Welcome to this quiz about the 2015 UK General Election, which covers how general elections work in the UK and focuses on the most recent vote. Click 'Go' to start!
Under the conditions of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, this general election had to be held because of the length of time since the previous election, held in what year?
In a general election, the electorate vote for who they want as their local Member of Parliament, with one in each constituency and thus how many elected in total nationally?
A Member of Parliament only requires the highest number of votes in their constituency to be elected, giving the electoral system what name?
Generally, these MPs will stand for a political party, and all of them sit in which of the Houses of Parliament?
Usually, a party wins over half the available seats and thus can form a majority government. Prior to 2015 this had not happened since who was elected Prime Minister?
When no party wins more than half the seats (known as an overall majority), the election is said to result in what sort of Parliament?
This happened in 2010, when which party won 306 seats, 20 short of an overall majority?
Therefore, this party had to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats to form a government with an overall majority, making what man Deputy Prime Minister?
Although the competition was tight going into election day, for the last 5 years leading up to it which party had been in the lead in the opinion polls?
With the two major parties neck and neck, which man fought to be reelected as Prime Minister?
Which man had hoped to move out of opposition and become Prime Minister, but instead now has resigned after his party's disappointing showing?
The major parties lost votes to other parties, like which 'Eurosceptic' party that came first in the 2014 European Election in the UK?
Which UKIP leader confirmed his intention to step down after failing to be elected in South Thanet in Kent in 2015, but whose resignation was rejected by the party?
Which minor party also had polled strongly, but because of the electoral system was unlikely to get more than its 1 MP, who represents the Brighton Pavilion constituency?
Winning the third highest number of seats, which party could have ended up deciding who became Prime Minister, but had pledged not to support the Conservatives?
At the time of the 2015 election, both the Greens and the SNP had female leaders who featured in the national leaders debate, along with Plaid Cymru, led by which woman?
Northern Irish parties did not appear in the national leaders debate, including which party, at that time the 4th largest in the House of Commons?
On what date did the electorate go to the polls?
At what time did polls close across the country, with exit polls and other potential influences on votes banned from being revealed until this time?
This general election saw which journalist host their last BBC general election results show, having covered all of them since 1979?
The race to be the first seat to declare its results was won by a constituency in which city, declaring in 53 minutes in 2015?
Despite ominous constituency polling, Nick Clegg narrowly won re-election for his seat in which city?
Another formerly safe Lib Dem seat, the constituency of Gordon elected which former First Minister of Scotland as its MP?
An SNP surge meant Labour was left without the most seats in Scotland, which last happened in which general election, when Anthony Eden was PM?
By tradition, the major parties did not stand against the Speaker of the House of Commons, the nonpartisan post held at the time of this election by who?
Which party's MPs do not take their seats in the House of Commons, effectively reducing the required number of seats for an overall majority?
The individual most likely to be able to command a majority in the House of Commons after the election is then appointed as Prime Minister by whom?
A premature general election might have needed to be held if no party had won an overall majority, and the government formed lost what sort of vote in the House of Commons?
The last time a government lost a motion of no confidence, it did so by one vote, and the subsequent general election saw which Prime Minister come to power?
The next election was scheduled to be in 2020. However, this event caused Prime Minister David Cameron to resign in 2016.
In 2017, this new Prime Minister successfully asked Parliament for permission to hold an election early, so Britons went to the polls again in June.
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