paper 1 politics examples

Average turnout between 1945 and 1997

76%

Turnout 2024 general election

59.8%

Turnout Scottish parliament 2021

63.5%

Turnout in Senedd election 2021

46.6%

2024 labour seats and SOV

412 seats, 33.7% SOV

Turnout 2014 Scottish independence referendum

84.6%

Turnout 2016 EU referendum

72.2%

AV referendum 2011 Turnout

42.2%

% of electorate that belongs to a political party

1.6%

Conservative membership mid 90s —> now

400,000 —> 100,000 members

Labour membership mid 90s —> now

400,000 —> 309,000

You gov survey 2024 + 2019

49% of respondents say They “almost never” trust British gov to place needs of nation above their own, 2019 this was only 26%

February 2025 reform membership

Firage claimed to have surpassed 200,000 and doubled membership of conservatives

Lib Dem’s 2024 seats and SOV

12.2% SOV, 72 seats

Reform 2024 SOV, seats, SOS, number of votes

14.3% SOV, 5 seats, over 4 million votes, 0.8% SOS

SNP 2024 SOV, seats and votes

2.5% SOV, 9 seats, 720,000 votes

Protests examples

BREXIT, BLM, Gaza

2024 protests in London

Called for immediate ceasefire in gaza pressured lab and cons to weaken support for Israel’s war - david Cameron calling for de-escalation

E-petitions debated in HOC 2019 - 2024

202

How many signatures for revoke article 50 petition

6 million

Who announced x in 2024 + what did it cause

Rachel Reeves, winter fuel payment for pensioners would be on a needs basis, e-petition with over 500,000 signatures

What can be classified as slactivism

E-petitions, engagement outside Westminster, PGs, demonstrations

Assisted dying legislation

Debated due to e-potion with over 200,000 signatures but no legislative change

% of petitions that received enough signatures - over 100,000

Less than 1%, of which only a fraction cause tangible change

What did the Gallagher index say

2024 GE was the least proportional election since UK began

Terry Jermy

2024 SW Norfolk MP - elected with just 26.7% of vote which was 15.7% of constituency population

2024 vs 2019 labour

2024 - 412 seats, 63% SOS, 33.7% SOV 2019 - 202 seats, 32.1% SOV, 31% SOS

MakeVotesMatter reform stats under AMS and STV

AMS - 91 seats, ATV - 71 seats

MP time given to consistency matters per week - according to who

40% time, 300 - 500 emails from constituents per week - HOC study

2023 infected blood scandal

22 conservatives rebelled against 3 line whip and supported labour legislation aimed at speeding up compensation for the scandal

2010 BNP - extremist party

2% national vote but didn’t place above 3rd in any constituency

MakeVotesMatter - tactical voting

2024 1/5 of voters intended to vote tactically, 58% voters ended up with an MP they didn’t vote for

When did starmer get to Downing Street

12:40 day after election

Belgium 2010 federal election

541 days to form a gov, use a PR list system with preferential voting

Donkey voting example

2019 NI local elections - STV - two candidates from same party the candidates surname that placed 1st alphabetically was elected 85% of the time

Hung parliaments

2010 Lib Dem and cons coalition, 2017 confidence and supply DUP and conservative

Why is coalition gov important in NI

Religious and political divide - to keep the peace

Example of strong gov being effective

1997 Blair reforms - Blair only defeated 4 time in HOC