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UK General Election Quiz
It’s almost general election time here in the UK…so let’s get in the mood to vote with some questions about general elections gone by.
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Last updated: July 2, 2024
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1. What year was the first UK general election held where men and women had the vote on equal terms?
1918
1919
1928
1929
2. How many Labour leaders have won general elections in the UK?
5
3
4
2
3. The UK was ruled by a coalition of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats between 2010 and 2015, but when was last coalition government prior to this?
1974 to 1979
1914 to 1918
1940 to 1945
2008 to 2010
4. What general election saw the highest percentage vote share for the winning party in the post 1945 era of UK politics?
1997 - Labour
1955 - Conservative
1979 - Conservative
1983 - Conservative
5. Which individual leader has won the most UK elections?
Benjamin Disraeli
William Gladstone
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
6. Which PM lived the longest?
William Gladstone
Winston Churchill
Edward Heath
James Callaghan
7. Who was the oldest PM when appointed?
William Gladstone
Winston Churchill
Harold Macmillan
Edward Heath
8. Which one of these isn’t legally required for UK elections?
Must be held on a Thursday
The PM has to ask monarch’s permission to dissolve Parliament and set general election date
6 weeks notice must given between calling the election and the election date
The maximum length of time between general elections is 5 years
9. Which of these was not blamed for the electoral misfortunes of a British political leader?
Eating a bacon sandwich
Falling over on Brighton beach running from a wave
Proposing a ‘dementia tax’
Giving a beef burger to their child to eat during period of ‘mad cow disease’
10. Finish this headline from the 11th April 1992: It’s the ‘BLANK’ wot won it’
Tories
Red Wall
Sun
Tax Cuts
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