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Participation Statistics
Term | Definition |
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Conservative vote share and seats 2015 | 37%, 331 seats |
Conservative vote share and seats 2010 | 36%, 307 seats |
Labour vote share and seats 2015 | 31%, 232 seats |
Labour vote share and seats 2010 | 29%, 258 seats |
Liberal Democrats vote share and seats 2015 | 8%, 8 seats |
Liberal Democrats vote share and seats 2010 | 23%, 57 seats |
UKIP vote share and seats 2015 | 13%, 1 seat |
UKIP vote share and seats 2010 | 3%, no seats |
SNP vote share and seats 2015 | 5%, 56 seats |
SNP vote share and seats 2010 | 1.7%, 6 seats |
Turnout 2015 General Election | 66% |
Turnout 2010 General Election | 65% |
Lowest turnout at a General Election | 2001- 59% |
Highest turnout at a General Election | 1950- 84% |
EEC Referendum 1975 turnout and verdict | 63%, yes |
Scotland and Wales devolution 1979 turnout and verdict | 63% yes, 58% no |
1998 GLA and London Mayor referendum turnout and verdict | 34%, yes |
2004 NE Regional Assembly turnout and verdict | 48%, no (voted by almost 80% of voters) |
2011 AV referendum turnout and verdict | 42%, no |
2014 Scottish Independence referendum turnout and verdict | 85%, no |
2014 Scottish Independence referendum youth participation statistics | 80% of under-18s signed up to vote |
Size of public grant for both sides of referendum campaigns, according to PPERA 2000 | £600,000 |
AV referendum budget for both sides | Yes- £2.2 million, No- £3.5 million |
EU election 2014 turnout (and average EU turnout) | 36% (43% average) |
EU election lowest turnout and date (and average EU turnout) | 24%, 1999 (50% average) |
2014 local election turnout | 35% |
2012 Police and Crime Commissioner turnout | 15% |
Membership of political parties in 2015 | <1% of the electorate was a member of one of the main three political parties |
SNP membership from 2013-15 | 25,000 -> 110,000 |
UKIP membership from 2013-15 | 32,000 -> 42,000 |
Percentage of safe seats | 56% according to the Electoral Commission |
Number of spoiled ballots at 2015 General Election | 300,000 |
Percentage of female, Oxbridge educated and privately educated Conservative MPs in 2010 | 16% female, 1/3 Oxbridge, 1/2 Private School |
Turnout in UKIP gain by-elections, 2014 | 51% |
Viewing figures for the leaders' debates 2015 | 7 million for ITV seven way 4 million for BBC debate 9 million in 2010 |