1951 United Kingdom general election

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United Kingdom general election parliamentary election

The 1951 United Kingdom general election was a national parliamentary vote in which Winston Churchill’s Conservative Party returned to power, ending the post-war Labour government led by Clement Attlee.

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1951 United Kingdom general election canonical 3
1951 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignIssue austerity and rationing ⓘ
housing and welfare state ⓘ
nationalisation policies ⓘ
context post-World War II Britain ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 25 October 1951 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
followedBy Second Churchill ministry ⓘ
forOffice Member of Parliament ⓘ
hasPart election in England ⓘ
election in Northern Ireland ⓘ
election in Scotland ⓘ
election in Wales ⓘ
leaderOfLargestOppositionParty Clement Attlee ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Winston Churchill ⓘ
leadingPartyAfterElection Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
leadingPartyBeforeElection Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
mainOpponentParties Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchAtTime Albert Frederick Arthur George ⓘ
surface form: George VI
nextElection 1955 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableFeature Labour won more votes but fewer seats than the Conservatives ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 625 ⓘ
numberOfVotesConservative approximately 13.7 million ⓘ
numberOfVotesLabour approximately 13.9 million ⓘ
numberOfVotesLiberal approximately 0.73 million ⓘ
parliamentElected Thirty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
popularVoteSecondPlace Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
popularVoteThirdPlace Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy post-war Labour government ⓘ
previousElection 1950 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Winston Churchill ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Clement Attlee ⓘ
result Conservative majority government ⓘ
rulingPartyAfterElection Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
rulingPartyBeforeElection Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
seatsWonByConservatives 321 ⓘ
seatsWonByLabour 295 ⓘ
seatsWonByLiberals 6 ⓘ
seatWinner Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
turnout 82.6% ⓘ
turnoutChangeFromPreviousElection -2.7 percentage points ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed single-party majority government ⓘ
year 1951 ⓘ

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36th United Kingdom Parliament → reasonForDissolution → 1951 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1950 United Kingdom general election → followedBy → 1951 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 1951 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1951 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1951 United Kingdom general election ⓘ