Representation Mindmap- MPs and TDs
- Created by: stressystudent
- Created on: 21-03-22 12:37
View mindmap
- Representation
- Electoral system
- FPTP
- PRSTV
- facilitates election of Independents + small parties
- harder to gain majorities
- split ticket voting
- ordinal/preferential voting
- Many roles
- Local dignitary
- funeral coat
- local promoter
- largesse, bringing home the bacon
- helpful to be a minister
- citizen's advice bureau
- dupication of roles
- local pol redundant
- still v. strong in UK, lord Mayors etc
- local pol redundant
- dupication of roles
- Local dignitary
- Political culture
- the past
- suspicion of the state
- localism
- What is representation?
- gender
- age
- ethnicity
- geographic area
- interest
- geographic area
- ethnicity
- age
- gender
- Constituent: representative ratio
- ROI: 1 TD for every 20-30,000 people
- Is ROI overrepresented, or UK under?
- UK: 1 MP can represent between 57-74,000 people
- Is ROI overrepresented, or UK under?
- UK: 1 MP can represent between 57-74,000 people
- ROI: 1 TD for every 20-30,000 people
- family seat
- in a GE, what matters more is your past record, rather than party record
- intra-party fighting
- 1 MP reps everyone
- in a Lab safe seat, who will bother to rep Cons or Lib-dem constituents?
- Marginal seat- MP will have to work harder at rep
- size of country means MPs not expected to be back in constit
- Types of representation?
- abstentionism- doesn't matter that not carrying out rep role in HoC, will still be elected
- Independents in Ire
- Single issue, pressure group, don't do leg + scrutiny, not movers and shakers, vocal in constit.
- none in UK
- except as protest or suspended eg. Sylvia Herman
- Questions, 'I received a letter from ...'
- Plaid Cymru, SNP etc rep on country and UK lever
- Heirarchy of MPS
- UK- 360 MPs, ROI- 160 TDs
- Rep takes up most of TDs time- yet not in Const
- Electoral system
Comments
No comments have yet been made