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1979 1997 2015. Flashcards

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1
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Date of election 1979

A

May 3rd 1979

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Party’s and candidates

1979

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Conservatives - Margaret thatcher

Labour - James Callaghan

Liberal - David steel

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Number of seats won

1979

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Conservatives - 339

Labour - 269

Liberal - 11

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Popular vote

1979

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Conservative 13.7 million 43.9%

Labour 11.5 million 36.9%

Liberal 4.3 million 13.8%

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How many seats were up for grabs

How many constituency
1979

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635

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What was Margaret thatchers majority

1979

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43

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What was the turnout in 1979

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76%

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Percentages of seats in commons

1979

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Conservatives - 53.4%

Labour - 42.4%

Liberal - 1.7%

Others - 2.5%

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What was the style of politics after the war and before Margaret thatcher
1979

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Consensus

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what was the results of the 1997 general election

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Labour: 418
conservative: 165
liberal democract: 46

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Who was the candidtaese for the Labour, Conservative and liberal democrat partys
1997

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labour: tony blair
conservative: John Major
Lib Dem: Paddy Ashdown

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Populus votes for Con, Lab, Lib

1997

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Lab - 13.5 million
Con - 9.6 million
Lib - 5.24 million

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Percentage popular vote

1997

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Lab - 43.2%
Con - 30.7%
Lib - 16.8 %

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Tony Blair’s majority in the commons

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179

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1997 turnout and number votes caseted

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71.3%

31,280,000 million

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1997 commons seats percentage

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Lab - 63.4 %
Con - 25 %
Lib - 7%

17
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what was the sun’s quote on the 1992 election with tony blair losing

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The Sun famously ran with the headline “It was the Sun what won it”.

18
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What were the results of the 2015 general election

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Con - 330
Lab - 232
Lib - 8

19
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which candidates were running for con lab lib 2015

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con - david cameron
Lab - ed miliamnd
lib - nick clegg

20
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date of 2015 election

A

7 MAY 2015

21
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2015 turnout

A

66.4%

22
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SNP seats from 1979 , 1997 , 2015 , 2019

A

1979 - 2
1997 - 6
2015 - 56
2019 - 45

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