2015 general election

Question 1

when was it

Answer 1

7th may 2015

Question 2

how many seats needed for a majority

Answer 2

326

Question 3

PM befire

Answer 3

David Cameron

Question 4

turnout

Answer 4

66.4%

Question 5

leaders

Answer 5

david cameron cons
ed miliband lab
nicola sturgeon SNP
nick clegg lib dems

Question 6

camerons seat

Answer 6

whitney

Question 7

milibands seat

Answer 7

doncaster north

Question 8

how many seats did cons win

Answer 8

330 (36.9%)

Question 9

how many seats did labour win

Answer 9

232 (30.4%)

Question 10

how many seats did SNP win

Answer 10

56

Question 11

how many seats did lib dems win

Answer 11

8

Question 12

what did polls predict

Answer 12

another hung parliament

Question 13

SNP swings

Answer 13

39.3% glasgow north east from labour

Question 14

UKIP

Answer 14

12.6% of votes and 1 seat

Question 15

Greens

Answer 15

highest ever share of votes 3.8%

Question 16

con party majority

Answer 16

meant can fufill committment to EU membership
June 2016
52-48 Cameron resigned

Question 17

what did ministers do

Answer 17

increased amount parties could spend by 23%, move against electoral commission advice

Question 18

what did this election see

Answer 18

first cap on spending by parties in individual constituencies

Question 19

what did the cons campaign highlight about lab

Answer 19

danger of labour minority with support from SNP which proved effective

Question 20

what did miliband rule out

Answer 20

a confidence and supply agreement with SNP

Question 21

what did lib dems offer

Answer 21

‘stabability’ to either lab or con minority government

Question 22

what did cons blame on lab

Answer 22

the deficit

Question 23

how did finacial markets react to result

Answer 23

positively

Question 24

Daily Telegraph report

Answer 24

wiki pages made from IP adresses from inside parliamnet raised suspicion, trying to hide embarassing things from electorate

Question 25

why were the telegraph media group fined £30,000

Answer 25

sent emails on election day saying vote conservatives

Question 26

labours lead amongst women

Answer 26

6 points (women under 50)

Question 27

tories lead amongst men

Answer 27

5 points (men under 50)

Question 28

private sector lead

Answer 28

tories led by 17 points

Question 29

public sector lead

Answer 29

labour led by 3 points

Question 30

lead in households earning less than £20,000

Answer 30

labour led by 7%

Question 31

where was UKIPs strongest support

Answer 31

readers from express+star

anti political mood fuelled UKIP support

Question 32

analog power

Answer 32

lab won digital

cons allies in print media

Question 33

what was revealed about facebook

Answer 33

operate government and politics unit which helped campaigns, providing advice+ advertising

Question 34

female increase in parliament

Answer 34

29% up from 23%
largest increase since 1997
biggest rise SNP 1 to 20