Political parties evidence

Who did Zarah Sultana accuse of corrupt gift donation?

Google

How much did Starmer have to repay for the Gift Scandal?

£6000

Who benefitted from a £346M Covid contract? Why? When?

In 2019, Bridgemore donated 1M to the Tories

How much did who incorrectly report, of what? How much were they fined?

Tories incorrectly reported over £100,000 of campaign expenses, and were fined £70,000

How much did Labour and Conservative receive in the third quarter of 2019 compared to Greens?

Lab and Conservatives each received over £5M in funding compared to greens who only got £105,000

An example of state money entrenching a two party system?

In 2019, short money awarded labour £8m and SNP(the largest Scottish party) only £825,000

What percentage of people strongly align with a party?

9%

what percentage of seats were awarded to Tory and Labour in 2024? Compared to vote share?

81.9% of seat share with only 57.4% of the vote which is the lowest its ever been

How many seats did Lib Dems get in the 2024 election

64 seats which is the highest amount of seats a third party has ever got.

What has been the situation with labour in Wales?

Labour have consistently been in all Welsh governments. on the contrary though, they used to have a majority but the last 2 elections have seen labour in coalition with the Lib Dems and then Plaid Cymru

Labour’s situation in Scotland?

Labour went from 49/59 seats in 2010 to 1/59 seats in 2019 → however in the 2024 election, SNP decreased dramatically, only getting 9 seats. They are still the largest party in Scottish parliament though.

Reforms influence on Policy

Labour adopting the ‘stop the boats’ slogan and conservatives Rwanda scheme 2024

Green influence on Labour policies, and why?

Greens typically take away from the labour vote share.

• ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2030

• the pre election commitment of 28B on green initiatives → Which they have since U turned on

Reforms position and percentage in popularity polls?

Highest in the popularity polls with 34% as of June 2025

Top 3 parties in terms of membership

1. Labour

2. Reform

3. Greens

What has happened with Greens and membership recently?

In October, since Zack Polanski became the leader there has been an 80% rise in membership, quickly surpassing the Conservatives.

How many seats did greens come second in compared to 2019?

Second in 40 in 2024 compared to only 3 in 2019

Reform and Greens seats?

Reform have only 5 seats and no supporters in the HOL and Greens only have 2 seats (2 peers in HOL tho!)

Since when have all leaders been who?

Since 1945, all leaders have been Tory or Labour

How many seats do Greens have in council election?

859

How long have SNP been in govt?

since 2007

Who is in coalition in Northern Ireland?

Sinn Fein and DUP

who won in in the 7 local council By elections that reform were expected to make headway in? When?

Lib Dems won 4 and reform only won 1! On the 23rd of OCT

why has the effectiveness of political parties in ensuring engagement been questioned?

The turnout to general elections has greatly fallen: 59.7% turn out which is only 0.3% more then the lowest turnout in 2001

Who regulated funding? what are the rules?

PEERA!

• People not on electoral role cannot donate

• Donations over £11,180 have to be placed on an electoral register

what was cash for honours?

Donors expecting to receive an honour such as a peerage.

What is happening with individual donors?

In 2019, the total number of individuals voting was 4X lower than 2017 but the average value of each donation increased by almost 3X

How did the media help Blair succeed?

He ran a tight media campaign and won the Sun’s support which led to more public trust and support

What policy made May lose traditional voters?

Dementia Tax

Why did Jeremy Corbyn win support, diminishing Mays numbers?

Corbyn was much more popular on social media, which was effectively able to target young left wing voters that use Socials rather than advertising whilst being constricted by impartiality laws on tv.

what cemented Margret Thatcher’s 87 election victory

Her decision to go to war in the Falklands in 83 cemented her image as the ‘iron lady’ in the media.

What percentage of the vote share did Reform win?

14.3% of the vote

how many constituencies did reform come second in? and who did they lose to?

98 constituencies, in 89 of these labour won which shows reform is not just making headway in conservative voters.

Reform’s Key policies?

• stop the boats

• raise income tax to 20,000

• raise inheritance tax to 2 million

• leaving ECHR

How Reform influenced Labour

• pledge to create border and security commans which would stop the boats and smash the gangs

What happened in July 2025 that was influenced by reform?

A high profile state visit from president Macron saw an agreement reached with France on managing small boat crossings