Political Parties

Question 1

What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 1979?

Answer 1

81%

Question 2

What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 1997?

Answer 2

74%

Question 3

What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 2010

Answer 3

65%

Question 4

What % of votes went to one of the 2 main parties in 2017

Answer 4

84%

Question 5

What % of votes did UKIP take in 2015 and how many seats did they gain?

Answer 5

12.6%

1 seat

Question 6

How many seats in the EU Parliament does UKIP hold?

Answer 6

7 of the 75 available

Question 7

What is the maximum number of seats that the SNP can get?

Answer 7

59 (they only run in Scotland)

Question 8

How many seats did the SNP take from Labour in 2015?

Answer 8

40

Question 9

How many seats did the SNP lose in 2017?

Answer 9

56 seats to 37 seats

Question 10

Give 2 industries that wee a focus of Atlee’s Old Labour Nationalisation

Answer 10

Coal Mines

Bank of England

Question 11

Clause IV§

Answer 11

A clause in Labour’s constitution that sets out the socialist aim of the party

Question 12

When was the Royal Mail privatised?

Answer 12

2015

Question 13

What are 3 industries that Corbyn said he wanted to privatise in his 2017 Manifesto

Answer 13

Railways
Water
Royal Mail

Question 14

Ratio of pay between the highest earning and lowest earning members of a company that Corbyn wants in 2017 manifesto

Answer 14

20:1 ratio

Question 15

X% VAT on private school fees (Corbyn’s 2017 manifesto)

Answer 15

20%

Question 16

What tax rate does Corbyn want on those earning over £123,000

Answer 16

50%

Question 17

Corbyn wants to raise the current corporation tax from X to Y

Answer 17

26% - 29%

Question 18

When did the UK join the Iraq War?

Answer 18

2003

Question 19

Which Labour Leader protested against the British participation in the Falklands war?

Answer 19

Michael Foot

Question 20

Corbyn’s views on Trident

Answer 20

He is against it
BUT he has compromised due to significant support from the PLP. He has pledged to support Trident and give 2% of GDP to defence

Question 21

How many Labour MPs voted for Syrian air strikes?

Answer 21

66 MPs

Question 22

How much of the PLP voted for Trident’s renewal?

Answer 22

60%

Question 23

How much of the vote did Corbyn win in the 2015 Leadership election?

Answer 23

62%

Question 24

Which Labour leader founded the NHS and when?

Answer 24

Attlee in 1948

Question 25

Blair on 'welfare to work'

Answer 25

He would scrap thee Jobseeker's allowance to make it harder to live simply off of benefits

Question 26

Blair on NHS and wages

Answer 26

Heavily invested in the NHS (even more so than any previous gov) and tripled its budget Introduced a national minimum wage and increased child benefits by 72%

Question 27

How much did the 2017 Labour manifesto pledge towards healthcare and social reform?

Answer 27

£7.7 billion

Question 28

How did the 2017 Labour manifesto focus on workers' rights?

Answer 28

Creation of a ministry of Labour | Banning of zero-hour contracts

Question 29

Cameron views on NHS

Answer 29

Vowed to prioritise them, showing a more One Nation tendency

Question 30

Cameron state intervention in the economy

Answer 30

Introduced a National Living Wage | Increased the state pension

Question 31

Cameron's promise to reduce the deficit

Answer 31

Reduce deficit by £156 billion through spending cuts (2011-12)

Question 32

Cameron proposed income tax cuts

Answer 32

50%-45%

Question 33

May pledged to cut corporation tax to X% by Y

Answer 33

Cut to 17% by 2022

Question 34

May rose the tax-free personal allowance to what?

Answer 34

£12,500

Question 35

2017 Conservative manifesto pledged how much money to schools and the NHS?

Answer 35

Extra £8 billion to NHS | £4 billion for schools by 2022

Question 36

Austerity

Answer 36

Difficult economic conditions created by the government in order to reduce public spending

Question 37

What did May do with austerity?

Answer 37

Announced that it was over with the 2018 budget

Question 38

Cameron on family

Answer 38

Wanted people to rely on their family and not the state

Question 39

draft Domestic Abuse Bill

Answer 39

Increased state support for prevention of and protection from domestic abuse Backed by Theresa May

Question 40

How many conservative MPs voted against the 2010 Same Sex Marriage Act?

Answer 40

127 MPs