1997 Election

Question 1

Who won the election?

Answer 1

Blair, Labour

Question 2

What examples of scandals were there?

Answer 2

• Tim Yeo affaire and pregnancy
• “cash for questions”
• Jonathan Aitken

Question 3

How did the Tim Yeo affaire damage conservatives?

Answer 3

Hippocritical to the conservative campaign of morals and public service (immoral)

Question 4

How did the cash for questions candle affect conservatives?

Answer 4

Goes against responsibility for constituency

Question 5

What was the Jonathan Aitken scandal? How did this affect the conservatives?

Answer 5

Perjury for lying about Arab buisness man’s money use (imprisoned 1998)

= corrupt party, untrusted

Question 6

What evidence is there for new Labour?

Answer 6

• clause IV abolished
• accept some of Thatchers policies
• commitment to social welfare (eduction, NHS etc)
• had the backing of the sun

Question 7

How did new labour contribute to Blair’s victory?

Answer 7

Made Labour a disciplined and electable party

Appealed supporters with its policies

Question 8

What evidence is there of economic difficulty?

Answer 8

• conservatives failed attempt to devalue the pound resulted in black Wednesday
• economic depression when conservatives were in office (September 1992)

Question 9

How did economic difficulty contribute to labour victory?

Answer 9

• conservatives blamed for economic problems
• ruined conservative reputation for sound economic management and loss of trust that they can improve the economy

Question 10

What was the main reason for Labour victory?

Answer 10

Economic difficulty as this is what most the conservatives trust and supporters which then led to votes looking for other parties like “new labour” to support