electoral systems key evidence

Question 1

how many constituencies is the UK divided up into?

Answer 1

650

Question 2

2010 election outcome?

Answer 2

coalition of Conservatives and Lib Dems
Conservatives got 36.1% of the vote and 306 seats (47%)

Question 3

2017 election outcome?

Answer 3

Conservative, with supply and confidence agreement with the DUP
Conservatives got 42.3% of the vote and 317 seats (49%)

Question 4

2019 election outcome?

Answer 4

Conservative majority
43.6% of vote and 365 seats (56%)

Question 5

Northern Ireland 2022 outcome?

Answer 5

no government formed due to the DUP being unwilling to name a deputy first minister until issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol are resolved.

Question 6

What was the turnout and result of the vote for the referendum: Should Scotland be an independent country in 2014?

Answer 6

45% voted yes and 55% voted no
turnout: 85%

Question 7

What was the turnout and result of the vote for the referendum: Should the UK remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

Answer 7

52% voted leave and 48% voted remain
turnout: 72%

Question 8

Second Scottish independence referendum?

Answer 8

in 2022 Nicola Sturgeon called for a second Scottish independence referendum after Brexit as most Scots voted to remain. The UK government rejected this, the Scottish government then responded that it was going to hold it anyway - in November 2022 the Supreme Court ruled that Scotland could not hold this referendum