Is the UK Suffering from a Participation Crisis?

Updated for 2025!
This is a 2 hour Politics Alevel lesson for Edexcel or AQA (although I teach Edexcel Component 1 UK Politics)

Lesson examining Political Participation in the UK and the changes to rates of voting in elections, referendums and membership of parties and pressure groups.

Includes fully editable powerpoint resource, evidence sheet with stats up to date as of 2025
Begins with retrieval of previous lesson knowledge on participation and levels of participation from inactive to active… also looks at riots of 2024 and why they happened/ discussion task linking to dangers of people feeling politically isolated/ forgotten.

Examples of corruption / MPs breaking rules since 2019

Also examines arguments on WHY there is a shift/ drop in political participation looking at apathy, disillusionment/ disenchantment, lack of belief in systems e.g. FPTP and partisan dealignment / rise of populism.

Word document with evidence to support/ oppose the argument that there is a participation crisis evidence and infographics updated in 2025.

Article on How UK has become one of most corrupt nations in the world

Debate sheet/ thinking quilt colour code and above article for homework.