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A Level Edexcel Politics > Uk Politics Statistics > Flashcards

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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4
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2001 election turnout

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59% (lowest since 1918)

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5
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2019 election turnout

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67.3%

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6
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1997 election turnout

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71%

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7
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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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9
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what was the labour majority in 1997 ge?

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179

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10
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what was the conservative majority in 2019 ge?

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80

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11
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what was the majority in 2005 general election?

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66

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12
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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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15
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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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16
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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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17
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what majority did snp get in 2011 sottish parliament elections?

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4 seats

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18
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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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19
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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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20
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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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21
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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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22
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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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24
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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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25
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current life peer

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lord lester - due to his expertise on human rights

26
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% of mps who voted to keep bojo in his vote of no confidence

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58.8%

27
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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

28
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what legislation has stonewall secured

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2013 marriage act
2010 equality act

29
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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

30
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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

31
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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

32
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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

33
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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)

34
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what % of vote did snp and lib dems get in 2019

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10.4% combined

35
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what % of the vote did labour get in 2019 election?

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40%

36
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2015 general election turnout and results

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66.4%- tories won

37
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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

38
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what constituency is a labour safe and for how long

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tooting (since 1974)

39
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rishi sunak and maths

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wants pupils in england to study maths until they turn 18

40
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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

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
42
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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

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’

44
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how many seats did the tories lose in the 2017 ge?

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13

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

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334

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

A

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

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
Q

what % of the readers of the sun support the conservatives

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39%

53
Q

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

A

Rupert Murdoch

54
Q

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
Q

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
Q

what % of vote did cons get in 2017

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42.4%

59
Q

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%

A Level Edexcel Politics (5 decks)

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