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General Election results 2015 - parties |
Torys - 330 - 36.9% Labour - 232 - 30.1% UKIP - 1 but 3.8m - 12.6% SNP - 56/59 - 4.7% |
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Turnout 2015 election |
66.1% |
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Election definition |
Method of filling an office/post through choices made by a designated body of people - the electorate |
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Proportional Representation |
Illustrates the number of party seats in line with their electoral support |
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Functions of elections |
Form governments Representation Uphold Legitimacy |
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Do elections achieve their functions? (NO) |
Disproportional systems - FPTP Lack of diversity in commons Unelected House of Lords Low turnouts Weak mandates Forming of coalitions PR systems lose MP Constituency link Minority govs Fixed terms Diff theories of rep |
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Theories of represenatation |
Delegate Burkean Party |
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European Elections 2014 - RPL /72 |
UKIP - 24 seats -26.6% Labour - 20 seats - 24.4% Tory - 19 - 23% |
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Scottish Parliament 2016 - AMS /129 |
SNP - 63 - 4 regional Tory - 31 Labour - 23 Green - 6 |
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London Mayoral 2016 - SV |
Turnout - 45.3% Sadiq - 56.9% Zac - 43.1% Sian - 5.8% Women's equality - 500,000 |
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NI Assembly 2016 - STV - 18 constituencies with 6 members in each |
DUP - 38 seats - 29.2% UUP - 28 seats - 24% UUP - 16 seats - 12.6% |
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How many seats did TB lose in 2005 |
47 |
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Labour leadership Election 2015 |
Turnout - 76% Corbyn - 251,000 - 59.5% |
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Short term voting behaviour |
Policies Leader Performance Party image - media Campaigning Tactical Voting |
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FPTP criticisms |
Disproportional Systematic biases - size and geography Landslide effect Tyranny of majority Two party system |
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AV features |
Majoritarian Preference vote for all candidates and then bottom drops out Votes redistributed until candidate reaches over 50% |
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AV Strengths |
Majoritarian so strong mandate needed Candidates actively compete against each other Fewer wasted votes More than 1 vote - 3rd parties |
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AV weakenesses |
Alphabet voting Only 'best of worst' candidate wins if have to redistribute - TW Disliked by public - AV referendum 2011 Less PR than FPTP - 337 seats torys Extremist parties could succed |
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SV Features |
2 votes - majority not reached then all but top 2 drop out |
