A Level Politics: UK Government (Edexcel) Exam With Correct Answers
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A Level Politics: UK Government
A Level Politics: UK Government (Edexcel)
1945 Salisbury Convention - Answer- Lords cannot oppose A bill in the Manifesto
1911 Parliament Act - Answer- Lords can't delay money bills and power of veto replaced by 2 year delay
1945 Parliament Act - Answer- Delay changed to one year
"The H...
A Level Politics: UK Government
(Edexcel)
1945 Salisbury Convention - Answer- Lords cannot oppose A bill in the Manifesto
1911 Parliament Act - Answer- Lords can't delay money bills and power of veto
replaced by 2 year delay
1945 Parliament Act - Answer- Delay changed to one year
"The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days" -
Answer- Clement Atlee
Example of how parliament can't be bound by past government - Answer- Repealed
the 1988 local government act which made it illegal to promote homosexuality in
school
Magna Carta (1215) - Answer- Nobody deprived of liberty without law process
Bill of Rights (1689) - Answer- Regular parliament, free elections, free speech in
parliament
Act of Union (1707) - Answer- England and Scotland in Westminister
European Communities Act 1972 - Answer- Britain into EEC making EU law
president over UK
The Levison Enquiry - Answer- Established an independant press standard
organisation after Rupert Murdoch News Of the World phone hacking scandal
% of respondant who said TV was the biggest influence of the media - Answer- 62
How many watched the TV debates in 2010 - Answer- 9.6m
How many watched the TV debates in 2017 - Answer- 3.5m
What % of the young rely totally on online information - Answer- 79%
How much did the conservatives spend a month on Facebook ads in 2015 - Answer-
£100,000
% voted for Brexit without qualifications - Answer- 75
% voted against Brexit with qualifications - Answer- 75
% of ethnic minorities voted for Labour in 2010 - Answer- 60
, % of ethnic minorities voted for Con in 2010 - Answer- 16
Turnout in NI in 2017 - Answer- 65
% of Liverpool Walton that voted Labour in 2017 - Answer- 85.7
% over 65s voted in 2010 - Answer- 76
% 18-24 voted in 2010 - Answer- 44
% people voted for con and lab in 1979 - Answer- 81
% people voted for con and lab in 2010 - Answer- 65
% of people vote who own a home - Answer- 74 (63% in 2017 of population -
Guardian)
% of people vote who don't own a home - Answer- 55
When did class stop being the biggest factor? - Answer- 1970's
Age in the 2017 election - Answer- 60% of 18-24 Labour
61% of 64+ con
Ethnicity in the 2017 election - Answer- 73% BME Labour
Cost of the confidence and supply agreement with DUP - Answer- £1B
Conservative seats in 2017 election - Answer- 317
Labour seats in the 2017 election - Answer- 262
How many seats did the conservatives gain in 1979 - Answer- 63
Winter of Discontent - Answer- 1978-79
Reason why Thatcher may have swung 11% C2 and 9% DE - Answer- Right to buy
and tax cut policies
Black Wednesday - Answer- 1992
How many seats did Labour gain in 1997 - Answer- 150
When was the Electoral Commission set up? - Answer- 2000
Referendum with a close result - Answer- Brexit Remain: 48.1% Leave: 51.9%
Referendum with a low turnout - Answer- 2011 extension for powers for Welsh
assembly turnout 35.6%
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