ELECTIONS

ELECTIONS

1997 LABOUR
1. 1st May 1997
2. worst conservative loss since 1906
  1. no tory mp's in scotland and wales
  2. black wednesday event: previous conservation government caused EERM to withdraw the £ as it dropped so low
3. new labour
  1. 416 seats
  2. landslide victory
  3. won by national minimum wage pledges - effects W/C
  4. 10.2% swing voters from tory to labour
4. highest general election turnout - 71%
2001 LABOUR
1. 7th June 2001
2. lower turnout - 59.4%
  1. falling below 60% for the first time since 1980
3. basically a repeat of the 1997 election
  1. last time a party got above 40%
4. lib dems gained 6 seats
5. conservatives gained 1 seat in scotland
  1. divided on issues about europe
  2. policies shifted right wing
  3. embarrassing publicity stunts covered by media
2005 LABOUR
1. 5th May 2005
2. blairs 3rd consecutive win
  1. 356 labour mps - lowest of any government
  2. popularity declined after 2003 (iraq)
  3. labour emphasised a strong economy
3. conservatives had 198 seats
4. party identification model shows people are still loyal
5. brown took over pm in 2007 after blair resigned
2010 CONSERVATIVE/LIB DEM
1. 6th May 2010
2. tories had the largest number of votes with 36.1% but fell short of 20 seats needs for majority
  1. tories got more than 35% in over 14 years
3. attempt to form labour/lib dem coalition was aborted when brown resigned after election
4. 2nd ever coalition
5. the end of 13 year labour government
6. turnout was 65%
2015 CONSERVATIVE
1. 7th may 2015
2. won with an outright majority
  1. 330 seats and 36.9% of the vote
  2. first general election at the end of a fixed term parliament
3. labour had increase vote share but a net loss of 26 seats
4. UKIP came 3rd but gained no seats
5. 30% swing voters from tory to SNP
6. worst lib dem result since 1988 when formed

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