Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics past papers and mark schemes
32 papers · June 2019 – June 2025
Paper 3 of Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics (9PL0) carries the heading Comparative Politics (3A USA or 3B Global Politics), and this page lists both 3A: Government and politics of the USA and 3B: Global politics. Above them sit Paper 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas and Paper 2: UK Government and Non-core Political Ideas, each worth 84 marks.
All the papers here last 2 hours. There are 32 in total, each with a mark scheme: 28 from 7 exam series between June 2019 and June 2025, and 4 specimens. Paper 1 and Paper 2 have 8 entries each, while Paper 3 has 16 across its options, and inserts come with 8 papers. Plan essays against the clock and compare them with the mark scheme to see how marks are awarded.
Reschedule, an A-level revision planner, can turn all this into a daily plan. Add your subjects, exam board, paper dates and study hours, and it works from the specification down to individual subtopics, placing each one before the paper that examines it and adding past papers with mark schemes for each paper.
Paper 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas9PL0/01
2 h · 84 marks
What this paper covers
- 1.1 Component 1: UK PoliticsDemocracy and participation · Political parties · Electoral systems · Voting behaviour and the media
- 1.2 Component 1: Core Political Ideas – ConservatismConservatism
- 1.3 Component 1: Core Political Ideas – LiberalismLiberalism
- 1.4 Component 1: Core Political Ideas – SocialismSocialism
| Series | Code | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
| June 2024 | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
| June 2023 | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
| June 2022 | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| November 2021 | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| October 2020 | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2019 | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| Specimen (Issue 3) | 9PL0/01 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
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Paper 2: UK Government and Non-core Political Ideas9PL0/02
2 h · 84 marks
What this paper covers
- 2.1 Component 2: UK GovernmentThe constitution · Parliament · Prime minister and the executive · Relations between branches
- 2.2 Component 2: Non-core Political Ideas – Anarchism optionAnarchism
- 2.3 Component 2: Non-core Political Ideas – Ecologism optionEcologism · Ecologist thinkers and their ideas
- 2.4 Component 2: Non-core Political Ideas – Feminism optionFeminism · Feminist thinkers and their ideas
- 2.5 Component 2: Non-core Political Ideas – Multiculturalism optionMulticulturalism · Multiculturalist thinkers and their ideas
- 2.6 Component 2: Non-core Political Ideas – Nationalism optionNationalism
| Series | Code | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
| June 2024 | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
| June 2023 | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
| June 2022 | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| November 2021 | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| October 2020 | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2019 | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| Specimen (Issue 3) | 9PL0/02 | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
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Paper 3: Comparative Politics (3A USA or 3B Global Politics)9PL0/3A, 9PL0/3B
2 h
What this paper covers
- 3.1 Component 3: Government and Politics of the USAUS Constitution and federalism · US Congress · US presidency · US Supreme Court and civil rights · US democracy and participation · Comparative approaches
- 3.2 Component 3: Global PoliticsThe state and globalisation · Global governance: political and economic · Global governance: human rights and environmental · Power and developments · Regionalism and the EU · Comparative theories
3A: Government and politics of the USA
| Series | Code | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
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| June 2025 | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2024 | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2023 | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2022 | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| November 2021 | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| October 2020 | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2019 | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| Specimen (Issue 3) | 9PL0/3A | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
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3B: Global politics
| Series | Code | Question paper | Mark scheme | Insert |
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| June 2025 | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2024 | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2023 | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2022 | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| November 2021 | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| October 2020 | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| June 2019 | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
| Specimen (Issue 3) | 9PL0/3B | Question paper | Mark scheme | — |
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Common questions
- Where can I find Edexcel Politics mark schemes?
- Every paper on this page has its mark scheme linked in the same row. Each link opens the PDF where it is hosted.
- Which years of Edexcel Politics past papers are here?
- The page lists 28 papers from 7 exam series, June 2019 to June 2025, and 4 specimen or sample papers.
- Are all Edexcel Politics options covered?
- Papers are split by option for Paper 3: Comparative Politics (3A USA or 3B Global Politics) (2 options). Open the option you are studying to see its papers and mark schemes.
- Are these the official Edexcel papers?
- They are the papers set by Edexcel. Links open the PDF where it is hosted: 32 on the Pearson website. Reschedule is independent and not affiliated with any exam board.
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