General Case Studies and Data

Question 1

how many MPs voted in favour of giving parliament a vote on a final brexit deal

Answer 1

MPs voted against the government by 309-305 votes, with 12 Conservative MPs voting against its party’s government.

Question 2

how many times was the Government defeated by the House of Lords from 2016-17

Answer 2

38

Question 3

Which treaty established the EEC in 1957?

Answer 3

Treaty of Rome

Question 4

when was the Supreme Court founded?

Answer 4

The 2005 Constitutional Reform Act established the Supreme Court which transferred the House of Lords’ power as the UK’s final appeal court to the separate Supreme Court.

Question 5

why did Amber Rudd resign in 2018?

Answer 5

Amber Rudd, the previous home secretary, resigned in 2018 after she misled the Home Affairs Select Committee over her department’s targets for deporting illegal immigrants.

Question 6

how many people voted in the EU Referendum?

Answer 6

the 2016 referendum on leaving the EU in which over 33.5 million people voted

Question 7

Why did Liam Fox resign in 2011?

Answer 7

Liam Fox resigned in 2011 as defence secretary after he had brought Adam Werrity, a close friend, along to 18 foreign business trips despite him having no official role.

Question 8

what position did Boris Johnson resign from in 2018?

Answer 8

In 2018 Boris Johnson resigned as foreign secretary as he disagreed with the government’s ‘Chequers deal’ for leaving the European Union.

Question 9

in what year did PM Theresa May chose to send airstrikes to Syria without consulting parliament first?

Answer 9

2018

Question 10

in what budget was the national living wage increased?

Answer 10

The 2017 Budget from £7.50 an hour to £7.83.

Question 11

can you give 2 years when the Government voted in favour of military action?

Answer 11

Parliament voted in favour of military action in Iraq in 2014 and Syria in 2015. but against syria in 2013

Question 12

1979 election what % did Tories get of popular vote and seats

Answer 12

339 seats 43%

Question 13

1979 election what % did labour get of popular vote and seats

Answer 13

269 seats 36%

Question 14

1979 election what % libdem get of pop vote and seats

Answer 14

11 seats 13%

Question 15

1979 election what increase of seats did tories get

Answer 15

plus 62 (8.1 swing)

Question 16

1979 election how did labour seats change

Answer 16

minus 50

Question 17

1979 election turnout

Answer 17

76%

Question 18

when shouldve callaghan called an election 1979

Answer 18

in autumn 78 bc then there was the discontent and he lost a vote of no confidence. the crisis what crisis too had a part to play and he has been in every lab gov since 1964 so unlikely that he could stop union pressure

Question 19

1979 why did libdem have small vote

Answer 19

thorpe was on trial for conspiracy to murder ex lover and was still standing

Question 20

how much did conservative vote of women increase by in 1979

Answer 20

1974- 39%

1979- 47% due to trade union power and thatcher being vote of a housewife

Question 21

how much did conservative vote of 18-24 increase by in 1979

Answer 21

18%

Question 22

at start of 1997 election how much were labour ahead by in polls

Answer 22

20%

Question 23

why did major call election 1997

Answer 23

lost a vote of no confidence due to black wednesday (fall in exchange rates), eu and slow response to mad cow disease

Question 24

what was a key change new labour did

Answer 24

removed clause 4

Question 25

what was the pledge card

Answer 25

new labours cards with manifesto saying things like take 250000 young ppl off benefits and into work

Question 26

in 1997 what support did lab have from the top newspaper

Answer 26

the sun supported with 4million readers at the time. however only switched after they were ahead

Question 27

why was the conservative campaign disastrous in 1997

Answer 27

haunted by cash 4 questions and sleeze. also misjudged mood of nation with Blair demon eyes campaign.

