1979 1997 2015. Flashcards
Date of election 1979
May 3rd 1979
Party’s and candidates
1979
Conservatives - Margaret thatcher
Labour - James Callaghan
Liberal - David steel
Number of seats won
1979
Conservatives - 339
Labour - 269
Liberal - 11
Popular vote
1979
Conservative 13.7 million 43.9%
Labour 11.5 million 36.9%
Liberal 4.3 million 13.8%
How many seats were up for grabs
How many constituency
1979
635
What was Margaret thatchers majority
1979
43
What was the turnout in 1979
76%
Percentages of seats in commons
1979
Conservatives - 53.4%
Labour - 42.4%
Liberal - 1.7%
Others - 2.5%
What was the style of politics after the war and before Margaret thatcher
1979
Consensus
what was the results of the 1997 general election
Labour: 418
conservative: 165
liberal democract: 46
Who was the candidtaese for the Labour, Conservative and liberal democrat partys
1997
labour: tony blair
conservative: John Major
Lib Dem: Paddy Ashdown
Populus votes for Con, Lab, Lib
1997
Lab - 13.5 million
Con - 9.6 million
Lib - 5.24 million
Percentage popular vote
1997
Lab - 43.2%
Con - 30.7%
Lib - 16.8 %
Tony Blair’s majority in the commons
179
1997 turnout and number votes caseted
71.3%
31,280,000 million
1997 commons seats percentage
Lab - 63.4 %
Con - 25 %
Lib - 7%
what was the sun’s quote on the 1992 election with tony blair losing
The Sun famously ran with the headline “It was the Sun what won it”.
What were the results of the 2015 general election
Con - 330
Lab - 232
Lib - 8
which candidates were running for con lab lib 2015
con - david cameron
Lab - ed miliamnd
lib - nick clegg
date of 2015 election
7 MAY 2015
2015 turnout
66.4%
SNP seats from 1979 , 1997 , 2015 , 2019
1979 - 2
1997 - 6
2015 - 56
2019 - 45
