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Uk Politics Statistics Flashcards

1
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how many votes and seats did ukip get in 2015 election?

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1 seat , 12% of vote

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how many votes did sdlp candidate in belfast get to win in 2015?

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24.5%

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how many votes were there against changing fptp?

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67% no for changing to av - only 42% of public participated

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2001 election turnout

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59% (lowest since 1918)

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2019 election turnout

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67.3%

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1997 election turnout

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71%

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what % of people voted leave in 2016 brexit referendum?

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52%

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what was the conservative slogan in 2019 ge campaign?

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get brexit done

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what was the labour majority in 1997 ge?

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179

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what was the conservative majority in 2019 ge?

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80

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what was the majority in 2005 general election?

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66

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When was the majority not achieved?

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2010 - coalition
2017 - Dump confidence and Supply deal

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how many seats did tories get in 2019 ge?

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365 seats - 43.6% of vote

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how many seats did lib dems get in 2019 ge?

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11 - 11.6% of vote

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what % of vote did dup and sinn fein get in 2017 NI elections

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56%

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how many seats did snp get in scottish parliament elections 2021 and 2016

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63 seats out of 65 majority

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what majority did snp get in 2011 sottish parliament elections?

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4 seats

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who did theresa may fire in the 2016 cabinet reshuffle?

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9 ministers under cameron including george obsorne

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who did bojo remove in his 2019 cabinet reshuffle?

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savid javid- home sec under theresa may and had to apoligise for windrush scandal

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why did margaret thatcher resign

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introduced poll tax without consulting her cabinet, loss of support caused her to resign

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why did boris johnson resign 2022

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57 tory ministers resigned after he broke covid restrictions bc party gate

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andy burnham and covid tiers

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manchester was only region put under tier 3 restrictions
accused govt as using the north of england as a ‘sacrificial lamb’

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levelling up investment

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£84 million investment to make trains going to north of england more reliable

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how many crossbenchers are there in HoL (House of Lords) currently

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185 - surpassing amount of tory peers

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current life peer

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lord lester - due to his expertise on human rights

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% of mps who voted to keep bojo in his vote of no confidence

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58.8%

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bma case study - insider group

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made its case to ban smoking in cars carrying children to HoL which was then passed to hoc and passed into law

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what legislation has stonewall secured

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2013 marriage act
2010 equality act

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what happened in 2008 expenses scandal? and what triggered it?

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daily mail published expenses made to mps
6 mps were put in prison for fraud triggered by freedom of info act

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rwanda policy intervention

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policy goes against european court of human rights and staged 111 hour intervention and the flight was cancelled

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how many ministers resigned from theresa mays govt and why?

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34 ministers e.g chris heaton- harris and andrea leadsom after disagreement about her brexit bill

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uk supreme court decisions that went against wishes of govt

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1- all 11 judges reached a unanimous decision that it was unlawful for the prime minister to advise the queen to porouge parliament
2- all parties should make commitments to clean air policies in 2015 general election manifestos

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pressure on govt to remove rights due to increasing terrorism

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2013 liberty failed to stop the introduction of secret courts which permits terrorist suspects to be tried without evidence being held against them being disclosed (liberty also failed to stop passage of investigatory powers bill)

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what % of vote did snp and lib dems get in 2019

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10.4% combined

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what % of the vote did labour get in 2019 election?

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40%

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2015 general election turnout and results

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66.4%- tories won

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why were voters more likely to vote tory in 2019 general election

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brexit - caused red wall seats to be lost

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what constituency is a labour safe and for how long

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tooting (since 1974)

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39
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rishi sunak and maths

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wants pupils in england to study maths until they turn 18

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what powers does scotland have that other devoloved nations don’t

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tax varying powers - can be raised or lowered by 3p

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41
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what was the factortame case?

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  • uk law stated that fishing boats needed a majority british crew which conflicted with eu law that stated eu member states had equal access to each other’s waters
  • the spanish fishing company argued that they were being unlawfully prevented from fishing in uk waters and european court of justice ruled in their favour
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constituency role of backbench MPs

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mp for west hull guardian 2021 - spent the day shadowing her by the end of the day she had helped a girl who was debilitated by long covid and complaints from a salvation army hostel who didnt have enough covid test kits for their residents

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43
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suella braverman bbc question time

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may 2022 questioned over £22 billion package helping families in cost of living crisis saying families would be ‘£1600 better off’

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how many seats did the tories lose in the 2017 ge?

