Democracy and Participation

brexit turnout

2016 Brexit turnout was 72%

1998 good friday agreement

1998 Good Friday Agreement 71% yeah → NI stay in UK and power sharing gov 

2014 scotland turnout

2014 turnout was 85% 

recall mp act e.g

Recall MP act 2015 → Peter Bone was suspended from parliament after he was bullying someone and had sexual misconduct → he lost a seat 

2018 In Ireland abortion ref

66% said yeah to abortion

misinformation about EU

UK said ‘we spend £350 mil on EU let’s spend on the NHS instead’ → after realised the money wouldn't just go to NHS 

bad use of initiatives

In Switzerland 57% voted in a referendum to not allow new buildings to have mariners → mosques have this → seen as going against religion

similiar Qs asked to get results in referendum

In Switzerland 57% voted in a referendum to not allow new buildings to have mariners → mosques have this → seen as going against religion

who lied about a speeding offence

Fiona Onasanya she was sent to prison for lying about speeding offence so triggered it with 10% votes 

What happened to lizz truss

Lizz Truss resigned in 2022 after 44 days as she lost support from her own party due to ‘mini budget’ → wanted to decrease tax but increase gov spending which is bad

how many committees scrutinising bills

There’s over 30 select committees scrutinising bills e.g women committees

which act protects minority views

Human rights act 1998 passed

How much votes did Tony Blair get and why

43% he promised to get out of EU

2024 GE turnout

UK GE turnout fell to 59.4% in 2024

do people think they have an influence in politics

47% of people said they don’t feel like they have any influence in politics from 2019 Handsert Report

political bias e.g

Under David Cameron the austerity programme was bad for low income individuals 

parties can break promise after election e.g

Lib dems opposed to tuition fees but then supported the coalition gov where they wanted to increase tuition fees 3x (2010)

how long has it been since there hasn’t been C or L in power

1945

PM influence by lobby

David Cameron worked for Greensill Capital and during COVID 19 gov gave out special loan schemes to help business survive and he used personal connections asking them to let Greensill be part of the scheme 

2014 Scottish referendum youth turnout

75%

Corbyn’s Labour Party youth turnout increased by how much

13%

what does study from Australia show

when 16 year old starts voting they are more likely to keep it for habit and do it throughout their life

how did Scotland change after 16yr old could start voting

began to focus on more issues such as education, youth employment → Scottish gov introduced ‘YoungScot’ which gives discounts to students 

how many youth voted in 2024 election

37%

how many 65+ voted in 2024 election

over 75%

You Gov In 2017 what does it say about youth interest in pol

57% of 18-24 turned out showing a lot of political disinterest 

in 2024 how many people opposed to lowering voting ages

47%

in 2024 how many people agreed to lowering voting ages

28%

australia turnout in federal election 2024

90%

 turnout for the 30 most deprived constituencies in 2024 GE

48

 turnout for the least deprived constituencies in 2024 GE

70%

Prisoners get to vote

Hirst vs UK

how many people were turned away in 2024 due to not having ID

16k