Democracy And Participation Examples

Question 1

Voter turnout since 2001

Answer 1

Voter turnout in UK General Elections has been on the increase since 2001, which was the lowest it had been since the first world war (58%), however it is still hovering around 68%

Question 2

How much of the electorate belongs to a political party

Answer 2

Only 1.6% of the electorate now belongs to a political party, compared to 3.8% in 1983

Question 3

Conservative Party membership now vs 1990’s

Answer 3

The Conservative Party had just under 150,000 members by 2016, a significant drop from an estimated 400,000 in the mid 1990’s

Question 4

2010 Lib Dem manifesto promise

Answer 4

2010 Liberal Democrats didn’t follow manifesto promises to scrap tuition fees for students when in a coalition government with the conservatives.

Question 5

Scottish independence referendum turnout

Answer 5

2014 Scottish independence referendum 84.6% turnout

Question 6

BREXIT turnout

Answer 6

72.2%

Question 7

Voter turnout in 2001 and 2005 explained

Answer 7

Potentially Hapathy - economy was booming

Question 8

Surge in labour membership 2015

Answer 8

Ed Milliband made it possible to join for just £3 with the Labour Party now having over 540,000 members

Question 9

Increase in UKIP membership in 2015

Answer 9

Almost 50,000 members by the time of the general election.

People more focused on single issue politics with UKIP it was BREXIT

Question 10

Revoke Article 50 petition (E-petition)

Answer 10

March 2019

Has over 6 million signatures

Question 11

General elections produce unrepresentative results

Answer 11

2015 the gov received less than 38% of the vote

Question 12

16 and 17 year olds getting the vote in Scotland

Answer 12

16 and 17 year olds were allowed to vote in the Scottish independence referendum and the Scottish Parliament voted a year layer to allow them to vote in their elections

Question 13

GE turnout in 1997

Answer 13

71.4%