Eluned Morgan (who is first minister of Wales, not a new MP. Just for fun.)
CONSTITUENCY LINKS
What links Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dover and Ashfield? They are the seats of Dan Poulter, Natalie Elphicke and Lee Anderson, who all defected to another party this year
What links North West Essex, Doncaster North, Richmond and Ebbw Vale? They are the seats of Kemi Badenoch, Ed Miliband, William Hague and Michael Foot, who all became leader of the opposition after their party was thrown out of government.
What links Chorley, Bootle, Liverpool Walton, Liverpool West Derby, and Knowsley? They are the only five seats following the 2024 election with a majority of more than 50%
What links Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, Bristol North West, and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich? They were seats being contested by Craig Williams, Laura Saunders and Kevin Craig who were all suspended by their parties over betting on the election.
What links Sheffield Heeley, Yeovil, and Caerphilly? Theyc are the seats of Louise Haigh, David Laws and Ron Davies, who were the first cabinet resignation of a new government.
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
Which is the lowest: the number of votes Keir Starmer got in 2024, the number of votes Neil Kinnock got in 1992 or the number of votes Jim Callaghan got in 1979? (Starmer 9,708,716, Kinnock 11,557,062, Callaghan 11,532,218)
Which is lower: the number of seats the Conservatives won in 2024, the number of women elected in 2024, the number of new MPs elected in 2024? (Tories 121, Women 263, New MPs 335)
Which is lower: the number of votes in 2024 for Sinn Fein, the SNP or Plaid Cymru? (Sinn Fein 210,891, SNP 724,758 or Plaid Cymru 194,811)
Which is lower: the number of votes cast for Reform UK in 2024, for the Brexit Party in 2019 or for UKIP in 2015 (Reform 4,117,610, Brexit 644,257, Ukip 3,881,099)
Which is lower: votes cast in 2024 election for Count Binface in Richmond, Yorkshire, the number of votes cast The Mitre pub in Richmond, South West London, or the number of votes cast for Elmo in Holborn and St Pancras? (Count Binface 308, The Mitre 349 and Elmo 19)
MEDIA MATTERS
Who said they "never liked" Tunbridge Wells and "I'd quite happily live somewhere else". Iain Dale, who briefly tried to stand for election in Tunbridge Wells
Who said : "Kamala Harris will win comfortably" "Ignore polls—they’re herding"? Rory Stewart
Who wrote: “Whisper it, but Rishi Sunak is making an extraordinary comeback” nine days after the election was called? Camilla Tominey
Who wrote: Morgan McSweeney and Pat McFadden met in McFadden’s garden in north London and drank tequila? Tim Shipman, after mishearing they took "to Keir" and they took "tequila"
Which podcaster said: “Starmer needs to shed a few pounds and that would be an improvement”? Peter Mandelson, who has now been made Starmer's ambassador to the US
THE REST OF THE WORLD
In Russian elections in March, Vladimir Putin supposedly secured what percentage of the vote: 68, 78, 88, 98%? 88%
How many people have been prime minister of France this year? Four - Élisabeth Borne, Gabriel Attal, Michel Barnier, Francois Bayrou
Who is the president of South Korea who tried, briefly, to impose martial law? Yoon Suk Yeol
Olaf Scholz lost of vote of confidence triggering elections in Germany. He is the first chancellor of the Federal Republic not to be a member of a what? A church
Kanye West is a constituency contested this year in elections to the National Assembly of which landlocked African country, which borders South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe? Botswana
THE REAL WORLD
Which author won the Booker Prize this year? Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Who won Traitors this year? Harry Clark
Which country won Eurovision this year? Switzerland.
Which team won the Premier League in 2023/24? Manchester City
What is the current number one song on the official chart? Last Christmas by Wham!
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