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1
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Challenges to Parliamentary Sovereignty:

A
  • EU membership, EU law is higher than UK
  • Devolution
  • Pressure groups and media can influence parliament’s decision
2
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Sewel Convention:

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UK Parliament retains authority to legislate on anything even if its devolved.

3
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Benefits of devolution:

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  • better democracy
  • no tuition fees in Scotland
  • more devolution means its more likely to increase
4
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Downsides of devolution:

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  • English feel alienated (want their own parliament)

- often unfair (English see this as how their tax supports Scottish spending)

5
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4 ways MPs can participate in parliament:

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  • Asking questions (question time for 1st hour of each day or PM question time, Wednesday at noon)
  • Debates (Adjournment debates, half an hour at the end of each day but must be chosen by speaker to raise matters)
  • Divisions (effective if MPs party is in power as hold the majority and so can pass new bills)
  • Committees (select committees produce specialist reports on specific areas to help government know what to do, good for scrutinising government if they don’t follow reports)
6
Q

Why MPs often choose party over constituents:

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  • can be deselected by party

- being a rebel can prevent them from progressing career wise

7
Q

What does the party whip do?

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They know lots about everyone and can be very manipulative however their main job is to tell their party MPs which votes and debates to attend.

8
Q

How do party whips tell their party what votes and debates to attend?

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They send round ‘the whip’ with important debates and divisions underlined.

9
Q

How many individual’s issues has Stu D solved?

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5000 out of roughly 63,000 constituents

10
Q

Between 1997-2010 what % of Select committee reports were accepted by government?

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40%

11
Q

What policy made committees more democratic?

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Wright Committee reforms

12
Q

Social class voting gap between private sector and public sector support for Torys and Labour in:
2010 -
2015 -

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  • 16%

- 20% (Tory 17% more private sector supporters, Labour 3% more public sector supporters)

13
Q

Social class vote for BREXIT:
AB -
C2 DE

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  • 57% remain

- 36% remain

14
Q

% AB votes for Torys in:
1992 -
2015 -

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52%

45%

15
Q

De-alignment has been caused partly by having a larger middle class, this is because:

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Middle class is split with how they vote, eg. in 2015 32% C2 voted Labour and 32% Tory.

16
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Voter turnout in 2015 by age group:
18 - 24 YOs -
65+ -

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  • 43%

- 78%

17
Q

Average age of an MP?

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50

18
Q

Tory votes by age group in 2015:
18 - 24 YOs -
55+ -

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  • 27%

- over 40%

19
Q

How many BAME MPs in:
2010 -
2015 -

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  • 27
  • 42
    (56% increase)
20
Q

What % of each ethnic group say they will vote:
BAME -
White -

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  • 33%

- 52%

21
Q

What % of UK thought TV was the most influential media for 2015 election?

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62%

22
Q

2015 election:
% Guardian readers who voted Labour -
% Telegraph readers who voted Tory -

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  • 62%

- 69%