paper 1 political parties examples

Who are strongly supportive of capitalism and business

Conservatives, labour, Lib Dem’s

What do conservatives and Labour prioritise regarding the economy and why

Reducing debt, bringing down inflation to win the center ground and appear economically competent

3 of Sunaks 5 priorities

Halving inflation, reducing debt, growing the economy

What did Starmer move the party away from economically

High taxation and spending policies of the Corbyn era

Chancellor Reeves said Labour government economic policy will …

Focus on fiscal responsibility and providing a stable economic environment to promote growth

Securonomics meaning and example

Avoiding running a budget deficit and implementing a fiscal lock - labour ditching its previously proposed £28 billion a year green prosperity plan

All 3 parties pledged what about taxes

To freeze the majority of taxes including income, corporation and VAT

Differing economic policy

Conservatives and Lib Dem’s reject renationalisation and support privatisation

What did labour pass regarding nationalisation of rail

The passenger railway services act

What did Labour do regarding GB energy

Introduced Great British Energy bill to establish GB energy as a state owned company

What did conservative gov do in their 2024 spring budget and then double down on in 2027

Pledged to reduce national insurance contributions - then to 6% in 2027

2024 Lib Dem’s pledged to remove …

2 child limit that effects universal credit and child tax credit

Cons and Lab both pledge to do what regarding law and order

Recruit more police officers

Cons actions on drugs

Banned recreational use of nitrous oxide

Labour stance on drugs

Against legalisation of cannabis - smell of cannabis is “ruining lives”

How do cons and lab stance on the unions differ

Labour supports unions and striking workers - conservatives do not

What did Sunak introduce regarding unions And what did it do

Strikes act 2023 - limited the power of strikes as requires minimum service levels in key industries

Sunak actions regarding protests And what did it do

Public order act 2023 - new offences such as locking on and interfering with national infrastructure

Starmer action regarding strikes

Announced an above inflation pay rise for junior doctors 22% and teachers 5.5% - willingness to support striking workers

Labour legislation regarding strikes act 2023

Legislation to repeal it

Similarités between lab cons and Lib Dem regarding foreign policy

Support for Ukraine

What did conservatives do in 2024 regarding Ukraine that labour followed In practice

Committed to 2.5 billion in military funding to Ukraine

All 3 parties now stance on brexit

Make the most of it now and not try to reverse it

Lab and conservative stance on immigration

Hard - tackle it

How parties differ on Brexit

Conservatives much more supportive of a hard brexit

Ed Davey regarding brexit 2025

Urged starmer to start talks on new customs union with the EU

Labours stance on safety of Rwanda act 2024

Strongly opposed

Labour focus on immigration

Focus on making the asylum system work and processing people quicker through a returns and enforcement unit

Lib Dem stance on immigration

Less of a strong focus

What have all govs since 1945 been

Either labour or conservative

2024 how many seats did the 2 main parties win

532 out of 650

How many seats did the SNP win in Scotland in 2015

56/59

How many seats do SNP have in Scotland today

9

Reform vote share 2024

14.3%

Membership of reform vs conservatives

2x

Example of private members bills from minor parties not progressing

2018 greens introduced a bill on proportional representation - not give a second reading due to lack of parliamentary time and gov support

How long has the SNP ruled Scottish parliament

Since 2011

2025 local elections reform results

677 council seats, control of 10 councils and 2 mayors

How many opposition days are there for 2nd party

17

How many opposition days for Lib Dem’s 2024

Lib Dem’s with 72 seats only gets about 1.5 opposition days

What did the BBC and ITV do in 2019

Excluded SNP and Lib Dem’s from certain debates

Example of policy cooption from greens

Net zero cons 2050, Lib Dem’s 2045, labour 2040

Policy cooption reform

Labour taking a harder stance on immigration

How many MPs does the SNP, Sinn Fein and reform have in total

26