United Kingdom general election, 2005

This political speech made by United Kingdom’s new prime minister David Cameron in May 2010 could be considered the beginning of a new era in the politics of the country because, for the first time after World War II, Britain would have a coalition government. David Cameron (born in London in 1966) was elected leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005. He has modernised his Party, the Conservatives, by introducing new ideas such as the environmental defence, gay rights and abortion

Evaluate the factors that influenced the result of the 2010 UK general Election. For the purpose of this essay, I will be evaluating the factors that influenced the result of the 2010 UK general election. The general election was held on Thursday 6th May 2010 and was the first election since 1974 to result in a hung parliament, as no party achieved the 326 seats needed to for an overall majority. The three main parties were the Conservatives, whose party leader was and still is David Cameron

issues. These differences can often lead to conflicts or disagreements between the parties over which policy will be most beneficial to the country. A particularly controversial and fiercely contested issue is the role of the United Kingdom in the future of the European Union. The Labour party are often considered to be pro-Europe although their policies do tend to keep Britain's interests at heart. Their priorities for Europe

relationship with both parents” (elphicke.com). On February 25, 2013 Mr. Elphicke introduced a bill to Parliament which would help support Charlie’s goal to put the children first. Mr. Elphicke told Parliament that around 3 million kids in the United Kingdom are living with separated parents and around 1 million children do not have contact with either of their parents. The push for this bill by Charlie Elphicke was finally recognized by Parliament on March 13, 2014 when the Children and Families

The UK has a multi- party system rather than a two party system. Discuss. A political two party system is one where two parties have complete dominance over voting, in terms of seats and the general vote. The multi- party system however describes a system where more than two parties have the ability to win role as government. In this essay I will give a balanced argument on whether Britain is a two party, or multi- party system. Throughout a significant period in history, 1945-79, a two party system

Tories, but the cabinet itself. Major failed to manage the government to run effectively on European issues as the government motion had been opposed in parliament (Bale,2011; Cowley and Garry,1998). Yet, he successfully shifted the attitude of United Kingdom towards Europe from Thatcherite ultra-sceptic perspective or Labour’s Europhile perspective to somewhere in-between - while keeping in the European Community in order to gain

‘Voting behaviour at UK elections is determined more by issues of personality and image than on the basis of policies or performance in office’. Discuss. In recent times it may be argued that personality and image has played a huge part in the voting behaviour of the electorate in the UK. The personality and image may refer to the personality of the party leader and how they present themselves in their campaign. This is a short-term factor and in a time where long-term factors are not said to play

Democratic state and one main component is the capacity of the government to conduct an election to allow the people to voice their needs in the national level. Election is the heart or the core of a democratic state , removing this would deprive the people of their right. After five years or if the Parliament was dissolved by the Queen with of course the Prime Minister's advise, there will be an election using the "First-past-the-post" electoral system. Here the candidates can win seats in the

party’s local politics being periods of otherwise decline, notable of which being the 1999 Eastbourne by-election and the recent 22 (at time of writing) council seats gained under Farron since May, their moves towards community politics could be seen as a ploy, however due to the strong party community campaigning heritage it is difficult to see this as the case. Rennard’s ‘Winning by-elections’ is still used as the backbone of the party 's campaigning methodology, showing the consistency of the

Everything David Cameron did with his One Nation theory demonstrated what needed to happen between 1997 and 2005. With the help of this One Nation theory he won the 2010 election, though it was won through a coalition. Regardless of this, the party were winning back support from the public which then later showed in the 2015 election when Cameron won with the vote of the majority. Cameron shifted away from using the term Thatcherism and gave the party a new brand although