Question 28

what was lab % of popular vote and seats in 1997

Answer 28

418 seats 43%

Question 29

what was conservative % of popular vote and seats in 1997

Answer 29

165 seats 30.7% lowest pop since duke of wellington 1832

Question 30

what was libdem % of popular vote and seats in 1997

Answer 30

46 16.8%

Question 31

1997 election turnout

Answer 31

71.4%

Question 32

1997 election how did labour seats change

Answer 32

plus 145 with 8.8 swing

Question 33

1997 election how did conservative seats change

Answer 33

loss of 178

Question 34

how much was class ab swinging to labour 1997

Answer 34

11% and c1 was 14%

Question 35

1997 ab class turnout for lab

Answer 35

31%

Question 36

1997 ab class turnout for con

Answer 36

41%

Question 37

1997 de class turnout for lab

Answer 37

59%

Question 38

1997 de class turnout for con

Answer 38

21%

Question 39

1997 c1 turnout for con

Answer 39

37%

Question 40

1997 c1 turnout for lab

Answer 40

31%

Question 41

2019 turnout

Answer 41

67.3%,

Question 42

2019 conservative seats and pop vote

Answer 42

365 seats 43.6%

Question 43

2019 labour seats and pop vote

Answer 43

202 seats and 32.1% of the vote

Question 44

2019 labour change in vote from 2017

Answer 44

lost 60 seats

Question 45

2019 conservative change in vote from 2017

Answer 45

48 more than in 2017

Question 46

2019 LibDem change in vote from 2017

Answer 46

lost 1 seat

Question 47

2019 libdem seats and pop vote

Answer 47

11 seats and 11.5% of the vote

Question 48

2019 how many seats changed hands

Answer 48

81 seats changed hands.

Question 49

2019 snp seats and change

Answer 49

48 seats, up 13 seats compared with 2017

Question 50

lab and conservative shared of vote 2019

Answer 50

won 76% of the UK vote.

Question 51

lab and conservative shared of vote 2017

Answer 51

82.3% in 2017

Question 52

how many women elected in 2019

Answer 52

women elected in 2019 was 220

Question 53

how much of the vote in london did lab get

Answer 53

Labour won 48.1% of the vote inclusing putey from conservative

Question 54

education level of the 2019 mps

Answer 54

almost nine out of 10 (88%) of MPs are graduates. 21% hold an oxbridge degree (1% of population)

Question 55

what was the point lead like for con in 2019 when looking at over 65

Answer 55

while the Conservatives had a 47-point lead amongst voters aged over 65

Question 56

what was the point lead like for lab in 2019 when looking at over 65

Answer 56

Ipsos MORI reports that Labour had a 43-point lead amongst voters aged 18-24,

Question 57

what was turnout in 2019 for 18-24

Answer 57

47% of 18-24 year old voters

Question 58

what was turnout in 2019 for 65+

Answer 58

74% of 65+ year olds.

Question 59

by how much did conservative have lead over lab in c2 voters 2019

Answer 59

``` C2 voters (skilled manual workers) with 47% of the vote – a 15-point lead over Labour. ```

Question 60

was social class important in 2019 election

Answer 60

no but con did outperform lab in all social classes

Question 61

how has education impacted 2019 election? graduates

Answer 61

YouGov with 43% of graduates voting Labour compared with 29% of Conservatives.

Question 62

how did lab do in student seats 2019

Answer 62

In 2019, Labour won 55 out of the 77 ‘student seats’ which was 18% of whole vote

Question 63

2010 labour seats and pop vote

Answer 63

258 seats 29.0%

Question 64

2010 labour seat change

Answer 64

down 90

Question 65

2010 lib dem seats and pop vote

Answer 65

57 seats and 23.0%

Question 66

2010 lib dem change

Answer 66

5 less than 2005

Question 67

2010 tory seats and pop vote

Answer 67

306 seats and 36.1%

Question 68

2010 tory seat change

Answer 68

+96

Question 69

2010 turnout

Answer 69

65.1%

Question 70

how many seats changed hands 2010

Answer 70

117 seats which is 18% and in Scotland 1 changed hand

Question 71

what % men voted lab/con 2010

Answer 71

con-38 lab-28

Question 72

what % women voted lab/con 2010

Answer 72

con-36 lab-31

Question 73

what % 18-24 voted lab in 2010

Answer 73

31%

Question 74

what % 18-24 voted con in 2010

Answer 74

30%

Question 75

what % 65 voted lab in 2010

Answer 75

31%

Question 76

what % 65 voted con in 2010

Answer 76

44%

Question 77

what % 18-24 voted libdem in 2010

Answer 77

30%

Question 78

what % 65 voted libdem in 2010

Answer 78

16%

Question 79

turnout 18-24 in 2010

Answer 79

44%

Question 80

turnout 65 in 2010

Answer 80

76%

Question 81

what % of social de voted lab in 2010

Answer 81

40% in social class DE.

Question 82

what role did george osbourne take whilst being an mp

Answer 82

editor of the evening standard

Question 83

who was impacted by the 2015 mp recall act

Answer 83

ian paisley junior just survive with 9.4% not 10%. this was called as he had been suspended for not declaring 2 family hols paid for by sri lankan gov

Question 84

how many poeple elected corbyn as arty leader

Answer 84

2015 59% in 2016 61.8%

Question 85

how much increase in participation in eec and eu referendum

Answer 85

7.6%