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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. On the following day, television coverage started ...
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.
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 ...
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
UK general election 1987 Candidates Votes Party Leader Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net % Conservative: Margaret Thatcher: 633 376 [j] 9 30 −21 57.85 42.2 13,760,583 −0.2 Labour: Neil Kinnock: 633 229 26 6 +20 35.23 30.8 10,029,807 +3.2 Alliance: David Owen & David Steel: 633 22 5 6 −1 3.38 22.6 7,341,633 −2.8 SNP
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
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 25 October 1951, and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. [1] The Unionists, together with their allies the National Liberals, ended up narrowly ahead of Labour in terms of vote share, however the two were equal in terms of seats won, each taking 35 seats. When combined with ...