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Key Facts Flashcards

1
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What percentage of the electorate voted for Labour in the 2017 general election?

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40%

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What percentage of the electorate voted Conservatives in the 2017 general election?

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42.4%

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3
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Who was the UKIP leader at the last general election?

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Paul Nuttal

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4
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How many MPs are there?

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650

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5
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Give 2 parts of the UK that use elected assemblies?

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Northern Ireland and Wales

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6
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What is the PMs official country residence?

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Chequers

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7
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Who lives at 11 Downing Street?

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Chancellor of the exchequer

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8
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How many people voted for UKIP in the 2015 general election?

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12.6%

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9
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How many MPs do the SNP have?

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35

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10
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What percentage of people voted to leave the EU in May 2016?

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52%

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11
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How many MPs does Labour have in Cornwall?

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0

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12
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What does CBI stand for?

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Confederation of British industry

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13
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Who is the current chancellor of the exchequer?

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Phillip Hammond

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14
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Who is the current Foreign Affair secretary?

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Boris Johnson

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15
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Who is the current EU secretary?

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David Davis

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16
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Who is the current Defence Secretary?

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Gavin Williamson

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17
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Who is the current Health and social care secretary?

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Jeremy Hunt

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18
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Who is the current Justice Secretary?

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David Gauke

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19
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Who is the current education secretary?

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Damian Hinds

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20
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Who is the current Trade secretary?

A

Liam Fox

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21
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Who is the current business, energy and industrial strategy secretary?

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Greg Clark

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22
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Who is the current food, rural affairs and environment secretary?

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Michael Gove

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23
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Who is the current transport secretary?

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Chris Gayling

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24
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Who is the current Communities Secretary?

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Sajid Javid

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25
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Who is the current leader of the House of Lords?

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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

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26
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Who is the current Scottish Secretary?

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David Mundell

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27
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Who is the current Welsh secretary?

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Alun Cairns

28
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Who is the current Northern Ireland Secretary?

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Karen Bradley

29
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Who is the current international development secretary?

A

Penny Mordaunt

30
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Who is the current Media, Digital, Sport and culture secretary?

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Matt Hancock

31
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Who is the current work and pensions secretary?

A

Esther McVey

32
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Who is the current Chief Whip?

A

Julian Smith

33
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Who is the current deputy leader of the Labour Party?

A

Tom Watson

34
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Who is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer?

A

John McDonnell

35
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Who is the current shadow foreign secretary?

A

Emily Thornbury

36
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Who is the current Shadow Education Secretary?

A

Angela Rayner

37
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Who is the current Shadow Home Secretary?

A

Diane Abbott

38
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Who is the current Shadow pension secretary?

A

Debbie Abrahams

39
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Who is the current Shadow health secretary?

A

Jonathon Ashworth

40
Q

Who is the current Shadow transport secretary?

A

Andy Mcdonald

41
Q

Who is the current Shadow defence secretary?

A

Nia Grififith

42
Q

Who is the current Shadow chief whip?

A

Nick Brown

43
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Who is the current Shadow trade secretary?

A

Barry Gardener

44
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Who is the current Shadow women and equalities Secretary?

A

Dawn Butler

45
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Who is the current Shadow food, environment and rural areas Secretary?

A

Sue Hayman

46
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Who is the current Shadow EU secretary?

A

Keir Starmer

47
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Who is the current Shadow justice secretary?

A

Richard Burgon

48
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What is the Conservatives online Political campaign?

49
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What is the Labour online political campaign called?

50
Q

Who was Labour leader between 1935 and 1955?

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Clement Attlee

51
Q

Who was Labour leader between 1963 and 1976?

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Harold Wilson

52
Q

Who was Labour leader between 1976 and 1980?

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James Callaghan

53
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Who was Labour leader between 1980 and 1983?

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Michael Foot

54
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Who was Labour leader between 1983 and 1992?

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Neil Kinnock

55
Q

Who was Labour leader between 1992 and 1994?

A

John Smith

56
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Who was Labour leader between 1994 and 2007?

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Tony Blair

57
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Who was Labour leader between 2007 and 2010?

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Gordon Brown

58
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Who was Labour leader between 2010 and 2015?

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Ed Miliband

59
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Who was Conservative leader between 1957 and 1963?

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Harold Macmillan

60
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Who was Conservative leader between 1965 and 1975?

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Edward Heath

61
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Who was Conservative leader between 1975 and 1990?

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Margaret Thatcher

62
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Who was Conservative leader between 1990 and 1997?

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John Major

63
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Who was Conservative leader between 1997 and 2001?

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William Hague

64
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Who was Conservative leader between 2001 and 2005?

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Ian Duncan Smith

65
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Who wasConservative leader between 2003 and 2005?

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Michael Howard

66
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What is referred to as “the longest suicide note in history”?

A

Michael Foots’s 1983 manifesto

67
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Who is the minister for the Cabinet office?

A

David Lidington

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