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13

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45
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how many mps voted against theresa mays 2019 brexit bill?

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334

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46
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why was gavin williamson sacked as defence secretary in 2019?

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he leaked that huawei could provide some elements of the equipment for the uks 5g data network despite warnings of a security risk

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47
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what did the 2015 conservative manifesto say about the eu? and what is an example of it being enforced?

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pledged that rulings made by echr will only be enforced on the uk with the consent of parliament shown when govt didnt give prisioners right to vote

48
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what is an example of collective responsibility being suspended?

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2016 brexit referendum - ministers such as michael gove campaigned to leave

49
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what is an example of the house of lords amending governement bills?

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expanded the elections bill to include forms of non-photo id such as birth certificate’s

50
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what is an example of a newspaper reflecting the typical view of the leader?

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79% of readers of the telegraph support a strong conservative view which the newspaper reflects

51
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2017 general election and jeremy corbyn showing newspapers arent influential in general elections

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most newspapers were very critical although he nearly won

52
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what % of the readers of the sun support the conservatives

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39%

53
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who was pursuaded by tony blair to switch is allegiance to labour in 1997 election?

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Rupert Murdoch

54
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The Poundland Case (2013)

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Cait Reilly won her claim that it was unlawful to force her to work for free at Poundland as a condition of her claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance

55
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government losing an opposition day debate

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resident rights for ghurkas it passed after labour MPs rebelled against their party

56
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government winning opposition day debates examples

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  • labour put forward a motion thst called on the government to continue its covid-19 furlough jobs scheme - 329 noes (almost only tory votes)
  • failed to stop bojo porouging parliament
57
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Declarations of incompatibility govt accepted

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2004 civil partnerships act was incompatible with HRA because it didn’t allow LGBTQ couples do get married

58
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what % of vote did cons get in 2017

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42.4%

59
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what % of vote did cons get in 2010

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36.1%

60
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what % of vote went to minor parties in 2015 general election?

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33%

61
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ukip results in 2015 and 2017 general election

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12.64% - 2015
1.84% - 2017

62
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2021 holyrood results

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snp - 47.7% of vote
con - 21.1% of vote

63
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2019 general election labour compared to lib dems and snp

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3x compared to libdems
4x compared to SNP

64
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when did the supreme court stray into areas of politics that should be left to a democratically elected house

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2014 - institutionlly innapropriate to declare a declaration of incompatibility on assisted dying

65
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ultra vires case

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treasury v ahmad
ruled govt was acting ultra vires by imposing asset freezing order

66
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examples of declarations of incompatibility

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civil partnerships act 2004
terrorism, crime and security act 2001

67
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in 2015 want % of the vote went to other parties

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33%

68
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example of minister resigning due to ccr

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robin cook resigned in protest of govt decision to invade Iraq

69
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cabinet committee success

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by march 2021 31 million people had recieved vaccines

70
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prime minister ignoring cabinet decisions

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uk didnt wait for second united nations resolution before joining

71
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what was the brexit deal renamed showing how the pm is becoming more presidential

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‘boris deal’

72
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Strathclyde review

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The Strathclyde Review in 2015 reviewed the relationship between the House of Commons and House of Lords.
The review recommended that the House of Lords should not be able to stop secondary legislation passing, but instead ask the House of Commons to rethink its proposal.
The Strathclyde review called for a review into whether secondary legislation could only be passed through the House of Commons’ law making process.

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select committee success

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culture, media and sport committee hearing into rupert murdoch and news of the world phone hacking ‘not a fit person’

74
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govt ignoring select committee recommendations

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report into mineworkers pension scheme

75
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three line whip

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jeremy corbyn over Brexit

76
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covid backbench rebellion

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71 tory peers rebelled or abstained over tier system

77
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Cleggmania

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after the first 2010 television debate was very successful surge of popularity in the vote share

78
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theresa may 2017 television debate

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didn’t participate reinforcing the nations views

79
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how much did the tories spend on social media campaigns

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2017 - £2.1 million
2019 - £1 million

80
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pressure groups working with each other

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hands off our forest, 38 degrees and others combined in a successful campaign against the coalition govt selling the forestry commission in 2010

81
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age and labour 2017 general election

