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The 1955 Labour Party leadership election was held following the resignation of Clement Attlee. Attlee was Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951 and stayed on as party leader until he lost the 1955 general election .
[1] [2] With Labour in opposition from 1951, Gaitskell won bitter leadership battles with Bevan and his supporters to become the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition in 1955. In 1956 he opposed the Eden government's use of military force at Suez.
First party Second party Third party Leader Anthony Eden: Clement Attlee: Clement Davies: Party Conservative: Labour: Liberal: Leader since 7 April 1955 25 October 1935: 2 August 1945 Leader's seat Warwick and Leamington: Walthamstow West: Montgomeryshire: Last election 321 seats, 48.0% 295 seats, 48.8% 6 seats, 2.5% Seats won 345 [note 1] 277 ...
The leader of the Labour Party is the highest position within the United Kingdom's Labour Party. ... 7 December 1955 [5] 1935. 1945 1950 1951 1955. 20 years, 44 days
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.
For the Labour Party leadership, nationalisation was a method to consolidate national planning in their own hands. ... Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1945–1955 ...
This article lists the Labour Party's election results from the 1945 United Kingdom general election until 1955, including by-elections. All candidates were sponsored, in some cases by the Divisional Labour Party (noted as "Constituency").
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in 1955. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Clement Attlee), Deputy Leader (Herbert Morrison), Labour Chief Whip (William Whiteley), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (William Jowitt) were automatically members.