Edexcel A-Level Politics 9PL0 · Updated 11 June 2026

Paper 3 Predicted Questions · Summer 2026

Our reworked predictions for both Paper 3 options. Every question comes with the reasons we chose it, a plan, the concepts and examples to know, practice exercises and links to the rest of the site.

🇺🇸 US Politics Component 3A. Six predicted questions: two short comparisons, the compulsory Q2 and three essays. Open the US predictions 🌍 Global Politics Component 3B. Six predicted questions: two short comparisons, the compulsory Q2 and three essays. Open the Global predictions

Full predicted mock papers

Sit the paper full length and timed, then mark it against the published mark schemes. The Paper 1 and Paper 2 mock papers are on the predicted question packs page.

How we updated these predictions

We rebuilt our Paper 3 picks from the full 2019 to 2025 question history, with three rules. First, the new picks copy the style of the most recent papers: short, direct propositions like those set in 2024 and 2025. Second, we weighted topics by recency: anything examined in 2025 is treated as very unlikely to return, 2024 topics as unlikely, and so on back through the years, so the longer a central topic has waited, the higher it climbs. Third, where two topics were equally credible, we picked the one that is most worth revising anyway, because its material transfers to the widest range of possible questions.

The questions we now rate less likely have not been deleted. They sit in an "also possible" section at the bottom of each page, with the reason for the downgrade, and their full packs are still open for practice.

Important warning. Predictions are guesses. Nobody knows what will come up. Anything on the specification can be asked. Revise the whole spec first, then use these pages as targeted final practice. Do not treat any prediction as a tip.