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United Kingdom general elections overview. This is an overview of United Kingdom general election results since 1922. The 1922 election was the first election in the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, after the creation of the Irish Free State removed Southern Ireland from the UK.
This is a list of United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) 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.
1966 election. Opinion polls. In the run-up to the 1959 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1955 to polling day on 8 October 1959, are listed in this article.
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Formed in 1900, it is one of the two main political parties along with the Conservative Party. In all general elections since 1918, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. Since the 2010 general election, Labour was the second largest party ...
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
In the post-war era, the 1983 general election was the most successful for the Conservatives in terms of seats won (397), whereas 1955 was the most successful election for vote share (49.7%). [16] However, the 1997 general election was the least successful election since 1918 for the Conservatives, winning 165 seats and gaining 30.7% of the ...
Popular culture. 1951 British Grand Prix 1951 English cricket season Football: England | Scotland 1951 in British television 1951 in British radio 1951 in British music. In 1951 the Festival of Britain was held in the United Kingdom, and a general election returned Winston Churchill to power.
10 January – First United Nations General Assembly convenes at Methodist Central Hall Westminster. 17 January – The United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting at Church House in London. 14 February – The Bank of England is nationalised. 15 February – American dance craze, the Jitterbug, sweeps Britain.