Make Votes Matter Christmas quiz

In 2010, the Liberal Democrats secured 9% of the seats in the House of Commons. What percentage of the vote did they receive?
14%
19%
23%
27%
Which former Prime Minister said this: "The present system has clearly broken down. The results produced are not fair to any party, nor to any section of the community. In many cases they do not secure majority representation, nor do they secure an intelligent representation of minorities. All they secure is fluke representation, freak representation, capricious representation."
Tony Blair
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
Harold Wilson
Whose 'day' has been celebrated on 28th April each year since 2011?
Ed Balls
Vince Cable
Ed Miliband
George Osborne
In the 2019 election, approximately what percentage of votes were ignored or wasted because they went to non-elected candidates or were surplus to what the elected candidate needed?
40%
50%
60%
70%
What happens if an MP is 'named' in the House of Commons by the Speaker?
They must withdraw an unparliamentary comment
They must leave the chamber
They must bow to the Speaker
They must sing the national anthem
A member of which band threw a bucket of water over then Deputy Prime Minster, John Prescott, at the 1998 Brit Awards?
Chumbawamba
Oasis
The Rolling Stones
U2
Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
Viscount Melbourne
Lord North
Spencer Perceval
Robert Walpole
Which UK parliamentary constituency had a record 15 election candidates in 2005?
Sedgefield
Folkestone and Hythe
Uxbridge
Ross, Skye and Inverness West
On how many occasions in the last 100 years has the party with the most votes not won the most seats?
2
3
4
5
Aborted plans by David Cameron's government proposed to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to how many?
450
500
550
600
Bonus question - which Leader of the Opposition said this at PMQs: "In the light of his u-turn on alcohol pricing, can the prime minister tell us, is there anything he could organise in a brewery?"
Tony Blair
Neil Kinnock
Ed Miliband
Keir Starmer
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