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turnout of the 1979 general election as well as majority won and percentage of the popular vote

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76% - turnout
43 - seat majority
43.6% - popular vote

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how many seats did lab lose and cons win in 1979

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Lab - lost 50
Con - gained 62

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what percentage of the popular vote did the Lib Dems win and how did that correlate to seats

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11 seats total
13.8% of popular vote

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what percentage of the vote did 1979 cons win from C2 and DE

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C2 - 11%
DE - 9%
- appealed to working class due to ‘right to buy / essex man’ programme

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turnout of the 1997 general election as well as majority won and percentage of the popular vote

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71.4% - turnout
93 - seat majority
43.2% - popular vote

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what percentage of the popular vote did the conservative get in 1997

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30.7% - worst election yet

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what percentage of the popular vote and seats did the lib dems get in 1997

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16.8% - popular vote
46 seats

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how did the lib dems steal votes and seats form labour in 1997

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  • policies on constitutional reform
  • taken 30 seats from Labour majority
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what was the winner’s bonus in 1997

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64.3% of seats
43.2% of popular vote

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turnout of the 2010 general election as well as majority won and percentage of the popular vote

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65.1% - turnout
38 seat majority
59.1% of popular vote = combined

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what was the popular vote and seat share of labour in 2010

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29% of popular vote
258 seats

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what was the popular vote and seat share of lib dems in 2010

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23% of popular vote
57 seats

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what percentage of pollers said that labour spent ‘wastefully’ under brown in 2010

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59%

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what did an IPSOS MORI poll show us in 2010

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percentage of people who saw Brown and Cameron as future competent PM
Cameron = 33%
Brown = 22%

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what was the budget deficit in 2010

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£168 Billion

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how many votes and seats did Con party win in 2017

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42.2% of votes
318 seats

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how many votes and seats did Lab party win in 2017

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40% of votes
262 seats

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how many votes and seats did Con party win in 2019

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50 seat majority
43.6% of the vote
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE SINCE MARGARET THATCHER

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how many votes and seats did Lab party win in 2019

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40% of the vote
202 seats total

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how many votes and seats did Lib dems party win in 2019

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11.6% of popular vote
11 seats
(jo swinson lost her seat)

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how many seats did the con party win which were among the 25% of the most deprived areas in Britain in 2019

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35 seats

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how many seats did the SNP gain in 2019 in scotland

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48/56

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how many over 60s and over 70s did the conservatives win in 2019

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over 60s = 57%
over 70s = 67%

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how many seats, majority and popular vote did lab win in 2024 general election

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411 seats
86 seats majority
33.7% of popular vote

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how many seats did labour win in scotalnd in 2024
37/57, snp just 9
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how many seats and popular vote did con win in 2024 general election
121 seats 23.7% popular vote
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how many seats and popular vote did lib dems win in 2024 general election
72 seats 12.2% of popular vote
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how many times did reform come second (to labour and conservatives) in 2024
98 times second 89 times second to labour 9 times second to conservative
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what percentage of the seats do lib dem, lab and con have in total in 2024
93%
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what percentage of 3rd parties were voted for in the 2019 general election to 2024
2019 = 12.7% 2024 = 30.4%
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how much of the vote did the green party receive compared to seats in 2024
7% = 4 seats
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how much of the vote did the reform party receive compared to seats in 2024
14% = 5 seats
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how much lower was the voting turnout in 2024
7.4% lower (59.8%)
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reasons for why people didnt vote CLOSELY to the 2024 general election
- 6th June - Rishi Sunak widely criticised for leaving event commemorating D-Day to attend ITV Interview - 12th June - bets on July election days and people using alledged insider information = corrupt
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how did polls change for reform UK in 2024
Reform UK rose from just over 10% in polls to 14% just before election
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due to partygate, liz truss and snug sunak, what was the net favourability of the conservative party in 2024
-51% = less than corbyn
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what was the net favourability of the labour party in 2024
-17% on election day according to YouGov
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how many with mortgages, privately renting or social renting voted Labour in 2024
40%
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how many of those who owned a home voted Labour in 2024
25%
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how many people use social media for information in 2024
43%
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how much of the electorate uses facebook in 2024
69%
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who endorsed labour in 2024 general election
The Sun, Sunday and Financial Times
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who endorsed conservatives in 2024 general election
Telegraph and Daily Mail - latter backed tactical voting (made guide)
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what did 'Best For Britain' say about pre-election polling in 2024
- 52% of Daily Mail would vote Labour - 47% of Telegraph would vote for Conservatives
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how many viewed TV debate in 2024
4.8M
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how many viewed TV debate in 2019
6.8M
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what did public say about TV debate 2024
50/50 win
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how much did Lab spend on google ads and meta advertising in 2024
£2M - google ads £1.15M - Meta
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how much did Con spend on meta advertising in 2024
£650K
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how many 18-24 year olds voted: green, labour, reform, conservative in 2024
18% - Green 41% Labour 9% Reform 8% Conservatives
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how many over 60s year old voted: green, labour, reform, conservative in 2024
3% Green 24% Labour 16% Reform 40% Conservatives
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how was gender irrelevant in 2024 general election
C2 and DE, men and uneducated more likely to vote reform than women
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how did education impact the 2024 general election
high level of education voted for Lib Dem or Labour, whilst lower would vote for Cons and Reform
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how did ethnicity and muslim votes impact the 2024 general election
- 2019 - less than 10% - 2024 - estimated 40% = less antisemitism - Muslim Vote: 80% in 2019 to 60% in 2024
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how many seats did the conservatives win in the south east in 2019 and 2024 (Con hotspot)
2019 = 74/91 2024 = 30/91 LABOUR = 36 LIB DEMS = 24
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combined voting percentage of people who voted lab and con in 2017, 2019 and 2024
2017 - 82% 2019 - 75.7% 2024 - 57.4%

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