Question 14

scale of support does not always equal pressure group success

Answer 14

campaign for nuclear disarmament had over 100,000 supporters but Maggie t resisted

Question 15

unequal votes

Answer 15

2015 - conservatives needed 35,000 votes for a seat. UKIP needed over 3 million more

Question 16

decreasing support for major parties

Answer 16

2010 - 65% of vote was for major parties

Question 17

return of two party system

Answer 17

2017 - 83% of votes were for dominant parties

Question 18

FPTP is quick and decisive

Answer 18

belguim took more than a year to form a government in 2010

Question 19

age and voting

Answer 19

2017 - 58% vote conservative

68% of 60-69 voted tory

Question 20

ethnicity and voting

Answer 20

73% of BAME voted labour

40% pf electorate as a whole

Question 21

AMS more proportional

Answer 21

Scotland cons had 24% of seats and 22% of vote (2015)