Edexcel A-Level Politics 9PL0 · Paper 1

UK Politics - Revision Hub

The whole UK Politics half of Paper 1 in one place. Six sets of revision notes, one per content area, each in specification order with definitions, examples, past questions, examiner insight, mark-scheme moves, arguments and self-marking quizzes. Plus a key-examples sheet and a question roulette for the whole paper.

How to use: open a content area, work through the drop-downs, then test yourself on the quick-check questions at the end of each subsection. Every page has a Save as PDF button. The Core Political Ideas are revised in the Ideology Hub, not here.

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The six content areas

Democracy and participation

Types of democracy · democracy in the UK · participation and the franchise · suffrage and the votes-at-16 debate.

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Pressure groups

Types of pressure group · methods and access points · what makes them succeed · other influences: think tanks, lobbyists, corporations.

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Rights in context

How rights developed · milestones from Magna Carta to the Human Rights Act · how rights are protected · individual versus collective rights.

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Political parties

Functions and features · the established parties · emerging and minor parties · party systems and funding.

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Electoral systems

First-past-the-post · the other systems (AMS, STV, SV) · referendums · comparing and debating systems.

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Voting behaviour and the media

Long-term factors · short-term factors · case-study elections · the media and opinion polls.

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Tools for the whole paper

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Key Examples Sheet

Ten exam-ready examples for every content area, with what each one shows and the questions it works best on.

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Question roulette

Spin a random real Paper 1 question to practise planning under pressure, with the mark scheme one click away.

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The exam at a glance

Paper 1 is 2 hours and worth 84 marks - UK Politics and the Core Political Ideas.
Question 1 (30 marks, source): choose (a) or (b). A source question on UK Politics - use the source, compare the views in it, and reach a judgement.
Question 2 (30 marks, essay): choose (a) or (b). A UK Politics essay - full PEACE paragraphs, a clear and sustained line of argument, a reasoned judgement.
Question 3 (24 marks): choose (a) or (b) on conservatism, liberalism or socialism, using named thinkers. Revised in the Ideology Hub, not here.

Lesson tools and exercises

The core ideology revision and the practice tools for Paper 1.

Ideologies HubConservatism, liberalism and socialism, each with everything Build the Paragraph21 guided sets Judgement grids23 topics All notes and exercisesEvery topic pack