Politics Panther · A-Level Edexcel 9PL0

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Mock paper revision · Summer 2026
Predicted Paper 1 question packs »
Six questions we have predicted for this summer's Paper 1. Each one has notes, a quiz, and paragraph practice.
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Paper 1 · UK Politics + Core Political Ideas
The Franchise ▶
A 30-mark question that has never been set but sits squarely on the spec. Covers voting age 16, prisoner votes, non-citizen votes, compulsory voting, voter ID and the 2022 Elections Act. Includes the Hirst v UK case, the Rees-Mogg "gerrymandering" admission, and the comparative evidence from Scotland 2014, Austria, Northern Ireland and Australia.
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Four elections (1979, 1983, 2019, 2024) ▶
45 years of British politics in one pack. Events, significance, CAGER long-term factors, CLIMP short-term factors. Notes are already written; full pack to follow.
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Predicted Q1(a) · Voting age vs class Predicted ▶
Source-style 30-mark question on whether age has overtaken class as the dominant voting predictor. The 2024 numbers, the tipping age, the Brexit cleavage.
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Predicted Q1(b) · FPTP fit for purpose? Predicted ▶
Source-style 30-mark question on whether First Past the Post is still fit for purpose. 2024 disproportionality, four-party era, devolved alternatives.
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  • 📖NotesWhy this question matters, the 2024 case, four-party fragmentation, the FPTP defence, AMS and STV alternatives, source strategy.
  • 🧠Multiple-choice quiz (15 questions)Tests 33.8% Labour share, Reform UK 14% / 5 seats, AV referendum margin, AMS in Scotland.
  • ✍️Paragraph completion (5 paragraphs)First half argues FPTP IS fit for purpose; you write the rebuttal.
Predicted Q2(a) · Minor parties Predicted ▶
30-mark essay on whether minor parties play a more significant role than they did thirty years ago. 1992 baseline vs 2024, coalition era, devolved governments.
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Predicted Q2(b) · Protest vs voting Predicted ▶
30-mark essay on whether protest is now more effective than voting. Just Stop Oil, BLM UK, Sarah Everard, Extinction Rebellion, Snowdrop comparison.
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Predicted Q3(a) · Conservatives + economy Predicted ▶
24-mark ideology essay focused on the strands (Traditional / One-Nation / New Right) and key thinkers (Hobbes, Burke, Oakeshott, Rand, Nozick). Real-world politics used as brief illustration only.
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  • 📖NotesSpec hook + AO weighting, the five key thinkers and their economic positions, traditional + One-Nation strand, the New Right (neo-liberalism + neo-conservatism), shared base, mapping the disagreement, judgement.
  • 🧠Multiple-choice quiz (15 questions)Tests Burke organicism, Oakeshott pragmatism, Rand objectivism, Nozick minimal state, strand identification, neo-liberal vs neo-conservative.
  • ✍️Paragraph completion (5 paragraphs)First half argues conservatives are UNITED on economy; you write the rebuttal using thinker arguments and strand differences.
  • 🃏Flashcards (23 cards)All five key thinkers, the three strands, plus the named concepts: noblesse oblige, organic society, change to conserve, just acquisition, minimal state, atomistic individualism, paternalism.
  • ✏️Finish the sentence (12 stems)Quick analytical-commit drill on thinker positions and strand commitments. Hint button per stem.
Predicted Q3(b) · Socialists + state Predicted ▶
24-mark ideology essay focused on the strands (revolutionary / social-democratic / Third Way) and key thinkers (Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, the Webbs, Crosland, Giddens). Real-world politics used as brief illustration only.
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  • 📖NotesSpec hook + AO weighting, the six key thinkers and their state positions, revolutionary strand (capture and dissolve), social-democratic strand (Webb-Crosland), Third Way (Giddens enabling state), shared diagnosis, mapping the disagreement, judgement.
  • 🧠Multiple-choice quiz (15 questions)Tests Marx state-withers, Luxemburg vs Lenin, Webb gradualism, Crosland equality of outcome, Giddens trampoline welfare, strand divide.
  • ✍️Paragraph completion (5 paragraphs)First half argues socialists are AGREED on the state; you write the rebuttal using thinker arguments and strand differences.
  • 🃏Flashcards (22 cards)All six key thinkers, the three strands, plus the named concepts: class instrument, withering of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, inevitability of gradualness, equality of outcome / opportunity, trampoline welfare, vanguard rejection.
  • ✏️Finish the sentence (12 stems)Quick analytical-commit drill on thinker positions and strand commitments. Hint button per stem.
Opinion polls in UK politics ▶
Polls in elections and between. Famous polling failures (1992, 2015, 2017), methodologies, regulation debate, exam use.
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Paper 2 · UK Government + Non-core Political Ideas
PM Power Factors ▶
One page per PM since Thatcher. Patronage, majority, cabinet, events for each. Pack will pair with the source-based PM-vs-Cabinet question.
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Lords reform ▶
Hereditary peers, life peers, the 2024 Hereditary Peers Bill, crossbench expertise, the revising-chamber argument.
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Paper 3 · Global Politics
Global Human Rights ▶
UDHR, Genocide Convention, ECHR, ICCPR, CAT, Rome Statute. Eight detailed recent examples (ICC Putin warrant, ICJ South Africa v Israel, Rwanda case, KlimaSeniorinnen, Uyghurs, US 2025 withdrawals).
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Regionalism ▶
EU as the deepest case, NATO post-Sweden 2024, AfCFTA, ASEAN, USMCA, Mercosur, Arab League. Theory: realism, liberalism (Haas spillover), constructivism. Comparison with global governance.
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  • 📖NotesEight sections: spec hook, definition, EU as deepest case, other regional bodies, IR theory, regional vs global governance, recent examples, judgement.
  • 🧠Multiple-choice quiz (15 questions)Tests EU depth, NATO Article 5, Sweden 2024, AfCFTA, Brexit, Haas spillover, complex interdependence.
  • ✍️Paragraph completion (5 paragraphs)First half argues against the LoA; you write the rebuttal naming bodies and recent cases.
  • 🃏Flashcards (22 cards)All major regional bodies, key concepts (single market, Article 5, ASEAN Way), three IR theories, recent cases (Brexit, Windsor Framework, EU-Mercosur).
  • ✏️Finish the sentence (12 stems)Quick analytical-commit drill on bodies, theories and recent cases. Hint button per stem.
Global Environment ▶
Stockholm to Baku COP timeline. Russia environmental protests, KlimaSeniorinnen, Loss & Damage Fund, Vanuatu / ICJ advisory opinion, IRA, Trump 2025 re-withdrawal.
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Paper 3 · US Politics
SCOTUS and civil rights ▶
Dobbs, Roe v Wade, affirmative action (Students for Fair Admissions), Voting Rights Act, judicial activism v restraint. Lowest-scoring P3A 30-marker in 2025 - high-priority pack.
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