elective dictatorship

Question 1

How long was Thatcher in power ?

Answer 1

11 years 1979-90

Question 2

When and what was Thatcher’s largest majority ?

Answer 2

1983 , 144 seat majority

Question 3

What were the key issues Margret Thatcher faced as PM ?

Answer 3

Falkland’s war (1982) , mass unemployment , trade union disputes

Question 4

What was thatcher’s only defeat ?

Answer 4

1986 shop bill , ended sunday shopping but failed

Question 5

When was John Major PM?

Answer 5

1992-97

Question 6

When did Tony Blair run as PM ?

Answer 6

1997-2005

Question 7

What was John Majors majority ?

Answer 7

21 seat majority

Question 8

How many fails did John Major have ?

Answer 8

6

Question 9

What was Tony’s largest majority ?

Answer 9

179 seats , 43.2% of the vote and 63.4% of seats in 1997

Question 10

What were the key issues Tony faced ?

Answer 10

new labour ( more centrist views ) + devolution for Scotland and wales, Iraq / Gulf war /Afghanistan

Question 11

How many defeats did Tony have ?

Answer 11

4 defeats

Question 12

What were some of the victories Tony had ?

Answer 12

introduced minimum wage , longest serving labour mp

Question 13

When did David Cameron serve as Pm ?

Answer 13

2015-17

Question 14

What majority did David have ?

Answer 14

11 seat majority

Question 15

How many defeats did David have?

Answer 15

7 , Eu referendum and sunday trading laws

Question 16

When did Theresa May serve as PM ?

Answer 16

2017-19

Question 17

What type of government did May have ?

Answer 17

minority government only had 317 seats needed 326 bought 10 off of Dup for 1 billion

Question 18

How many defeats did May have ?

Answer 18

33 defeats most of any PM