answers to uk parliamentary elections worksheet. question what’s an election?
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Answers to UK Parliamentary Elections worksheet
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Question What’s an election?
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Answer An election is where a group of people
select a someone to represent them either directly or indirectly
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Question Why have elections?
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Answer Elections are seen to reflect the
democratic nature of a society or institution.
It also helps democratic process by allowing multiple voices to be heard through an elected representative
It gives legitimacy to the views articulated by an elected representative
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Question What is a general election?
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Answer in which all or most members of a given
political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.
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Question What is a political party?
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Answer A political party is a group people who
share the same ideas/ideology about the way the country should be governed
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Question Identify as many mainstream political
parties as you can
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Answer Ukip Conservative Labour The Greens LibDems
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Question How are Parliamentary Candidates
chosen?
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Answer Must join the political party they want
represent They’re nominated in a selection
process They’re selected from a Hustings event
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Question Who can’t vote in UK elections
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Answer Under 18 In prison Sectioned under mental health act Not on the electoral role
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Question How do people vote?
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Answer Polling station Postal vote By proxy (a voter who has become ill or
disabled after 5pm six working days before polling day can make an emergency application to vote by proxy as long as the application is received by 5pm on polling day)
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Question What is a constituency? How many are their?
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Answer A body of voters in a specified area who
elect a representative to a legislative body
In 2010 election - 650
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Question How many seats are there in the House
of Commons?
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Answer 650
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Question What time of electoral system do we
use?
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Answer First past the post system
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Question How many seats did each of the three
main parties win in the 2010 election?
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Answer Conservatives 307 Labour 258 Lib Dems 57
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Question How many votes did each of the three
main parties win in the 2010 election?
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Answer Conservatives – 10,726,614 Labour – 8,609,527 Lib Dems – 6,836, 824
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Question What conclusion can you come two if
you compare the number of seats won in relation to the number of seats gained?
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Answer The number of seats isn’t proportional
to the number of seats gained