essay plan stats for election essay

Question 1

Who won in the 1979 election?

Answer 1

margaret thatcher

Question 2

How many seats won in 1979 ?

Answer 2

conservative - 339 seats
labour - 269

Question 3

Class in general?

Answer 3

ab voters voted conservative whilst DE woters voted labour . Class alignment occured because it was class identity regions developed class cultures . But by 1997 59% of DE voters voted for labour .

Question 4

Class in 1979

Answer 4

conservatives had dominance over AB and C1 voters whilst labour had dominance over c2 and DE conservative won 339 seats compared to labour 269 . winnning 43.6% to 36.9%

Question 5

Class in 1997?

Answer 5

class became less influential as 56% of DE voters voted labour . Labour gained accross all voters . C1 - 19% and c2 15% more lost 11.2% since 1992

Question 6

class in 2024 ?

Answer 6

class not influential labour won AB with 36%

Question 7

Age in genral ?

Answer 7

young voters more likely to vote labour and olde are more likely to vote conservative . 2015 18 - 24 4 x more lib dems likely to vote lib dem as 65

Question 8

1979 age election ?

Answer 8

labouyr amongst the younger years whilst conservatives were among older years .depend what year group turns out e.g more older people - more toris

Question 9

1997 age election?

Answer 9

still influential as older people wre still dominanted by over 65s

Question 10

2024 age election ?

Answer 10

heavily over 65 based - 43%
25 - 34 - 47% labour
18-24 - 5% tory

Question 11

2019 election age ?

Answer 11

men 46 % labour for 18/24 yr old whereas 28% for tory
women 65% labour for 18/24 yr old whereas 15% for tory

Question 12

2019 election class?

Answer 12

42% AB 43% C1 49% C2 47% DE
32% AB 34% C1 31% C2 34% DE

Question 13

1979 other factors ?

Answer 13

governing competence + valence - labour saw its majority disappear after James callaghan replaced harold Wilson and triggered a no confidence vote - conservatives used slogan labour isnt working . WInter of discontent (1978-1979) as facing economic turmoil . Labour seen as ineffective and calligan lost control. 979 - thatcher factor whether being a woman would be a bad thing .
rational choice - shift from labour due to wanting a strong leadership . thatcher foucsed on individual responsibility and free market
economic voting - high inflation