Test your political brain

So it's time to brush up your political knowledge with our conference quiz on the parties and their leaders.

Which party leader contested the Beaconsfield by-election in May 1982?

A: Iain Duncan Smith B: Tony Blair C: Charles Kennedy

How old was Charles Kennedy when he was elected to the Commons and became its youngest MP?

A: 22 B: 23 C: 24

How many of the party leaders studied at Oxford University?

A: 1 B: 2 C: 3

Which leader studied at the University of Perugia?

A: Iain Duncan Smith B: Tony Blair C: Charles Kennedy

Iain Duncan Smith arrived in the shadow cabinet in which position in 1997?

A: Defence B: Agriculture C: Social security

Tony Blair's first job as a shadow minister covered which department?

A: Treasury and economic affairs B: Home affairs C: Energy

In which year did Neil Kinnock make his famous conference speech attacking Militant councillors in Liverpool?

A: 1984 B: 1985 C: 1986

Which Liberal leader used a conference speech to urge his party to "Go back to your constituencies and prepare for government".

A: (Lord) David Steel B: (Lord) Paddy Ashdown C: Charles Kennedy

In which year did Margaret Thatcher famously declare: !You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning!?

A: 1980 B: 1981 C: 1982

Complete this famous phrase from a party leader’s conference speech... "We are coming slowly, painfully to an autumn of understanding. I hope it will be followed by a winter of...

A: Pragmatism B: Renewal C: Common sense