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Despite his advancing age and Labour's loss of the 1951 general election, Labour Party Leader Clement Attlee delayed his retirement from politics in order to keep the Labour Party united during its fracture between Gaitskellite and Bevanite factions. He also did not want Deputy Leader Herbert Morrison to assume full Leadership. [1]
Hugh Gaitskell was born in Kensington, London, the third and youngest child of Arthur Gaitskell (1869–1915), of the Indian Civil Service, and Adelaide Mary, née Jamieson (died 1956), whose father, George Jamieson, was consul-general in Shanghai and prior to that had been Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan. [3]
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
He went on to come first in both the first and second ballots, formally being elected Leader of the Labour Party on 3 December 1935. [44] Throughout the 1920s and most of the 1930s, the Labour Party's official policy had been to oppose rearmament, instead supporting internationalism and collective security under the League of Nations. [45]
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.
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 ...
14 December – Hugh Gaitskell becomes leader of the Labour Party. The 49-year-old MP was previously the treasurer of the party and served as chancellor during the final year of the previous Labour government. [42] 16 December – The Queen opens a new terminal at London Airport. [43] 20 December – Cardiff becomes the official capital of ...
Party leader Clement Attlee became prime ... and full employment was created. ... (privatised by the Conservative Government in 1955, and renationalised by Labour in ...