Election success

Question 1

What year did Thatcher win her first General Election?

Answer 1

1979

Question 2

What series of strikes led to Labour defeat in the 1979 election?

Answer 2

Winter of Discontent

Question 3

Who did Thatcher face as Labour leader in the 1983 election?

Answer 3

Michael Foot

Question 4

How many seats did Thatcher win in the 1983 election?

Answer 4

397

Question 5

Which war in 1982 is argued as being significant in increasing Thatcher’s popularity ahead of the 1983 election?

Answer 5

Falklands War

Question 6

Which ship did Thatcher order the controversial sinking of during the Falklands War?

Answer 6

Belgrano

Question 7

What year did the Labour Party split and create the SDP?

Answer 7

1981

Question 8

What was the Labour Party manifesto known as in 1983?

Answer 8

“Longest suicide note in History”

Question 9

Which prominent Labour MPs broke away from the party in 1981 to create the SDP?

Answer 9

Roy Jenkins
Shirley Williams

Question 10

Which Labour leader did Thatcher face in the 1987 election?

Answer 10

Neil Kinnock

Question 11

Which radical grouping did Kinnock battle with within the Labour Party?

Answer 11

Militant Tendency

Question 12

How did the formation of the SDP weaken Labour electorally?

Answer 12

Split the left-wing vote and made it easier for Conservatives to win in seats across the country