Minority Parties In The UK

Question 1

When did the SNP win its first by-election?

Answer 1

1967

Question 2

In how many Scottish constituencies did the SNP win the majority vote in the 2015 and 2017 general elections?

Answer 2

56/59; 35/59

Question 3

What are the main policies the SNP has implemented in Scotland?

Answer 3

Free university tuition
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Everyone over 16 can vote in local council elections, and could vote in the Scottish independence referendum

Question 4

When was Plaid Cymru founded? When did it win its first by-election?

Answer 4

1925; 1966

Question 5

How many Welsh constituencies did Plaid Cymru win a majority in in 2017?

Answer 5

4/40

Question 6

From _____ to ______, Plaid Cymru formed a coalition with the ________ Party on the agreement that _________________________________________.

Answer 6

2007, 2011, Labour, there would be a referendum on giving the Welsh assembly further devolved powers

Question 7

When was UKIP founded?

Answer 7

1993

Question 8

When did UKIP gain political influence?

Answer 8

During the 2004 European Parliament elections, where UKIP won 16% of the vote.

Question 9

What did UKIP do to gather support among the middle class?

Answer 9

Supporting Brexit

Question 10

How influential is UKIP in the Westminster Parliament?

Answer 10

Not very, UKIP only won one seat in 2015, and lost it in 2017. In the 2018 council elections, UKIP lost 123/126 of its seats.

Question 11

What effect did the support for UKIP have on the Labour Party?

Answer 11

Support for UKIP among the working class meant that the Labour Party lost a few seats in the 2015 general election.

Question 12

What % of the vote did the Green Party win in the European Parliament’s 1989 elections?

Answer 12

15%

Question 13

What did the Green Party do to help the Labour Party in the 2017 elections?

Answer 13

Not contesting seats where there was a close contest between Labour and the Conservatives.

Question 14

How has the Green Party influenced British politics?

Answer 14

It has encouraged the main parties to adopt more environmentally friendly policies.

Question 15

Why was the DUP created?

Answer 15

To keep Northern Ireland part of the United Kingdom

Question 16

How many seats did the DUP win in the 2017 general election?

Answer 16

10

Question 17

What did the DUP agree to with the Conservatives?

Answer 17

When the DUP won 10 seats in the 2017 general election and the Conservatives only won a minority of the total seats, the Conservatives and the DUP made a confidence and supply agreement.

Question 18

What is a confidence and supply agreement?

Answer 18

A situation where a minority government maintains power by arranging with another party that it will support it in a vote of CONFIDENCE and also on the Budget (SUPPLY).

Question 19

What did the Conservatives give the DUP in return for the confidence and supply agreement?

Answer 19

The DUP’s leader was given an extra £1,000,000,000 in funding in Northern Ireland and has been promised that the government will not put pressure on the government of Northern Ireland to adopt specific policies and legislation.