John Hipwood’s Christmas Quiz 2010

Friday 24th December 2010, 10:15AM GMT.

Answers

1) Nobody: Conservatives 307; Labour 258; Liberal Democrat 57.
2) Lembit Opik, Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire from 1997 to 2010.
3) Gillian Duffy, of Rochdale.
4) First televised debates between the main party leaders.
5) Telford, the constituency of the county’s only Labour MP, David Wright.
6) David Laws.
7) Five. Nick Clegg (Deputy Prime Minister, Vince Cable (Business Secretary), Danny Alexander (Chief Secretary to the Treasury), Chris Huhne (Energy Secretary) and Michael Moore (Scottish Secretary).
8) Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and MP for North Shropshire.
9) Endellion.
10) Ludlow MP Philip Dunne. One of the two mascots is called Wenlock after Much Wenlock, the birthplace of the modern games.
11) Tony Blair: My Journey.
12) Ed Balls, would-be Chancellor of the Exchequer, now shadow home secretary.
13) Justice Secretary Ken Clarke.
14) Daniel Kawczynski, MP for Shrewsbury & Atcham.
15) Vince Cable.
16) David Cameron, born October 9, 1966. Nick Clegg was born on June 7, 1967; and Ed Miliband was born on December 24, 1969. Happy Birthday Ed.
17) Philip Dunne and David Wright. Mr Dunne is now a Government whip after being an Opposition whip before the election. For Mr Wright, it’s the other way around.
18) Carwyn Jones.
19) Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin.
20) All three went to the same school, Marlborough College.