1997 vs 2024 general election

Question 1

2024 majority

Answer 1

412 seats

Question 2

1997 majority

Answer 2

418 seats

Question 3

Similar manifesto

Answer 3

Education and health the central policy priorities

Both manifestos promise to be tough on crime, abolish hereditary peers in the House of Lords and devolve more powers to the regions.

Question 4

Differences in manifesto

Answer 4

2024 Labour is promising less spending than 1997 Labour, and yet more state intervention. This divergence shows a significant development in the party’s approach to economic growth.

It is a welcome departure from the Conservative and New Labour, market-led, neoliberal consensus on economic growth.

Question 5

NHS

Answer 5

Both manifestos promise to invest in the NHS and to cut waiting lists. Both manifestos promise to introduce a living wage. The minimum wage was a Labour electoral promise and they introduced it in 1999. In 2024 Labour is promising to legislate a minimum wage that is a real living wage.

Question 6

Media

Answer 6

Sun backing Blair - sun was right leaning - tabloid paper

Question 7

1997 labour united

Answer 7

New labour - shifted more centralist - still unified - Brown was old labour, Blair new labour - old labour went along with it

Question 8

1997 slick campaign

Answer 8

Blair being a presidential campaign - charasmatic

All women shortlist - 60 women being elected in 1992 to 120 in 1997

Question 9

1997 conservative campaign

Answer 9

Major was old and grey in comparison

Question 10

Labours economy 1997

Answer 10

Black Wednesday - halved value of the pound

Labour had image of ‘tax and spend’

Question 11

Education 1997

Answer 11

Blair had means tested for tuition fees - trying to raise standards in terms of workforce

Question 12

Blair rebranded clause…

Answer 12

4 - removed total nationalisation

Question 13

Blair constiutional reform

Answer 13

Devolution, HOL reform act - 92 hereditary pears left, constiutional reform act

Question 14

Blairs Human Rights manifesto

Answer 14

Human Rights Act

Question 15

1997 conservative disunited

Answer 15

Disunited over Europe - Europsceptic John Redwood

John Major was impartial to Europe

Question 16

1997 conservative out of touch

Answer 16

ABC1, 65+

Question 17

1997 conservative scandal

Answer 17

Cash scandal - two MP’s being lobbied - owner of Harrods did that

Gay conservative outed even tho they voted anti-gay legislation

Question 18

1997 conservative economic failure

Answer 18

Black Wednesday

Question 19

1997 conservative policy

Answer 19

neo-liberal in their policy plans

Question 20

1997 conservative seats

Answer 20

165 seats

Question 21

1997 vs 2024 scandals

Answer 21

Cash for questions

Party Gate scandal

Question 22

1997 vs 2024 education

Answer 22

Means tested for tuition fees

20% VAT on private schools

Question 23

1997 vs 2024 consitutional reforms

Answer 23

92 peers left

Pledged to get rid of all of them

Question 24

1997 vs 2024 economic

Answer 24

Brown invested

Reeves - cut aid and didn’t raise tax

Question 25

3rd parties - Lib dem seats

Answer 25

46 seats 72 seats

Question 26

Two party system

Answer 26

583 seats 532 seats /650

Question 27

Turnout

Answer 27

71% 60%