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The percentage of the population accessing internet based news in 2013
50%
The word which could best describe the Conservative and Labour manifestos of 1979
Moderate
The majority of seats held by the Conservative Party after the 2015 General Election
4
A major political story published by the Daily Telegraph in 2009
Expenses Scandal
A trend where increasingly fewer people identify with a particular class and thus class has a decreasing impact on voting behaviour
Class Dealignment
A constituency where the results of past elections suggest the result of an election will be close
Marginal Seat
The voting system used in elections for the Mayor of London
Supplementary Vote
The number of votes wasted in the 2017 General Election according to the Electoral Reform Society
22 million
The majority of seats held by Labour after the 1974 General Election
3
A usually yes or no, and usually non-binding vote on a single issue or proposal
Referendum
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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
Winter of Discontent
A term used to describe the current and increasing difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fiction in news and politics
Post-Truth Era
Where the winner of an election receives more votes than all other candidates combined, i.e. at least 50%
Absolute Majority
Those voters who will invariably support one of the main parties
Core Voters
The voting system used in elections to the House of Commons
First Past the Post
The percentage vote for UKIP in 2015
12.6%
Where voters who used to be strongly attached to a party and always voted for it, detach themselves from that relationship in ever greater numbers
Partisan Dealignment
The percentage turnout in the 1997 General Election
71%
Any electoral system which produces a result broadly in line with the number of votes cast for a party
Proportional Representation
The majority of seats held by Labour after the 1997 General Election