UK Politics (4) General Election Case Studies Flashcards
Snap election
An election called sooner than expected
Wets…
Members of the Conservative party who Thatcher and her supporters thought were weak and who would compromise with the unions
Since Thatcher came to power in 1979
Unemployment doubled
De-industrialisation
Cuts in public spending to bring down inflation
Leader of Labour in 1983 election
Michael Foot
Breakaway party from Labour in 1981
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Reason for SDP breakaway
Labour Party moved to the left
Party the SDP formed an alliance for the 1983 election?
Liberal Party
War that increased the popularity of Margaret Thatcher
Falklands (1982)
What was Michael Foot criticised for wearing at the cenotaph…
A donkey jacket
What was the ‘longest suicide note in history’?
The 1983 Labour party manifesto
1983 election result
Con 397
Lab 209
Alliance 23
Others 21
The 1983 election saw a fall of Labour support within…
The working class (class dealignment)
Which party was seen to have ‘the best team of leaders’ in 1983?
Conservative
In 1983 the media largely supported which party?
Conservative
In 1983 BAME voters flocked to support the Conservatives…
False
Sleaze…
Immoral, sordid and corrupt behavior
‘Back to Basics’
1993 campaign by Conservative PM John Major to restore ‘traditional family values’
The 1992 - 1997 Conservative government was rocked by a number of…
Scandals
Examples of Conservative scandals…
Norman Lamont (Miss Whiplash)
David Mellor (Affair and free holidays)
Cash for Questions
Before the 1997 election the Conservative Party were divided over…
Europe
Who challenged John Major for the Conservative leadership in 1995?
John Redwood
What did Labour reform in 1995
Clause IV
In comparison to Major, Tony Blair was seen as…
A strong leader
Media mogul who Tony Blair courted
Rupert Murdoch
Which newspaper famously backed Labour in 1997?
The Sun
1997 election result
Lab 418
Con 165
LibDem 46
Others 30
In 1997 Labour won more votes than the Cons in every demographic apart from…
The upper class (AB)
Over 65
Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader in…
2015
Labour under Corbyn were beset by…
Allegations of anti-semitism
Who challenges Corbyn for the leadership in 2016
Owen Smith
Newspapers also accuse Corbyn of being…
A terrorist sympathiser
2017 general election resulted in…
A hung parliament
Who replaced May as both leader of the Conservative Party and PM in 2017
Boris Johnson
The 2019 election is held in which month?
December
The main issue in the 2019 election was…
Brexit
in the 2019 election most newspapers supported…
The Conservatives
What is ‘The Red Wall’?
A Labour stronghold of seats from north Wales to north Yorkshire and running into the midlands
How many ‘Red Wall’ seats did the Conservative win in 2019?
33 out of 66 (mainly voted leave)
Percentage of people who said they deserted Labour in 2019 because of Corbyn?
35%
2019 result
Cons 365
Lab 203
SNP 48
LibDem 11
