Question

During a 2024 election, this party leader launched his manifesto at an amusement park and was interviewed on a spinning teacup ride. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this party leader whose campaign stunts included using a waterslide and bungee jumping. Those stunts may have helped this leader’s party win 72 seats in July, the best result for a third party in his country since 1923.
ANSWER: Ed Davey [or Sir Edward Jonathan Davey]
[10m] Ed Davey is currently the leader of this political party and contributed to the Orange Book, an essay collection that also featured a chapter from this party’s earlier leader Nick Clegg.
ANSWER: Liberal Democrats UK [or Lib Dems]
[10e] The Lib Dems’ 72 seats still were dwarfed by the majority won by this British Labour leader, who became Prime Minister after the election despite his party only winning a third of the popular vote.
ANSWER: Keir Starmer
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California2025-02-01Y36.6733%33%0%
Florida2025-02-01Y310.0067%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y615.0083%67%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y618.3383%83%17%
Midwest2025-02-01Y621.67100%83%33%
North2025-02-01Y320.00100%67%33%
Northeast2025-02-01Y514.0080%40%20%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y220.00100%50%50%
South Central2025-02-01Y225.00100%100%50%
Southeast2025-02-01Y415.0075%50%25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y918.8989%67%33%
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y313.33100%33%0%

Data

UBCAlberta001010
UW AUW B10101030