Ed Davey - Pacific Northwest

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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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	6.67	33%	33%	0%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	15.00	83%	67%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	18.33	83%	83%	17%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	21.67	100%	83%	33%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	15.00	75%	50%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	9	18.89	89%	67%	33%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%

Data


UBC	Alberta	0	0	10	10
UW A	UW B	10	10	10	30