Thatcher stats

Question 1

What was the Conservative’s overall majority in 1979?

Answer 1

43 seats

Question 2

When was the peak of unemployment between 1980-90? What did it peak at?

Answer 2

1986 - 3,408,000

Question 3

What was unemployment in Brixton before the riots?

Answer 3

13% overall. 25% of ethnic minorities and 55% for black youths.

Question 4

What percentage of people in the Falklands wanted to remain British?

Answer 4

98%

Question 5

How many seats did the Conservatives and Labour win in 1983?

Answer 5

Conservatives - 397
Labour - 209

Question 6

How much did Labours votes drop in 1983 compared to 1979?

Answer 6

3,000,000 and its share by 9%

Question 7

What percentage of people supported the government in the miner’s strike?

Answer 7

65%

Question 8

By 1985, how many tenants had begun to purchase the properties they were renting?

Answer 8

800,000

Question 9

What was home ownership in 1990?

Answer 9

68%

Question 10

How did the number of shareholders change between 1979 and 1990?

Answer 10

Rose from 3 million to 9 million.

Question 11

How did Britain’s balance of payments deficit change between 1980 and 1989?

Answer 11

£16 billion to £47 billion

Question 12

How much money did the government derive from privatisation between: 1979-80, 1985-6, 1988-9?

Answer 12

1979-80: £377 million
1985-6: £2.6 billion
1988-9: £7 billion

Question 13

What was the number of industial workers in Britain in: 1970, 1980 and 1990?

Answer 13

1970 - 9 million
1980 - 7 million
1990 - 4 million

Question 14

What happened to manufacturing productivity between 1979-90?

Answer 14

It grew at an annual rate of 4.2%

Question 15

What was Britain’s and the average European GDP growth rate between 1979-89?

Answer 15

Britain - 2.1%
Average European - 1.9%

Question 16

How did real wages change in Britain between 1979-94?

Answer 16

Increased by 26%

Question 17

When did Britain’s balance of payments begin to decrease, and when did it become a deficit?

Answer 17

Begun to decrease in 1981
Became a defecit in 1986 for the first time since 1979

Question 18

How many seats did the Conservatives and Labour win in 1987?

Answer 18

Conservatives - 375
Labour - 229

Question 19

What was the highest reduction in taxation?

Answer 19

For the wealthy - 83% to 40%

Question 20

What was inflation in 1979?

Answer 20

19%

Question 21

What was inflation in 1983?

Answer 21

5%

Question 22

What was inflation in 1987?

Answer 22

3.7%

Question 23

What was inflation in 1990?

Answer 23

9%

Question 24

How did Jaguars profits change following its sale in 1984?

Answer 24

Went from making a loss of £32 million annually presale, to £121 million profit privately

Question 25

Beween 1979 and 1990, how much did taxation decrease for single people?

Answer 25

2.5%

Question 26

Beween 1979 and 1990, how much did taxation decrease for married people?

Answer 26

Decreased by 0.5%

Question 27

How did the number of self-employed change?

Answer 27

1.9m in 1979, 3.5m in 1989