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manifesto had policies which appealed to under 25 year olds namely abolition of tuition fees which raised turnout by 16% for 18-24 year olds

82
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rational choice theory and age

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60+ more likely to vote tory due to low taxation policies

83
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northern voters in 2010 general election

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31% voted tory
1% swing to tories in the north
5% elsewhere

84
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age and the 2019 general election

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labour won 57% of those 18-24 and 55% of 23-34
conservatives were ahead on those 45-54 43% 55-64 49% and 65+ 62%

85
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gender and 2019 general election

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men voted with tories by a 19 point margin on labour 48% to 29% while women did so by just 6 points 42% to 36%

86
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class and 2019 general election

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conservatives most supported among all socioeconomic groups by margins of between 6 points (DEs working class and non working voters) and 20 points (C2s - skilled working class voters)

87
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referendums going against better judgement of elected representatives

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75% of mps voted to stay in eu - 52% of electorate voted to leave

88
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referendums signposting for representatives the legislative direction to take

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2004 north east devolution rev - 78% no

89
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2021 london mayoral election results

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55.2%

90
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2016 london mayor election turnout

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56.8%

91
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2021 london mayoral election turnout

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42%

92
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2016 london mayoral election turnout

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45.3%

93
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tory backbench rebellion

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december 2021 71 mps rebelled or abstained in implementig tier system

94
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govt defeats

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14 defeats over police, crime, sentencing and courts bill but still passed

95
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how many bojo defeats

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from dec 2019 to march 2021 suffered 114 defeats

96
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how many votes did eu withdrawl bill lose?

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230 - biggest ever by sitting parliament

97
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example of a select committee hearing

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2018 amber rudd over illegal deportation of caribbean immigrants during windrush scandal

98
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example of ineffectiveness of select committees

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only 40% of findings ever taken on
mineworkers pension scheme

99
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Backbench Business committee 2010

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a committee that has 35 days to schedule debates in parliament on issues that have been raised by the backbenchers. e.g harveys law

100
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backbench business committee being ignored

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2010 successfully scheduled a motion for debate on EU membership but overwhelmingly defeated 418-11

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Urgent questions

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michael martin allowed only 4 during 2007-2008 parliamentary session and john bercow allowed 307 2017 - 2019 - 8x more than martin

102
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urgent questions 2

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25th jan 2022 question granted to angela rayner after party gate was being investigated by met police and answered by michael ellis paymaster general

103
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govt using parliament act to force through bills

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banning hunting with dogs 2004

104
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govt using majority to overturn lords defeats

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overturned defeat that allowed unaccompanied children would be reunited with family in uk

105
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Example of Salisbury convention

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2015 general election - EU referndum was in manifesto so never voted on by House of Lords

106
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Example of Salisbury convention being broken

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e.g 2005 general election rejected a proposal for identity cards eventhough it was in manifesto because they only had 35.2% of vote

107
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House of Lords Act 1999

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Reduced the number of hereditary lords in the House of Lords from 1,330 to 92.

108
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example of prime minister controlling cabinet discussions

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tony blair stifled discussions about millenium dome even though 2/3 of cabinet opposed it and announced it after discussions with michael heseltine and conservatives

109
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example of cabinet being used to discuss important emergency issues

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theresa may called emergency meeting in 2018 to consult cabinet over military response to syrian govt use of chemical weapons

110
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PM bypassing cabinet

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2016 ian duncan smith resigned after not being notified about pension cuts and couldnt accept collective responsibility

111
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cabinet having final say on policy

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2018 during 3 hour cabinet meeting chris grayling, andrea leadsom and geoffrey cox forced may to abandon brexit deal which may have changed labour support

112
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PM reshuffling cabinet

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may fired george osbourne to show authority

113
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cabinet being responsible for longevity of PM

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57 mps resigned due to parygate forcing bojo to resign

114
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example of collective ministerial responsibility ensuring a united govt

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during covid 19 it was speculated that sajid javid and rishi sunak disagreed over govt policy to end free lateral flow tests but in public agreed over living with covid policy

115
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example of individual ministerial responsibility

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matt hancock after caught breaking lockdown rules having an affair with aide

116
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example of individual ministerial responsibility being ignored

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priti patel didnt resign when accused of bullying civil servants
gavin williamson former education secretary didnt resign after mishandling of a level results following pandemic

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