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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 ...
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 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland ← 1950 25 October 1951 1955 → 12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 625 seats in the House of Commons First party Second party Third party Leader Sir Basil Brooke, Bt James McSparran William Norton Party UUP Nationalist Irish Labour Leader since 1943 1945 1932 Leader's seat Did not stand [fn 2] Did not stand [fn 3] Did not stand [fn 1 ...
Four Ulster Unionist candidates are returned unopposed in Northern Ireland, the last general election in which any candidate is so returned. [27] This is also the last election in which the Conservatives achieve a stronger result in Scotland than in England. 31 October Zebra crossings, a type of pedestrian crossing, is introduced for the first ...
In the run-up to the United Kingdom general elections, various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
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.
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: Clement Attlee Third-party leader