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History Paper 2: Sections 10 - Blair > Party Relations - Key Facts > Flashcards

Party Relations - Key Facts Flashcards

1
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Two divisions in the Conservative Party

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  • Europe
  • Fall of Margaret Thatcher
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Number of the remaining MPs after the 1997 General Election that were Eurospectic

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145 out of 165

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Winner of the 1997 Leadership Race

Conservatives

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William Hague

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4
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Person who threated the unity of the Party

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Michael Portillo

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Person who gave the ‘anti-Thatcher’ speech in 1999

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Peter Lilley

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Average Age of a Conservative Party member

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64

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New rules of the leadership elections

Conservative Party

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MPs would vote in succession of ballots until only 2 candidates remained, the vote would then go to the party membership

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Strongest candidates for the 2001 leadership race

Conservative Party

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  • Michael Portillo
  • Ken Clarke
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Person who won the 2001 leadership election

Conservative Party

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Iain Duncan Smith

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10
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Policy which Iain Duncan Smith tried to introduce

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Compassionate Conservativism

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11
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Place where Iain Duncan Smith visited

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Easterhouse estate in Glasgow

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Bills that the Conservatives voted against that showed they were socially conservative

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  • Reppeal of Section 28
  • Allowing unmarried couples to adopt
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Modernisers within the Party

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  • David Cameron - Shadow Education Secretary
  • George Osborne - Shadow Chancellor
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Person that took over the Conservative leadership in 2003

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Michael Howard

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Those involved the Conservative Leadership Election in 2005

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  • David Davis
  • David Cameron
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Key policies of David Cameron

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  • Evironmentalist - Cycled to Westminster and visited the Artic
  • Supported the NHS that had taken care of his disabled son
  • Promised to maintain Labour levels of spending on public services
17
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Conservative MP that was openly critical of David Cameron

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Norman Tebbit

History Paper 2: Sections 10 - Blair (7 decks)

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