Lesson 33

Question 1

Trustee model

Answer 1

Made by Edmund Burke

Irish MP

Opposed the delegated model of representation

Believed MPs should vote on what THEY believed, and not their constituents, as they are more intelligent

E.g. Chris Bryant voted against leaving the EU whilst 60% of his constituents voted for it

Question 2

Delegate model

Answer 2

MPs are nothing more than a voice for the constituents

They should only vote the way constituents want them to

Shouldn’t vote on their personal beliefs

Terrible because not all constituents think the same

Question 3

Doctrine of the Mandate model

Answer 3

In winning an election, a party gets a mandate to act out the party’s policies (not the person’s policies as they are pushed down by party whips)

And so, due to that mandate, MPs should be allowed to represent the party in voting first, instead of constituents

Question 4

Hung parliament

Answer 4

No party gets a majority

But there is still a simple majority (a party with the most seats)

Question 5

What type of government forms in a hung parliament?

Answer 5

A minority government

Question 6

Example of when there was a hung parliament?

Answer 6

2017 general election

Conservatives got a simple majority

Under Thersea May