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  United Kingdom general election, 2001 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media.
Throughout the election the Labour party had maintained a significant lead in the opinion polls and the result was deemed to be so certain that some bookmakers paid out for a Labour majority before the election day.
In Northern Ireland, the election was far more dramatic and marked a move by unionists away from the Good Friday Agreement, with the moderate unionist and nationalist parties (UUP and SDLP) losing to the more extreme parties (DUP and Sinn Féin).
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 United Kingdom general election, 1992 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives.
Given that the 1992 election resulted in a Conservative overall majority of 21, it has been stated that their victory could be said to have been decided by only 1,241 votes distributed through the 11 seats with the smallest Conservative majorities in the election.
In the end though the SNP only held onto the three seats they won at the 1987 General Election and lost the Govan seat that they had won in 1988 with their deputy leader Jim Sillars as candidate.
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 Encyclopedia: Labour Party (UK)
At the 1987 general election, the party was again defeated in a landslide, but had established itself as the clear challengers to the Conservatives and had fought an effective campaign.
The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives.
By the time of the 1992 general election, the party had reformed to such an extent that it was perceived as a credible candidate for government.
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 Encyclopedia: United Kingdom general election, 2001
In the UK general election of 1880, also known as the Midlothian Campaign, the Liberals, led by the fierce oratory of retired former Liberal leader William Gladstone in attacking the supposedly immoral foreign policy of the Beaconsfield government, secured one of their largest ever majorities, leaving the Conservatives a distant...
The British general election of 1945 held on July 5th 1945 but not counted and declared until July 26, 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century.
The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945.
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Also known as the Khaki Election (the first of several election to bear this sobriquet), it was held in the midst of the return of soldiers from the Boer War.
1983 election 1987 election 1992 election The general election of June 11, 1987 was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives.
1987 election 1992 election 1997 election The general election of April 9, 1992, was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives.
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United Kingdom general elections are the times when the Members of Parliament forming the House of Commons are elected.
Since the maximum term of a parliament is five years, the interval between successive general elections can exceed that period by no more than the combined length of the election campaign and time for the new parliament to assemble (typically five to eight weeks).
In the UK general elections are usually affairs in which public opinion changes gradually from general election from election.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945.
Foot resigned soon after the election and was succeeded by Neil Kinnock.
In the ensuring by-election the seat was won by Bobby Sands, an Anti-H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner who then died and was succeeded by an Anti-H-Block Proxy Political Prisoner.
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 UK_general_election,_2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In Northern Ireland, the election was dominated in the Unionist community by a battle between the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to be the province's largest Unionist party in Parliament.
Other elections in the province have shown both a shift in votes towards the DUP but also a collapse of support for the cross-community Alliance Party which is likely to be more marked in a first past the post election and thus which may work in the UUP's favour.
The results were interpreted by the UK media as an indicator of a breakdown in trust in the government, and in the prime minister, Tony Blair, in particular.
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 World War 1 and 2 - United Kingdom general elections
General elections of the United Kingdom are the elections held when the British Members of Parliament ("MPs") forming the House of Commons are elected.
At the 2001 general election, there were 659 constituencies (typically called "seats"), and thus 659 MPs.
At the 2005 general election there will be a slightly fewer 646 seats in the UK.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1970 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath.
The election was also a setback for the Liberal Party under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, which lost half its seats.
Most opinion polls prior to the election had predicted a comfortable Labour victory, and had put Labour 12.4% ahead of the Conservatives.
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 UK general election, 1997 : 1997 general election (UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The 1997 UK general election brought the first change in UK Government for 18 years.
The defeated Conservative candidate challenged the result, forcing a by-election which was won by the Liberal Democrats with a much larger majority.
John Brown is not dead; Northern States gird themselves for the great Presidential Abraham Lincoln shall tenant the White House, it is evident that Northern States month.html">month by month are brought to the sure which they fight, and as through long disappointment and bravest sons they steadily press to victory under the.
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 Vaal Triangle Info Encylopedia - United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In Northern Ireland, the election was dominated in the unionist community by a battle between the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to be the region's largest unionist party in Parliament.
The big shock of the election came in South Belfast where the SDLP won the traditionally unionist seat, aided by a split between the two big unionist parties.
SourceWatch's article on the 2005 UK general election - with a focus on the strategists and public relations experts involved in the campaigns of the various parties.
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 Guide to History Resources on the Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
General: Eighteenth Century Compiled by Jack Lynch, the Eighteenth-Century history resources page on the University of Pennslyvania server, is organised into sections on British history, American history, and European History.
Resources: General The Index of Resources for Historians is maintained jointly by the Department of History of the University of Kansas and the Lehrstuhl für Ältere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft der Universität Regensburg.
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 United_Kingdom_general_election,_1923   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The UK general election of 1923 was held on 5th December 1923.
As the election had been fought on the Conservative proposals for tariff reform it was inevitable that they could not retain office and so the first ever Labour government was formed.
Being in a minority it only lasted 10 months and another election was held in 1924.
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 Dedekind   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The general laws that are to be developed do not depend on this at all.
In this quote Dedekind is arguing against Kronecker's objections to the infinite and, therefore, is agreeing with Cantor's views.
The general term 'ring' does not appear, it was introduced later by Hilbert.
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 ipedia.com: United Kingdom general elections Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Members of the Royal Family, including the Queen, are eligible to vote, although in practice it would be seen as unconstitutional if they ever did.
In the UK general elections are generally affairs in which public opinion changes gradually from general election from election.
Until the Prime Minister reacts to the election result, either by deciding to remain on or resign, the Queen has no role.
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 UK General Election, 1880 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
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In the UK general election of 1880, also known as the Midlothian Campaign, the Liberals, led by the fierce oratory of retired former Liberal leader William Gladstone in attacking the supposedly immoral foreign policy of the Disraeli government, secured one of their largest ever majorities, leaving the Conservatives a distant second.
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 Collections - The Welsh Political Archive -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
We are grateful to all those who sent election literature to the Welsh Political Archive during the recent general election campaign.
Our holdings from earlier elections, however, are patchy, and we would much appreciate any literature from election campaigns before 1983.
The Library has purchased a bound volume of papers relating mainly to the general election of 1859 in Merionethshire when David Williams of Castell Deudraeth stood as a Liberal against the sitting Conservative Member, W W E Wynne of Peniarth.
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 Richard Cobden
In 1841 General Election Cobden became the MP for Stockport.
The British public shared the government's enthusiasm for the war and in the 1857 General Election, both Cobden and John Bright lost their seats in Parliament.
By the 1859 General Election the public had forgiven Cobden for his anti-war stance and he was elected to represent Rochdale.
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 Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - John Major
Prior to election to Parliament, was a bank executive with Standard Chartered Bank from 1965 to 1979.
Since the1983 general election he has been a member for Huntingdon.
In 1989 he served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister of Overseas Development from July to October, when he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, a post he held until his being named prime minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service on 28 November 1990.
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 main3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
At the 2001 general election it also promised a vast increase in spending on public services, although this is to be targeted in specific areas, especially education and the National Health Service (NHS).
With the election of the Thatcher government in 1979, the 'market' for the institutional care of older people was opened up.
The general rule is 'the poor of your own town come before the poor of any other town,' but this rule is lifted for the poor of Erez Israel [the land of Israel] who take precedence over all.
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 Articles - United Kingdom general election, 1979   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The administration had been a minority government for most of its term, and from March 1977 to August 1978 the government had reached an agreement with the Liberal Party, in a so-called Lib-Lab Pact.
Callaghan had been tempted to call an election in the autumn of 1978, which it is likely he would have won, albeit with a small majority.
See also MPs elected in the UK general election, 1979.
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 History of the Monarchy > The Hanoverians > