2024 General Election stats

Question 1

how did Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves address concerns about the economy?

Answer 1

They constantly stressed the importance of economic stability.

Question 2

How has newspaper influence on elections changed since 1997?

Answer 2

Newspaper circulation has dropped by an estimated 3/4

Question 3

How have TV debates changed in significance since 2010?

Answer 3

Viewing figures have declined, with only 4.8 million watching the first 2024 ITV debate compared to 9.4 million in 2010.

Question 4

What trend in voter information was confirmed by the 2024 election?

Answer 4

Social media has become an increasingly important source of political information.

Question 5

How much did Labour and the Conservatives spend on digital advertising during the 2024 campaign?

Answer 5

Labour spent £2.9 million, while the Conservatives spent £1.7 million.

Question 6

Why is social media a powerful tool in modern election campaigns?

Answer 6

It allows targeted advertising by age, gender, and locality, and engaging messages can be widely shared.

Question 7

What was the voter turnout in the 2024 UK general election?

Answer 7

Around 60%, a significant drop from 67% in 2019.

Question 8

How did the 2024 turnout compare to past elections?

Answer 8

It was only slightly higher than the post-war low of 59% in 2001.

Question 9

What does the low turnout in 2024 suggest about public attitudes?

Answer 9

A degree of public disenchantment with mainstream party politics.

Question 10

Where was voter turnout lowest in the 2024 election?

Answer 10

Northern England, the Midlands, and Northern Ireland.

Question 11

Which socio-economic group was less likely to vote in 2024?

Answer 11

People from poorer backgrounds.

Question 12

Why might poorer individuals be less likely to vote?

Answer 12

They may feel they lack a strong stake in society and that the outcome won’t improve their lives.

Question 13

What new voting requirement was introduced in the 2024 election?

Answer 13

Voters had to show photo id at polling stations.

Question 14

How many people were reportedly barred from voting due to ID requirements?

Answer 14

Around 400,000 people.

Question 15

Which groups were disproportionately affected by voter ID requirements?

Answer 15

Poorer and less educated voters, and those from ethnic minorities.

Question 16

How did Professor Sir John Curtice describe the 2024 election outcome?

Answer 16

As “the most disproportional electoral outcome in British electoral history.”

Question 17

What percentage of seats did Labour win in 2024, and what was their vote share?

Answer 17

Labour won 63% of the seats with less than 34% of the vote.

Question 18

How did Labour’s 2024 vote share compare to Jeremy Corbyn’s in 2017?

Answer 18

Labour won fewer votes in 2024 (under 34%) than in 2017 (40%), yet won outright, unlike in 2017.

Question 19

When was the last time before 2024 that Labour won a majority of seats in England?

Answer 19

The 2005 general election.

Question 20

How did the Liberal Democrats perform in relation to their vote share?

Answer 20

Their seat share was, for once, close to their vote share.

Question 21

Which smaller parties were disadvantaged by First-Past-the-Post (FPTP)?

Answer 21

The Green Party and Reform UK.

Question 22

How many seats would Labour and the Conservatives have won under the Additional Member System (AMS)?

Answer 22

Labour: 236 seats, Conservatives: 157 seats.

Question 23

How many seats would the Green Party and Reform UK have won under AMS?

Answer 23

Greens: 42 seats, Reform UK: 94 seats.

Question 24

How does the 2024 election outcome impact the case for electoral reform?

Answer 24

It strengthens the case, but the winning party (Labour) is unlikely to pursue it.

Question 25

What argument in favor of FPTP was supported by the 2024 election?

Answer 25

That it usually produces governments with clear mandates.

Question 26

What did the 2019 election suggest about the UK’s party system?

Answer 26

That the traditional two-party system was strong, with Labour and Conservatives winning 75% of the vote and 87% of the seats.

Question 27

How did the 2024 election challenge the two-party system?

Answer 27

The rise of smaller parties and a large number of independent candidates cast doubt on its dominance.

Question 28

How did Reform UK perform in 2024?

Answer 28

Reform - 5 seats + 14.3% of vote

Question 29

How did the Greens perform in 2024?

Answer 29

4 seats and 6.4% of voted

Question 30

What percentage of seats did the two largest parties (Labour and Conservatives) win in 2024?

Answer 30

They won almost 82% of the seats.

Question 31

What percentage of votes did Labour and the Conservatives receive in 2024?

Answer 31

Just 57% of the votes cast.

Question 32

Why is the 2024 outcome striking in terms of smaller parties?

