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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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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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What is the PMs official country residence?

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Chequers

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Who lives at 11 Downing Street?

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Chancellor of the exchequer

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

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52%

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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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Who is the current chancellor of the exchequer?

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Phillip Hammond

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Who is the current Foreign Affair secretary?

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Boris Johnson

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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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Who is the current Trade secretary?

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Liam Fox

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

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Greg Clark

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

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Michael Gove

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Who is the current transport secretary?

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Chris Gayling

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Who is the current Communities Secretary?

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Sajid Javid

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Who is the current leader of the House of Lords?
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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Who is the current Scottish Secretary?
David Mundell
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Who is the current Welsh secretary?
Alun Cairns
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Who is the current Northern Ireland Secretary?
Karen Bradley
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Who is the current international development secretary?
Penny Mordaunt
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Who is the current Media, Digital, Sport and culture secretary?
Matt Hancock
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Who is the current work and pensions secretary?
Esther McVey
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Who is the current Chief Whip?
Julian Smith
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Who is the current deputy leader of the Labour Party?
Tom Watson
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Who is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer?
John McDonnell
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Who is the current shadow foreign secretary?
Emily Thornbury
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Who is the current Shadow Education Secretary?
Angela Rayner
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Who is the current Shadow Home Secretary?
Diane Abbott
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Who is the current Shadow pension secretary?
Debbie Abrahams
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Who is the current Shadow health secretary?
Jonathon Ashworth
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Who is the current Shadow transport secretary?
Andy Mcdonald
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Who is the current Shadow defence secretary?
Nia Grififith
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Who is the current Shadow chief whip?
Nick Brown
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Who is the current Shadow trade secretary?
Barry Gardener
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Who is the current Shadow women and equalities Secretary?
Dawn Butler
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Who is the current Shadow food, environment and rural areas Secretary?
Sue Hayman
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Who is the current Shadow EU secretary?
Keir Starmer
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Who is the current Shadow justice secretary?
Richard Burgon
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What is the Conservatives online Political campaign?
Activate
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What is the Labour online political campaign called?
Momentum
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Who was Labour leader between 1935 and 1955?
Clement Attlee
51
Who was Labour leader between 1963 and 1976?
Harold Wilson
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Who was Labour leader between 1976 and 1980?
James Callaghan
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Who was Labour leader between 1980 and 1983?
Michael Foot
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Who was Labour leader between 1983 and 1992?
Neil Kinnock
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Who was Labour leader between 1992 and 1994?
John Smith
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Who was Labour leader between 1994 and 2007?
Tony Blair
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Who was Labour leader between 2007 and 2010?
Gordon Brown
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Who was Labour leader between 2010 and 2015?
Ed Miliband
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Who was Conservative leader between 1957 and 1963?
Harold Macmillan
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Who was Conservative leader between 1965 and 1975?
Edward Heath
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Who was Conservative leader between 1975 and 1990?
Margaret Thatcher
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Who was Conservative leader between 1990 and 1997?
John Major
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Who was Conservative leader between 1997 and 2001?
William Hague
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Who was Conservative leader between 2001 and 2005?
Ian Duncan Smith
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Who wasConservative leader between 2003 and 2005?
Michael Howard
66
What is referred to as “the longest suicide note in history”?
Michael Foots’s 1983 manifesto
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Who is the minister for the Cabinet office?
David Lidington

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