Edexcel Politics 2. Elections and Voting Behaviour

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A form of candidate selection experimented with by the Conservative Party

The number of constituencies in the UK

The largest UK constituency, with 105,000 voters in 2015

A government whose members and supporters constitute a majority in the legislature

The winter of 1978-79 during which large-scale strike action was taken, against a backdrop of high inflation, unemployment, and falling growth, seeing polls change from a 5% Labour lead in November 1978 to a 20% Conservative lead by February 1979

The percentage turnout in the 1997 General Election

The general number of voters per UK constituency

The headline in 'The Sun' in January 1979 which much damaged James Callaghan, though he did not actually say those exact words

The voting system used in elections to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, and Greater London Assembly

A person who does not vote the way one would expect given their social characteristics, especially their class

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The liberal idea that the government and how people are governed must have the peoples' consent

16th September 1992, when Major's government was forced to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after a fall in the value of the pound against European currencies causing a huge financial loss and national humiliation

A person who tends to vote unpredictably in different elections, and is liable to change the way they vote fairly often

The percentage of voters Ipsos MORI estimate voted tactically in 2010

Where people with similar views vote for a party based on their overall judgement of its' and its rival's governing competence

An issue that is instrumental in determining how people will vote

The working class percentage swing to the Conservatives in 1979

The voting system used in elections to the House of Commons

The voting system used in elections for the Mayor of London

A major political story published by the Daily Telegraph in 2009