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GCSE Politics Practice Test: Brexit - Boris Johnson & Parliament Before Prorogation
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GCSE Politics Practice Test: Brexit - Boris Johnson & Parliament Before Prorogation
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1. On 28th August 2019, Boris Johnson advised the Queen to close Parliament for five weeks. What is the formal name of this shut down?
2. Following his first defeat, Mr. Johnson expelled 21 of his own MPs from the Conservative Party, including Sir Nicholas Soames, the grandson of which former Prime Minister?
3. The first vote that Mr. Johnson put before Parliament was a motion for a General Election. He lost because he needed a two-thirds majority under which act?
4. On September 3rd Mr. Johnson’s Government lost its first vote in Parliament. Opposition MPs passed a motion with the aim of stopping what?
5. While forming his Government, Johnson dismissed 11 senior ministers and accepted the resignation of 6 others. What did the Sun newspaper call the purge?
6. When he became Prime Minister, Boris Johnson had a majority in Parliament of one MP. He lost this on September 3rd 2019, when Conservative MP Phillip Lee resigned from his party and joined which other?
7. Before prorogation, Boris Johnson's Government was defeated on six occasions in the House of Commons. How many times did it win a vote?
8. On September 5th Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Jo Johnson, resigned from his post. What relation is he to Boris Johnson?
9. Boris Johnson became Prime Minister following a leadership election by members of the Conservative Party. How many people voted for Mr. Johnson in that election?

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