Answer 32

Usually, support for smaller parties is squeezed as major parties regain voters, but this did not happen.

Question 33

What does the 2024 election suggest about voter attitudes?

Answer 33

There is an increasing level of dissatisfaction with the established parties.

Question 34

What is the number of seats Labour won in 2024?

Answer 34

411

Question 35

What was the change in Labour’s seats from the 2019 election?

Answer 35

+211

Question 36

What percentage of seats did Labour win?

Answer 36

63.2%

Question 37

What percentage of the vote did Labour receive?

Answer 37

33.7%

Question 38

What is the number of seats the Conservative Party won in 2024?

Answer 38

121

Question 39

What was the change in Conservative seats from the 2019 election?

Answer 39

−251

Question 40

What percentage of seats did the Conservative Party win?

Answer 40

18.6%

Question 41

What percentage of the vote did the Conservative Party receive?

Answer 41

23.7%

Question 42

How many seats did the Liberal Democrat Party win in 2024?

Answer 42

72

Question 43

What was the change in Liberal Democrat seats from the 2019 election?

Answer 43

+64

Question 44

What percentage of seats did the Liberal Democrat Party win?

Answer 44

11.1%

Question 45

What percentage of the vote did the Liberal Democrat Party receive?

Answer 45

12.2%

Question 46

How many seats did the SNP win in 2024?

Answer 46

9

Question 47

What was the change in SNP seats from the 2019 election?

Answer 47

−39

Question 48

What percentage of seats did the SNP win?

Answer 48

1.4%

Question 49

What percentage of the vote did the SNP receive?

Answer 49

2.5%

Question 50

How many seats did Reform UK win in 2024?

Answer 50

5

Question 51

What was the change in Reform UK seats from the 2019 election?

Answer 51

+5

Question 52

What percentage of seats did Reform UK win?

Answer 52

0.8%

Question 53

What percentage of the vote did Reform UK receive?

Answer 53

14.3%

Question 54

What did most polling firms predict about the 2024 election?

Answer 54

They predicted a large Labour victory.

Question 55

What were the polling firms' mistakes in the 2024 election?

Answer 55

They exaggerated the size of the Labour and Reform UK vote shares and underestimated the Conservative and Liberal Democrat votes.

Question 56

What was the actual Labour lead in 2024?

Answer 56

The actual Labour lead was 10 percent.

Question 57

What did most polling companies estimate the Labour lead to be?

Answer 57

They estimated the Labour lead to be between 15 to 20 percent.

Question 58

How accurate were the 2024 polls compared to previous elections?

Answer 58

The 2024 polls were less accurate than in 2019 but more accurate than in 2015 and 2017.

Question 59

What was a major issue with the 2015 and 2017 polls?

Answer 59

In 2015, most polls predicted a hung parliament instead of a Conservative victory, and in 2017, they missed the Labour surge that resulted in a minority Conservative government.

Question 60

Which type of poll was more accurate in the 2024 election?

Answer 60

Exit polls, where voters were asked how they voted as they left the polling station.

Question 61

What did the 2024 exit poll by Ipsos predict?

Answer 61

Labour on 410 seats and the Conservatives on 131 seats.

Question 62

What was the post election YouGov poll stats?

Answer 62

1. Labour (26%) 2. Reform UK (25%). 3. Conservatives (22%), 4. Lib Dems (14%) 4. Green (8%)

Question 63

What was the most important social factor determining voting behavior in 2024?

Answer 63

Age was the most important factor.

Question 64

What was the Labour vote share among 18 to 24-year-olds in 2024?

Answer 64

41 percent.

Question 65

What was the Labour vote share among over-70s in 2024?

Answer 65

20 percent.

Question 66

How did Labour's vote share change in 2024 compared to 2017 and 2019 across age groups?

Answer 66

Labour's vote share was consistently high among all age groups up to 50, instead of declining with age.

Question 67

What may explain the higher Labour vote among younger age groups in 2024?

Answer 67

Keir Starmer's efforts to make Labour appear less threatening to 'middle England'.

Question 68

How did men and women vote in 2024?

Answer 68

- 34 percent of men and 35 percent of women voted Labour. - 23 percent of men and 26 percent of women voted Conservative.

Question 69

How did Reform UK perform with men and women in 2024?

Answer 69

Reform UK performed better with men than with women.

Question 70

How did younger men vote compared to young women in 2024?

Answer 70

Younger men were more likely to vote Conservative or Reform UK than young women.

Question 71

How important was class in determining voting behavior in 2024?

Answer 71

Class was less important in 2024 compared to previous elections.

Question 72

How did Labour perform across socio-economic groups in 2024?

Answer 72

Labour won 36 percent of the ABC1 (highest) group and 33 percent of the C2DE (lowest) group.

Question 73

How did the Conservative Party perform across socio-economic groups in 2024?

Answer 73

The Conservatives won 25 percent of the ABC1 vote and 23 percent of the C2DE vote.

Question 74

How did education level affect voting behavior in 2024?

Answer 74

Labour won 42 percent of the graduate vote, while only 18 percent of graduates voted Conservative.

Question 75

How did the Liberal Democrats perform across socio-economic and age groups in 2024?

Answer 75

- They performed evenly across all age groups, with a slight preference among higher social groups (14 percent of ABC1 and 11 percent of C2DE voters). - They won 15 percent of the graduate vote.

Question 76

How did Reform UK perform across socio-economic and education groups in 2024?

Answer 76

- Reform UK attracted 20 percent of C2DE voters but just 11 percent of ABC1 voters. - Only 8 percent of graduates voted for them.

Question 77

What percentage of MPs in the 2019-24 House of Commons were women?

Answer 77

2019 - 34% 2024 - 40%

Question 78

What percentage of MPs in the 2019-24 House of Commons were from ethnic minorities?

Answer 78

2019 - 10% 2024 -14%

Question 79

How many MPs in the 2019-24 House of Commons had never sat in parliament before?

Answer 79

2019 - 140 MPs 2024 - 334 MPs.

Question 80

How many Conservative MPs stood down in 2019 compared to 2024 ?

Answer 80

2019 - 74 MPs 2024 - 75 Conservative MPs.

Question 81

What was the average age of an MP in the 2019-2024 House of Commons?

Answer 81

2019 - 49 years old 2024 - 48 years old.

Question 82

What percentage of MPs in the 2019-24 House of Commons attended comprehensive schools?

Answer 82

2019 - 63% 2024 - 54%

Question 83

What percentage of MPs in the 2019-2024 House of Commons attended fee-paying schools?

Answer 83

2019 - 29% 2024 - 23%

Question 84

What percentage of MPs in the 2019-24 House of Commons identified as LGBT?

Answer 84

2019 - 7% 2024 - 10%

Question 85

What policies did Labour plan to pursue after the 2024 election?

Answer 85

Investment in green energy, rail renationalisation, a major house building programme, and enhanced workers' rights.

Question 86

What did the incoming Labour government have to address regarding the public finances?

Answer 86

The '£22 billion black hole' left by the Conservatives, which would require spending restraint and tax increases to plug.

Question 87

What was an early sign that Keir Starmer would not tolerate dissent within his party?

Answer 87

He refused to cancel the two-child cap on child benefit payments and removed the whip from seven backbench MPs who rebelled. - Rebecca Long Bailey (former shadow business secretary), Zarah Sultana and John McDonnell (former shadow chancellor)

Question 88

What was the Conservative Party's situation after the 2024 election?

Answer 88

The Conservative opposition was left in a weak position with limited representation, especially in regions like south-west England, north-west England, and Wales.

Question 89

What internal divisions did the Conservative Party face after the 2024 election?

Answer 89

Divisions between moderate ‘one nation’ Conservatives and right-wingers, some of whom favoured an alliance with Reform UK. - Sir Edward Leigh - Conservative MP, suggested that there is a 70% likelihood of a merger or electoral pact between the Conservatives and Reform UK before the next general election

Question 90

Why was selecting a new Conservative leader difficult after the 2024 election?

Answer 90

The defeat was so significant that uniting the party and making it a credible challenger for the 2028–29 election became problematic.

Question 91

What happened to the possibility of Scottish independence after the 2024 election?

Answer 91

The push for Scottish independence retreated as the SNP suffered its worst performance since 2010.

Question 92

How did Sinn Féin perform after the 2024 election?

Answer 92

Sinn Féin became the largest party in Northern Ireland, both in the Assembly and at the UK level.

Question 93

What was the status of the Democratic Unionist Party after the 2024 election?

Answer 93

The DUP saw a reduction in representation, making the nationalist goal of a cross-border poll on Irish unification a step closer.

Question 94

Why is an Irish unification referendum unlikely to happen in the short term?

Answer 94

It requires UK government approval and is sensitive due to the unionist–nationalist relationship.