Chapter 4 - Case studies (NOT FINAL)

Question 1

What was probably the main issue in the 1979 general election?

Answer 1

The Winter of Discontent in 1978-79, which was large-scale strikes by trade unions that undermined Labour’s support.

Question 2

How many seats did the Tories win in 1979?

Answer 2

339

Question 3

What percentage of the vote did the Conservatives win in 1979?

Answer 3

43.9%

Question 4

What was Tony Blair’s slogan in 1997?

Answer 4

‘Education, Education, Education’

Question 5

What was the last general election to be dominated by two main parties?

Answer 5

1997

Question 6

How any seats did Labour win in 1997?

Answer 6

418

Question 7

What percentage of the vote did Labour win in 1997?

Answer 7

43.2% (compare this to the Tories and their seats in 1979)

Question 8

How many seats did the Tories win in 2015?

Answer 8

330

Question 9

What percentage of the vote did the Conservatives win in 2015?

Answer 9

36.9%

Question 10

What percentage of the vote did the Tories win in 2017?

Answer 10

42.4% (an increase of 5.5% from 2015 but this resulted in the loss of 13 seats!)

Question 11

How many seats did the Tories win in 2017?

Answer 11

317

Question 12

How many seats did UKIP win in 2015?

Answer 12

Just 1

Question 13

What percentage of the vote did UKIP win in 2015?

Answer 13

12.6%

Question 14

How many seats did the SNP win in 2015?

Answer 14

56/59

Question 15

How many seats did the SNP win in 2017?

Answer 15

35

Question 16

How many seats did the SNP win in 2019?

Answer 16

48

Question 17

How many seats did the Liberal Democrats win in 2005?

Answer 17

62

Question 18

How many seats did the Liberal Democrats win in 2010 under Nick Clegg?

Answer 18

57 - so despite losing seats, they formed a government.

Question 19

What was a dominant issue in the 2015 general election?

Answer 19

Membership of the EU, with the rise of UKIP forcing the Conservatives to promise a referendum to try and stop them.

Question 20

Other than UKIP, what else impacted Conservative party support?

Answer 20

The fear of a Labour-SNP coalition.

Question 21

How many seats and vote percentage did the Tories win in 1979 compared with Labour in 1997?

Answer 21

Tories won 339 seats with 43.9% of the vote; Labour won 418 seats with 43.2% of the vote.