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The 1951 election was the second one to be covered on BBC Television. On election night, the results were televised from the BBC Alexandra Palace studio in London. Graham Hutton , David Butler and H. G. Nicholas headed the election night coverage from 10.15pm to 4.00am on the television service.
This election also noted the highest ever voteshare as well as the total number of votes the Labour Party has ever recorded in any election in England as well as the nation at whole. [ 1 ] The narrow victory of the Conservative Party led to the return of Winston Churchill as prime minister and the start of 13 years of Conservative rule (the ...
Parliament of the United Kingdom: Term: 26 October 1951 () – 5 April 1955 () Election: 1951 United Kingdom general election: Government: Third Churchill ministry House of Commons; Members: 625: Speaker: Douglas Clifton Brown William Morrison Leader: Harry Crookshank Prime Minister: Sir Winston Churchill Leader of the Opposition
5 October – With three weeks to go before the second general election in less than two years, opinion polls suggest that the Conservative Party led by previous wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, will oust Clement Attlee's Labour government from power after six years, with a majority of 75 to 100 seats and a share of the vote of up to 50%.
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
1951–1952 Burmese general election; India: 1951 Indian general election; 1951–1971 Indian general elections; Indian general election in Madras, 1951; 1951 Israeli legislative election; 1951 Israeli presidential election; 1951 Philippine Senate election; 1951 Singaporean general election; 1951 Soviet Union regional elections
The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held on 25 October 1951. Pages in category "1951 United Kingdom general election" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Pages in category "1951 elections in the United Kingdom" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... 1951 United Kingdom general election; H.