Unit 1: Voting & Participation

How people used to vote....obviously and exaggeration, but not too far from the truth!

Questions for discussion: Is participation in democracy important? How would you increase voting rights? Should 16-18 year olds have the vote? Should prisoners be allowed to vote?

Unit 1: Political Parties - Revision Notes

Click here to access a presentation on political parties. A really useful introduction to how political parties function in the UK.

Unit 1: Thatcherism

This is a short clip of Robin Day interviewing Margaret Thatcher on whether Thatcherism had divided the nation. She outlines some of the major changes that she had brought in and mentions the idea of one Nationism, a traditional Conservative idea.

Unit 1: Political Parties - The Conservatives

This is a biased view of Conservative history, but useful nonetheless...


These are past examination questions for you to consider:


To what extent are there differences between the Labour and Conservative parties
over policies and ideas? (25 Marks)


To what extent is the modern Conservative Party influenced by ‘One Nation’
principles? (25 Marks)


(a) Define two functions of a political party. (5)
(b) Explain what is meant by the term Thatcherism. (10)
(c) To what extent do the UK’s major parties accept Thatcherite ideas and policies? (25)

In what ways has the Conservative Party distanced itself from Thatcherism? (10)


To what extent are the ideas and policies of the Labour and Conservative parties
similar? (25 Marks)

Unit 1: Participation & Democracy

Political Participation and Democracy from mattbentley34

Unit 1: Political Parties

Click here to access a list of the main UK Political Parties. It provides a useful introduction to the topic.

Unit 1: What is Government?

Author and journalist Danny Wallace takes a light-hearted look at the system of governance in the UK.