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65.1% turnout Conservative Party (David Cameron)- 306 seats, 36% vote share
Labour Party (Gordon Brown)- 258 seats, 29% vote share
Liberal Democrats (Nick Clegg)- 57 seats, 23% vote share -
Cameron-Clegg coalition/ Conservative-Liberal Democrats
Cameron =PM. Clegg= Deputy PM
Centrist cabinet (16 Cons + 5 LDs) -
Won 4th round with 50.7% of vote, beating David Miliband's 49.3%
Replaced Gordon Brown, who resigned post-2010 General Election -
NATO-led military intervention to implement a UN Security Council Resolution for an immediate ceasefire. Civil War was between Gaddafi's forces and rebel forces. Gaddafi would be killed in October by rebels
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Referendum to change the voting system from 'First Past the Post' to 'Alternative vote'
Turnout- 42.2%
For changing (Yes)- 32.1%
Against changing (No)- 67.9% -
Legislation passed in 2013 for England and Wales, but it took effect on 13 March 2014. Devolved legislative matter, so in Scotland, the legislation was passed in Feb 2014, and took effect on 16 Dec 2014. In Northern Ireland, passed in July 2019, and took effect 13 Jan 2020
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PM Cameron opened the debate, and was pro-intervention. The Government motion was defeated by 286 votes to 272
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Turnout- 84.6%
Yes- 44.7%
No- 55.3% -
66.4% turnout
Conservative Party (David Cameron)- 330 seats (majority), 36.8% vote share
Labour Party (Ed Miliband)- 232 seats, 30.4% vote share
Scottish National Party (Nicola Sturgeon)- 56 seats, 4.7% vote share -
Followed the Party's defeat in the 2015 General Election
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Jeremy Corbyn won the first round with 59.5% of the vote- (Dark horse candidate)
Followed Ed Miliband's resignation after Labour's defeat at the 2015 General Election -
For- 397
Against- 223
10 hour debate, 66 Labour MPs sides with Government -
Turnout - 72.2%
Should the UK remain a member of the EU or leave the EU?
Remain- 48.1%
Leave- 51.9% -
Followed David Cameron's resignation after losing the Brexit referendum (he was pro-remain)
Won 3rd round unopposed after opponent dropped out. Won 2nd round with 60.5% of the vote -
68.8% turnout
Conservative Party (Theresa May)- 317 seats, 42.3% vote share
Labour Party (Jeremy Corbyn)- 262 seats, 40.0% vote share
Scottish National Party (Nicola Sturgeon)- 35 seats, 3.0% vote share -
Joint airstrikes with France and the US during the night. Justification was to deter the use of chemical weapons by President Assad. David Cameron lost a vote for military action in 2013, but May never called a vote, so didn't have the approval of the House of Commons.
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Followed Theresa May's resignation as PM and Leader of the Conservative Party
Won the 5th round with 51.3% of the vote, and won 66.4% of the members' vote -
Announced resignation 24th May 2019, but officially resigned after the leadership election when a new PM was elected
Resigned due to increasing pressure and failure to pass a Brexit deal -
Followed Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks in the run-up to the Brexit deadline. Opposing rulings from the High Court (issue was beyond scope of judicial review) and the Court of Session (issue was unlawful and thus of no effect) led to the matter being referred to the Supreme Court
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67.3% turnout
Conservative Party (Boris Johnson)- 365 seats (majority), 43.6% vote share
Labour Party (Jeremy Corbyn)- 202 seats, 32.1%
Scottish National Party (Nicola Sturgeon)- 48 seats, 3.9% vote share -
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Due to an outbreak of COVID-19
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Followed the defeat at the 2019 general election. Announced his resignation in December, and formally resigned in April, when the new leader was announced
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Followed Jeremy Corbyn's resignation.
Won leadership round 1 with 56.2% of the vote -
Followed a scandal during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Hancock had an affair with an advisor in the DHSC, breaching COVID restrictions
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Introduced by the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice, gives more power to the police, criminal justice, and sentencing legislation, and encompasses restrictions on 'unacceptable' protests, crimes against children, and sentencing limits. Passed by Parliament 26 April 2022, and got Royal Assent on 28 April
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Followed a series of political controversies, including Partygate and mass resignations (179)
Resigned as Party Leader on 7th July, and announced he would resign as PM when a successor was elected -
Followed Boris Johnson's resignation
Lost the 5th MPs ballot to Rishi Sunak with only 31.6%, however won the members' vote with 57.4% of the vote -
Following a disastrous mini-budget, Liz Truss resigned after only 50 days, making her the shortest serving British PM
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Following Liz Truss's resignation, Sunak was elected unopposed
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Turnout- 60% Labour Party (Keir Starmer)- 411 seats (landslide majority), 33.7% vote share
Conservative Party (Rishi Sunak)- 121 seats, 23.7% vote share
Liberal Democrats (Ed Davey)- 72 seats, 12.2%