Elections

Question 1

How many seats did Lab get in 2015? What %vote?

Answer 1

232

(30.4%)

Question 2

How many seats did the SNP get in 2015? What %vote?

Answer 2

56

(4.7%)

Question 3

Name six oppurtunities to vote in the UK

Answer 3

1) General elections
2) Devolved assembly elections
3) European Parliament elections
4) Local elections
5) Police and Crime Commissioner elections
6) Referendums

Question 4

Give an example of a devolved assembly election?

Answer 4

Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, NI Assembly

Question 6

What percentage of the vote went to Con/Lab? What does this suggest?

Answer 6

69%, return to two party politics?

Question 7

What do local elections entail?

Answer 7

Elections to district, borough and county councils. Including elections to the greater london assembly and for the london mayor

Question 8

What did the voters have in mind when they chose Cameron to lead over Miliband?

Answer 8

Voters chose Cameron to lead economic recovery

Question 9

How many 3rd party MPs were elected, the highest since when?

Answer 9

87 3rd party MPs, highest since 1924

Question 10

What is the fixed term of a devolved assembly election?

Answer 10

4 years

Question 11

Who was the youngest MP to be elected in 2015?

Answer 11

Mhairi Black, 20

Question 12

Explain how we can see that FPTP is a pluarality system.

Answer 12

The Cons polled the most votes and were elected

Question 13

Why was the AV referendum held?

Answer 13

It was argued that FPTP was unfair to third parties and over represents large parties. So there was a vote to change

Question 14

What was the average age of an MP in 2015 GE?

Answer 14

50

Question 15

What contributed to Labour’s demise in the 2015 election?

Answer 15

Rise of SNP

Question 16

What is the fixed term of a european parliament election?

Answer 16

5 years

Question 17

How many seats did the Cons get in 2015? What %vote?

Answer 17

331

(36.9%)

Question 18

Give an example of concensus politics. Name the parties and give a summary of the policy.

Answer 18

Labour and Lib Dem want to reduce the voting age to 16

Question 19

Give an example of a Labour party policy from their 2015 manifesto

Answer 19

Reduce voting age to 16

Question 20

How many seats did the Green party get in 2015? What %vote?

Answer 20

1

(3.8%)

Question 21

What was the turnout in the 2015 GE?

Answer 21

66.1%

Question 22

How many seats did Plaid Cmryu get in 2015? What %vote?

Answer 22

3

(0.6%)

Question 23

Give an example of a Lib Dem party policy from their 2015 manifesto

Answer 23

Remain a committed member of the EU

Question 24

Give an example where we can see the winning party has been given a mandate to govern

Answer 24

The Conservatives held the EU referendum on June 23rd 2016

Question 25

How many seats did the Lib Dems get in 2015? What %vote?

Answer 25

8 (7.9%)

Question 26

What % of the commons are women? What % of swedens parliament are women?

Answer 26

29% (poor compared to swedens 45%)

Question 27

What was the biggest swing in the 2015 GE?

Answer 27

39% from Lab to SNP in Glasgow North-East

Question 28

How many seats did UKIP get in 2015? What %vote?

Answer 28

1 (12.6%)

Question 29

Give an example of a Conservative party policy from their 2015 manifesto

Answer 29

In/Out Referendum on EU by the end of 2017

Question 30

What was the turnout in the safe seat of Stoke on Trent Central, and the marginal seat of Pudsey?

Answer 30

Stoke on Trent Central, 50% (Tristam Hunt, Lab Hold) Pudsey, 72% (Stuart Andrew, Con Hold)

Question 31

In PACC elections how many policing areas are PACC's elected in?

Answer 31

41

Question 32

Give an example of adversarial politics. Name the parties and give a summary of the policy.

Answer 32

Lib Dem and Conservative, Cons wanted to hold a referendum on the EU but Lib dem wanted to remain

Question 33

What is the fixed term of a PACC election?

Answer 33

4 years

Question 34

What traditional weakness of the FPTP system did the 2015 election seem to contradict?

Answer 34

Traditionally, FPTP denies 3rd party representation but the SNP were well represented

Question 35

Which party was the only one to lose votes in 2015? How much did they lose?

Answer 35

Lib Dems, 15.5% votes lost, 49 seats lost. (8 seats, 7.9%)

Question 36

How did UKIP poll in the 2015 election? Include %vote and seats won.

Answer 36

UKIP polled well at 12.9% of the vote but only managed to gain 1 seat.