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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Politics Advanced Paper 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Politics Advanced Paper 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas
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Politics
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Paper 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas
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Thursday 21 May 2020
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper Reference 9PL0/01
Politics
Advanced
Paper 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas
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Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• There are two sections and you must answer three questions:
– in Section A answer either 1(a) or 1(b) and then either 2(a) or 2(b)
– in Section B answer either 3(a) or 3(b).
• Answer the questions in the spaces
provided
– there may be more space than you need.
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• The total mark for this paper is 84.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
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• Read each question carefully before you start to answer
• it. Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Answer ONE question from EITHER Question 1(a) on page 2
OR
Question 1(b) on page 3 and then answer ONE question from
EITHER Question 2(a) OR Question 2(b) on page 10.
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1 (a) This source is adapted from the YouGov website, which analysed the 2017 General
Election: its findings covered a range of topics that influenced the electorate. It attempts
to understand the reasons why people voted for a particular political party.
Source 1
YouGov found that newspaper readership was a strong predictor of voting patterns. 73% of
Guardian readers voted Labour, while 79% of Telegraph readers voted Conservative. The media is
now a vital factor in determining how people vote. Age has also become a significant element, as
recent governments have treated older people more favourably than the young.
Likelihood of British adults to vote Conservative or Labour in the 2017 General
Election by age
80%
For every 10 years older a person is, the
70% likelihood they would vote Conservative
Labour voters increases by 9 points
60%
% of Labour / Conservative
voters 50% crossover occurs
for a 40% at age 47 For every 10 years older a person is,
political
the likelihood they would vote Labour
party 30% decreases by 9 points
20%
10%
Conservative voters
0%
18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80
Voter’s age
However a person’s employment and the work they do are also important. The Conservatives led
Labour by 11 points among people working in the private sector, while Labour was 10 points
ahead of the Conservatives among public sector workers. A person’s social class has considerable
influence over how they will vote, as does the region in which a person lives. Labour is no longer
as dominant in Scotland as the Conservatives are in Southern England outside London.
Using Source 1, evaluate the view that a person’s age and the media have now
replaced social class and region as clear indicators of voting behaviour.
In your response you must:
• compare and contrast different opinions in the source
• examine and debate these views in a balanced way
• analyse and evaluate only the information presented in the source.
(30)
2
, Do not answer Question 1(b) if you have answered Question 1(a).
OR
1 (b) This source shows information published by the House of Commons on the
income and membership of political parties in Great Britain. The source then
reflects on the significance of this data and questions its implications.
Source 2
Central party income and membership in Great Britain (as reported in 2018)
Party Income Membershi
p
Labour Party £55,793,000 540,000
Conservative and Unionist Party £45,947,000 124,000
Liberal Democrats £9,710,000 99,200
Scottish National Party (SNP) £5,800,000 125,000
Green Party £2,472,000 39,400
UK Independence Party (UKIP) £1,739,000 23,600
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales £1,262,000 8,000
• There are big differences between the incomes of different
political parties and where they source their funds.
• This creates a fear that a ‘rich’ party can ‘buy’ an
election because other parties lack the funds to make
their case effectively. Often parties’ income and their
donors are unknown until after a general election.
• The income patterns of political parties are changing – for
example, membership fees have now substantially replaced
trade union donations as Labour’s main source of funding:
whereas the Conservative Party continues to rely heavily on
private donations.
• State funding, in which each candidate’s election campaign
is funded by the state, might marginally increase the taxes
people pay; but it would make general elections a contest
between equals.
Using Source 2, evaluate the view that state funding of political parties would be
preferable to a situation in which a party can win a general election because it has
more members and income than other parties.
In your response you must:
• compare and contrast different opinions in the source
• examine and debate these views in a balanced way
• analyse and evaluate only the information presented in the source.
(30)
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