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How much did membership of all political parties rise by from 1940-50?
3 million
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How do the past two prime ministers lack legitimacy?
They weren't actually elected
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In 2022, how many voters were initially denied ballot papers as they brought the wrong form of ID?
26,165
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Who is Charlotte Owen?
Ex-Boris Johnson adviser, joins Lords as youngest peer
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What did MPs urge government to do following a petition in 2022?
MPs urged UK government to launch a public enquiry to assess the effect of BREXIT triggered by a petition which had 183,000 signatures
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Is the role of local concillors full or part time?
Part time
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How much has party membership dropped by 2010?
130,000-150,000
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How many signatures did the 'Should there be a second referendum?' petition have?
3.8 million signatures
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Give a statistic that shows that voting turnout has fallen over time
In 1979, turnout was 75%, now it is 67.3%
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What is the highest turnout an AV referendum has had?
42.2%
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What was turnout of EU referendum?
72.2%
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What was turnout of 2014 Scottish independence referendum?
84.5%
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What happened in David Cameron vs Greensill in 2021?
Cameron tried to persuade Greensill to join CCFF scheme, sent 45 emails, texts and whatsapps in total, did not go through
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What did the British Soft Drinks Association lobby against in 2022, why?
Lobbied against increasing sugar tax as they had already increased it by 24% in 2018
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Who are the Fabian Society?
Socialist think tank, successful with Labour government, giving 8 billion to NHS, been less successful with Conservatives in office
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Who ignored the 2003 Stop the War group?
Blair, as he had a 179 seat majority
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Give an example of Trade Unions funding the Labour party
'Unite' gave £600,000 in 2023
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How is extinction rebellion successful?
Blocked Oxford circus, block key buildings, anchor themselves to buildings, so Britain is first country to declare 'an environment and climate emergency' in May 2019
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How have Royal Society for the Protection of Birds been successful?
They successfully campaigned to prevent an airport being built in Thames Estuary and have 1M members
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What survey was conducted by The Student Room in regards to BREXIT?
Revealed 82% of 16-17 year olds to remain in the EU, would've closed gap of 1.2 million
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How many 65+ vote Conservative in 2019?
57%
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In 2017, how many 18-24 year olds vote Labour?
67%
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How many constituencies are there where 16-17 year olds outnumber majority held by MP. What does this mean?
88/650, means based on fact that young people typically vote Labour, they would lose their seat
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What was the second most searched question after EU referendum?
'What is the EU?'
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Who are the NSPCC? How are they an example of pressure groups being more advanced due to membership size and money?
Largest membership, income of £117.9 million, a
between 2016 and 2021 they saved 6.6 million children from abuse and in 2022 gave 200,000 conselling sessions
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What did Stonewall successfully campaign for?
Gay Marriage 2013
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What majority did BJ hold in 2019, what did this allow him to do?
80 seat majority, allowed him to pass 2021 Police and Crimes Act which limited protesting right despite opposition from Lords and Keir Starmer
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Give an example to show the proportionality and fairness of Scottish Parliament?
Green party had 4% of vote, gave them 5% of seats
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Give an example of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 being used?
In 2019 Chris Davies, Tory MP, charged with 2 accounts of false expense claimed, 19% of constituents signed petition so he was removed
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How are petitions limited?
There can be no petitions on military force or prerogative powers
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Where are petitions debated, what does this mean?
Westminster Hall, meaning they are poorly attended
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Between 2015 and 2017, how many petitions were debated in parliament?
66
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Complete the gaps
For every -- years a person is, the likelihood they vote Labour decreases by - points
10, 8
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What % of people voted the way their social class indicated?
80%
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What % of Labours income in 2015-16 came from trade unions?
60%
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How much did Conservatives recieve in comparision to Plaid Cymru in 2019?
Tories had £5,338,696 in donations, Plaid Cymru had £0
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Between 2015 and 2017, how much money did Conservatives recieve from companies in the financial sector?
£11.3 million
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Give a statistic that shows higher education has a liberalising effect
In 2017, 47% of those who held a degree voted Labour or LibDem, compared to 36% who voted Conservative
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How were Electoral Reform Society unsuccessful?
Failed to change voting system to AV in 2011
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How was Centre for Social Justice unsucessful?
Failed to get pension age increased from 66 to 75
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Give an example of strikes being successful
In 2021, government announced more hours and less pay for junior doctors, 80% went on strike so government backed down
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How have NSPCC been successful?
‘Flaw in the Law’ campaign forced government to make sexting an offence until 2015 Serious Crime Act.
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What was the turnout of 18-24 in 2019 election?
47%
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What % of BAME voted Labour in 2019?
64%
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