Election stats

Question 1

PMs 1951-2007 order

Answer 1

1951-55: Churchill (C)
1955-57: Eden (C)
1957-63: Macmillan (C)
1963-4: Douglas Home (C)
1964-70: Wilson (L)
1970-74: Heath (C)
1974-79: Wilson (L)
1979-1990: Thatcher (C)
1990-1997: Major (C)
1997-2007: Blair (L)

Question 2

1951 election

Answer 2

Cons maj of 17
Conservatives- 321 seats, 48%
Lab- 295 seats, 48.8% (FPTP LOSERS)

Question 3

1955 election

Answer 3

Cons maj of 58
Conservatives- 344 seats, 49.7%
Labour- 277 seats, 46.4 %

Question 4

1959 election

Answer 4

Cons maj of 100
Conservatives- 365 seats, 49.4% (increase seats, lost vote share- FPTP winner)
Labour- 258 seats, 43.8% (lost seats + vote share, unpopular)

Question 5

1964 election

Answer 5

Lab maj of 4
Conservatives- 304 seats (43.6%)
Labour- 317 seats (44.1%)

Question 6

1966 snap election

Answer 6

Lab maj of 110
Conservatives- 253 seats (41.9%)
Labour- 363 seats (47.9%)

Question 7

1970 election

Answer 7

Cons maj of 30
Conservatives- 330 seats (46.4%)
Labour- 287 seats (43%)

Question 8

Feb 1974 election (Liberal surge, ‘Who Governs?’)

Answer 8

Lab maj of 4
Conservatives- 297 seats, 37.9%
Labour- 301 seats, 37.1%
Liberals- 14 seats, 19.3%

Question 9

Oct 1974 election

Answer 9

Lab maj of 42
Conservatives- 277 seats, 35.8%
Labour- 319 seats, 39.2%
Liberal- 13 seats, 18.3%

Question 10

1979 election

Answer 10

Cons maj of 43
Conservatives- 339 seats, 43.9%
Labour- 269 seats, 36.9%

National Front- 0 seats, 0.6%

Question 11

1983 election

Answer 11

Cons maj of 144
Conservatives- 42.4%, 397 seats
Labour- 27.6%, 209 seats
Liberal + SDP alliance- 25%, 23 seats

Question 12

1987 election

Answer 12

Cons lost 22 seats
Cons maj of 100
Conservatives- 375 seats, 42.2%
Labour- 229 seats, 30.8%

Question 13

1992 election

Answer 13

Cons maj of 21
Lab increased vote by 3.5%
Cons: 42% of vote, 336 seats
Lab: 34.2%, 271 seats
Lib Dem: 17.9%