Elections Flashcards
1
Q
1979 election results
A
Conservatives - 339 seats (43.9%)
Labour - 269 (36.9%)
2
Q
Did Labour lose the 1979 election or did the Conservatives win?
A
Labour lose - winter of discontent, divisions which later went on to form SDP
3
Q
1983 election results
A
Conservatives - 397 seats (42.4%)
Labour - 209 seats (27.6%)
SDP/Liberals - 23 seats (25.4%)
4
Q
Did Labour lose the 1983 election or did the conservatives win?
A
Conservatives won - Falklands war although Michael Foot’s extreme leftist manifesto aided them greatly
5
Q
1987 election results
A
Conservatives - 376 seats (42.2%)
Labour - 229 seats (30.8%)
SDP - 22 seats (22.6%)
