| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Former Labour Party leader, then European Commissioner. NK. | Neil Kinnock | 90%
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| Leader of the Labour Party, preceding the answer above. MF. | Michael Foot | 84%
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| Former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister, nickname, Tarzan. MH | Michael Heseltine | 65%
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| Former joint leader of the SDP, Liberal Alliance and former Foreign Secretary. DO. | David Owen | 61%
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| Former Education Secretary and one of the 'gang of four'. SW | Shirley Williams | 61%
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| Liberal Party PM from 1908-1916. HA | Herbert Asquith | 55%
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| Former interim (and Deputy) Leader of the Labour Party and MP since 1983, born in Ashton-under-Lyne. MB | Margaret Beckett | 52%
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| Former Thatcher Home Secretary 85-89.DH | Douglas Hurd | 29%
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| Defence Secretary from 89-92, made a life peer in 2001.TK | Tom King | 29%
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| Former Labour MP and Minister, who introduced the breathalyser, whilst in office. BC | Barbara Castle | 16%
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| Former Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Tory grandee. MR | Malcolm Rifkind | 6%
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| Winner of the 1987 Greenwich by-election for the SDP. RB | Rosie Barnes | 6%
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| Former leader of the SDP, later Baron of Rogart, died in 2020. RM. | Robert Maclennan | 3%
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