Uk election 2015 - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

AQA Government and Politics Chapter 7: Elections and Referendums (Revision Notes) Updated 2023/2024 This Resource includes my extensive revision notes for the 'Elections and Referendums' topic - also including a list of key definitions alongside a specification checklist (+ topics that have already come up) This resource contains highly detailed notes on the 1979, 1983, 1997, 2017, and 2019 General Elections! This is part of a bundle with my essay plans for this topic! For referen...

Themes: Evaluate the view that in a democracy MPs are free to ignore referendum results and their own political party's manifesto. - ANS HRA Protection of rights- HRA - ANS Protected: Not protected: HRA is uncodified and can be altered by a simple act of Parliament, should be entrenched to protect human rights > Blairs anti-terrorism legislation following 9/11 > Evaluate the view that rights are well protected in the UK - ANS Themes: Evaluate the extent to which there differences ...

is direct democracy superior to representative democracy - direct democracy is the only pure form of democracy-first agree point -This is because it ensures that people only have to obey laws that they make themselves. Popular participation/sovereignty in government is the very key of freedom: it is how the people determine their collective destiny, their 'general will'. majority have a say/are represented e.g. Scottish independence referendum-84% turnout UK membership of the EU-72% on...

AQA Government and Politics Chapter 7: Elections and Referendums (Essay Plans) Updated 2023/2024 This Resource includes 4 9-Mark Question Plans for the 'Elections and Referendums' topic - also including a list of key definitions alongside a specification checklist (+ topics that have already come up) This is part of a bundle with my extensive revision notes for this topic, which includes highly detailed notes on the 1979, 1983, 1997, 2017, and 2019 general elections! For reference I ...

Direct democracy - ANSWER-all individuals express their opinions themselves and not through representatives acting on their behalf Representative democracy - ANSWER-an individual selects a person to act on their behalf Similarities of representative and direct democracy - ANSWER-based on a majority Differences of direct and representative democracy - ANSWER-direct is not elective, direct is for individuals, direct has more citizen involvement Legitimacy - ANSWER-the right to exerci...

evaluate the extent to which constitutional reforms introduced since 1997 have been successful in achieving their objectives - point 1: objective of ensuring greater legitimacy was not achieved as HOL reform in 1999 did not have an election process and can be said to be made through political patronage through the appointment of life peers HOWEVER select committee reform and parliament backbench committee has helped with this point 2: parliament can still revoke the sc; HRA's belmarsh case...

A-level POLITICS 7152/1 Paper 1 Government and politics of the UK Mark scheme June 2020 Version: 1.0 Final *206A7152/1/MS* Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in th...

evaluate the extent to which constitutional reforms introduced since 1997 have been successful in achieving their objectives - point 1: objective of ensuring greater legitimacy was not achieved as HOL reform in 1999 did not have an election process and can be said to be made through political patronage through the appointment of life peers HOWEVER select committee reform and parliament backbench committee has helped with this point 2: parliament can still revoke the sc; HRA's belmarsh case...

A level Politics Pearson/ Edexcel UK politics Chapter 2- UKIP when was the party formed? - Answer-1993 who formed UKIP? - Answer-Eurosceptic academic Alan Sked what was Sked's aim? - Answer-securing the UK's withdrawal from the European Union Where were some members of UKIP drawn from? - Answer-Anti Federalist League where is UKIP on the political scale? - Answer-Right winged populist what happened in the 1997 election? - Answer-1997 stood for election but was overshadowed by...

Evaluate how far the power of the executive has been undermined by constitutional reforms since 1997 PARA 1 - P1 - P1 - devolution Blair, as part of his democratising reforms, enabled referendums to be held on devolving legislative powers to Scotland, Wales and NI. This has undermined the power of the executive by granting other assemblies powers that used to be held at westminster. Westminster now has no say on certain areas of legislation in devolved assemblies. 1997 resulted in an overwh...