Electoral Systems AO1

Question 1

What was Thatcher’s seat majority in 1979?

Answer 1

44 seat majority

Question 2

What was Blair’s seat majority in 1997?

Answer 2

179 seat majority

Question 3

What can PR systems cause?

Answer 3

Minority governments

Question 4

In 1970, what percentage of all votes went to the main two parties?

Answer 4

88%

Question 5

How many seats did the Lib Dems win in 2005?

Answer 5

62 seats

Question 6

What was the turnout percentage for Senedd Cymru in 2011?

Answer 6

41.5%

Question 7

Which voting system is used in Westminster?

Answer 7

FPTP

Question 8

What does STV stand for?

Answer 8

Single Transferable Vote

Question 9

In STV, how many assembly members does a voter elect?

Answer 9

5 assembly members

Question 10

What was the turnout percentage for the Scottish Parliament in 1999?

Answer 10

58.8%

Question 11

What was the turnout percentage for the 2001 and 2024 General elections?

Answer 11

59.4% and 59.9%

Question 12

When was the last referendum held?

Answer 12

2016

Question 13

What percentage of voters felt informed on Brexit in 2016?

Answer 13

33%

Question 14

What was the turnout of the 1992 general election?

Answer 14

77.7%

Question 15

When did devolution to Scotland occur?

Answer 15

1979

Question 16

What year were elected Mayors established in London?

Answer 16

1998

Question 17

What was the turnout percentage for the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014?

Answer 17

85%

Question 18

What do referendums hand back to the electorate?

Answer 18

Power to check government

Question 19

What was Thatcher’s seat majority in 1983?

Answer 19

144 seat majority

Question 20

What was the turnout percentage for the 1997 General election?

Answer 20

71.4%

Question 21

In 2017, how many seats was the Conservative party short?

Answer 21

52 seats short

Question 22

What coalition was formed in 2010?

Answer 22

Tory-Lib Dem coalition

Question 23

What percentage of votes were wasted in 2019?

Answer 23

70.8%

According to the Electoral Reform Society (PG)

Question 24

How much higher is the turnout for PR systems compared to FPTP?

Answer 24

5-8% higher

Question 25

What has the turnout for FPTP elections been since 1997?

Answer 25

Below 70%

Question 26

In 2019, what percentage of VOTES did the Green, Lib Dems & Brexit Party receive collectively?

Answer 26

16%

Question 27

In 2019, what percentage of SEATS did the Green, Lib Dems & Brexit Party receive collectively?

Answer 27

2%

Question 28

What was Starmers majority in 2024?

Answer 28

174 majority

Question 29

What is unique about the way Wales uses AMS? | (disadvantage)

Answer 29

Two thirds of the Assembly seats are elected via FPTP and only one third via PR- nowhere near enough to compensate the majoritarian element in the system

Question 30

How does AMS work?

Answer 30

Two votes: for a regional and constituency representative. Vote for a candidate for your constituency and a party for your region.

Question 31

How does STV work?

Answer 31

Voters rank their preferences in numerical order. Those with fewer votes than the quota are eliminated and their votes transferred to next choices. Candidates with excess votes above the quota also have their votes transferred. Any candidate who now has more thsn the quota is elected.

Question 32

How does SV (used to elect mayors in England) work?

Answer 32

The voter makes two preferential choices. If one candidate obtains over 50% on the first vote then the contest is complete. If no candidate attains over 50%, two candidates remain and second choices are re-distributed between those two, which results in a winner.

Question 33

Which side won Inderef 2014 and by what %?

Answer 33

No- 55%

Question 34

What were the % of yes votes for devolution in Scotland and Wales, in 1997?

Answer 34

Scotland- 74% yes Wales- 50% yes