AQA • UK POLITICS ESSAY

2015 General Election turnout? (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 66.1% What percentage of potential voters voted conservative in 2015 General Election (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 24.4% European Parliament Elections 1959 turnout (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 23% Police and Crime Commissioner 2015 election (evi...

2015 General Election turnout? (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 66.1% What percentage of potential voters voted conservative in 2015 General Election (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 24.4% European Parliament Elections 1959 turnout (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 23% Police and Crime Commissioner 2015 election (evi...

Evaluate the extent to which constitutional reform has significantly improved Democracy in the UK. (or Evaluate the extent to which constitutional reform in the UK since 1997 has removed constitutional weakness) para 1 - failed to remove weakness - Demo deficit - House of Lords Act (1998) → all but 92 hereditary peers were removed and replaced by life peers, which are appointed by the government of the day + remain for life/retirement. Unelected and not accountable to the electorate. = un...

Analyse and evaluate the factors that determine the success of pressure groups in the UK - pressure groups are organisations that usually have a single interest or goal insider vs outsider: success - -insider PGs have better access to government -most influential derive from the financial services industry- successive governments have been reluctant to address the abuse of power within the FSI -excessive influence? Pressure groups with access to key political decision-makers, such as the ...

Analyse and evaluate the factors that determine the success of pressure groups in the UK - pressure groups are organisations that usually have a single interest or goal insider vs outsider: success - -insider PGs have better access to government -most influential derive from the financial services industry- successive governments have been reluctant to address the abuse of power within the FSI -excessive influence? Pressure groups with access to key political decision-makers, such as the ...

'Evaluate the view that constitutional reforms in the UK since 1997 have been weak, incomplete and require further change' - P1) No english parliament - The next logical step to devolution would be that there should be an English Parliament - The EVEL created two levels of MPs but it has now been removed - Strong regional identities in Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall - The North had a devolution referendum in 2004 and 78% of people voted against it - EVEL has been abolished as of 2021 P2)...

'Evaluate the view that constitutional reforms in the UK since 1997 have been weak, incomplete and require further change' - P1) No english parliament - The next logical step to devolution would be that there should be an English Parliament - The EVEL created two levels of MPs but it has now been removed - Strong regional identities in Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall - The North had a devolution referendum in 2004 and 78% of people voted against it - EVEL has been abolished as of 2021 P2)...