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1. How many Conservative leaders have there been between 1989 and 2006?
 
4
5
6
7

Thatcher, Major, Hague, Duncan Smith, Howard, Cameron
 

 
2. Which politician was often dubbed "Tarzan" by the popular press?
 
Michael Foot
Michael Heseltine
Michael Howard
Michael Meacher
 

 
3. What cabinet position was given to Des Browne in May 2006?
 
Sec. of State for Defence
Sec. of State for Health
Sec. of State for Trade & Industry
Sec. of State for Work and Pensions
 

 
4. Which 2006 cabinet minister's parents had been jailed in South Africa?
 
Douglas Alexander
Hazel Blears
Jack Straw
Peter Hain

Hain's parents were anti-apartheid activists in the South African Liberal Party
 

 
5. When did Jeremy Thorpe assume leadership of the Liberal Party?
 
1966
1967
1968
1969
 

 
6. Which political party does colourful MP George Galloway represent?
 
Respect
SNP
UK Independence
Veritas
 

 
7. Which actress has been the MP for Hampstead and Highgate since 1992?
 
Charlotte Rampling
Glenda Jackson
Joanna Lumley
Vanessa Redgrave
 

 
8. What was the result of the 1964 General Election?
 
Conservative majority of 3 seats
Conservative majority of 13 seats
Labour majority of 4 seats
Labour majority of 14 seats

Prime Minister Harold Wilson increased his mandate in March 1966
 

 
9. Which constituency did Tony Blair represent from 1983?
 
Lingfield
Mansfield
Netherfield
Sedgefield
 

 
10. From whose home was the Limehouse Declaration issued in 1981?
 
Bill Rodgers
David Owen
Roy Jenkins
Shirley Williams

The Social Democratic movement came out of this statement at Owen's flat
 

 
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