General Elections - Key Facts

Question 1

Images that dominated the press from the Winter of Discontent

Answer 1

Rubbish and unburied dead

Question 2

Statement from left-winger Peter Hall

Answer 2

We can’t go on like this

Question 3

Number of people unemployed in 1979

Answer 3

1.4 Million

Question 4

Majority of the Conservatives in 1979

Answer 4

43 Seats

Question 5

Election campaign phrases from the Conservatives

1979 General Election

Answer 5

• Labour isn’t Working
• The £ under Labour v The £ under the Conservatives

Question 6

Majority of the Conservative Party in 1983

Answer 6

144 seats

Question 7

Factors of the 1983 General Election

Answer 7

• Falklands Factor
• Looney-left
• FPTP voting

Question 8

Group the Conservative were able to attract in the 1983 General Election

Answer 8

Middle Britain - C1 and C2

Question 9

Level of unemployment in 1982

Answer 9

Nearly 3 Million

Question 10

Number of votes the Labour Party won in 1983

Answer 10

8.4 Million

In 1951, they got 14 Million votes

Question 11

Percentage of votes Labour was ahead of SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983

Answer 11

2%

Question 12

Name Gerald Kaufman gave to the 1983 Labour manifesto

Answer 12

The Longest Suicide Note in History

Question 13

Promises in the 1987 Conservative Manifesto

Answer 13

• Strong Defence
• Growing Economy
• Promise lower taxes

Question 14

Percentage of the vote the Alliance recieved in 1987

Answer 14

24%

Down from 40% just before the Falklands Factor