Britain Labour 1974-1979

Question 1

What was inflation at 1974?

Answer 1

15%

Question 2

What was the payment deficit at by 1974?

Answer 2

3 billion pounds

Question 3

When did Labour call a new election to consolidate power?

Answer 3

October 1974

Question 4

How many seats did Labour gain in October 1974?

Answer 4

18

Question 5

How many seats did the Conservatives lose in October 1974?

Answer 5

21

Question 6

What was Labour’s overall majority in October 1974?

Answer 6

3

Question 7

What had Wilson negotiated with the TUC just before his premiership?

Answer 7

The Social Contract

Question 8

What was the Social Contract?

Answer 8

Voluntary Pay restraint in exchange for repealing Heath’s industrial act and pay board

Question 9

Who was put in charge of the Department of Industry?

Answer 9

Tony Benn

Question 10

Who was put in charge of the Department of Employment?

Answer 10

Michael Foot

Question 11

Who was made Chancellor?

Answer 11

Denis Healey

Question 12

What did the April 1975 budget entail?

Answer 12

Steep rises in taxation and public spending being cut

Question 13

What did Tony Benn set up to administer the government’s share holdings in private companies in 1974?

Answer 13

The National Enterprise Board(NEB)

Question 14

Who resigned suddenly in March 1976?

Answer 14

Harold Wilson

Question 15

Who succeeded Harold Wilson?

Answer 15

James Callaghan

Question 16

What did James Callaghan call unemployment and inflation in September 1976?

Answer 16

The twin evils

Question 17

Who did Britain go for for a loan in 1976?

Answer 17

The IMF

Question 18

How much was the loan that Denis Healey received in December 1976?

Answer 18

3 billion pounds

Question 19

How many oilfields were in production by 1978?

Answer 19

Nine

Question 20

How much did inflation fall to by 1978?

Answer 20

10%

Question 21

What was unemployment at by 1978?

Answer 21

1.6 million

Question 22

By 1977, what had Labour lost in the houses of Parliament?

Answer 22

The majority

Question 23

How did Labour regain the majority in 1977?

Answer 23

The Lib-Lab Pact

Question 24

What did the Lib-Lab Pact entail?

Answer 24

12 Liberal MPs would vote with the government and in exchange, Callaghan would move ahead with devolution

Question 25

When were the devolution Acts for Scotland and Wales introduced?

Answer 25

1978

Question 26

What did the devolution Acts of 1978 allow for?

Answer 26

Referendums

Question 27

When were the devolution referendums held?

Answer 27

1 March 1979

Question 28

Yes to no percentages for Scotland's referendum on devolution?

Answer 28

51.6% Y/ 48.4% N

Question 29

What was the wage limit that Labour proposed in Autumn of 1978?

Answer 29

5%

Question 30

Who rejected the wage limit that Labour proposed in Autumn 1978?

Answer 30

TUC

Question 31

What were the Ford Lorry drivers able to achieve in December after a nine- week strike?

Answer 31

A 15% wage rise

Question 32

When were industrial disputes under Callaghan brought to an end?

Answer 32

March 1979

Question 33

How did Labour end the Winter of discontent?

Answer 33

By agreeing to a 10% increase

Question 34

What did the government lose in March 1979?

Answer 34

A vote of no confidence

Question 35

Why was a vote of no confidence held against Labour?

Answer 35

Scottish devolution

Question 36

When was the first rape crisis centre opened in London?

Answer 36

1976

Question 37

When was the Domestic Violence Act passed?

Answer 37

1976

Question 38

When was the Sex Discrimination Act passed?

Answer 38

1975

Question 39

What did the Sex Discrimination Act set up?

Answer 39

The Equality Opportunities Commission

Question 40

How few investigations were held by the Equality Opportunities Commission in its first eight years?

Answer 40

9

Question 41

When was the Employment Protection Act?

Answer 41

1975

Question 42

What did the Employment Protection Act do?

Answer 42

Introduce paid maternity leave and protect women from being fired on the basis of pregnancy

Question 43

How much did women's wages rise from 1970 to 1977?

Answer 43

11%

Question 44

How many non-white councillors were elected in 1974 and 1978?

Answer 44

10 in '74 and 35 in '78

Question 45

When was the next Race Relations Act passed?

Answer 45

1976

Question 46

What did the Race Relations Act of 1976 establish?

Answer 46

Commission for Racial Equality

Question 47

How many members did the National Front have by 1976?

Answer 47

20,000

Question 48

What was the National Front described as by 1977?

Answer 48

The fourth largest political party

Question 48

How many incidents of National Front marches/demonstrations were reported by the Trades Council of East London?

Answer 48

Over 100

Question 49

When was Rock Against Racism founded?

Answer 49

1976

Question 50

How many people attended the demonstration and concert held in Trafalgar Square in April 1978?

Answer 50

100,000

Question 51

How many Met. police officers were either black or an ethnic minority in 1976?

Answer 51

70 out of 22,000

Question 52

How many were injured at Notting Hill Carnival due to police hostility causing a riot in 1976?

Answer 52

Over 300

Question 53

What Sex Pistols song reached number two in the charts despite the BBC refusing to play it during the Queen's silver jubilee?

Answer 53

God Save The Queen

Question 54

When was Greenpeace UK formed?

Answer 54

1977

Question 55

When did the People's Party change its name to the Ecology Party?

Answer 55

1975

Question 56

How many out of 419 company chairman wanted not to join the EEC?

Answer 56

Only 4

Question 57

Which two significant Labour MPs voted against joining the EEC?

Answer 57

Barbara Castle and Michael Foot

Question 58

How many people voted to stay?

Answer 58

68.3% yes to 32.5% no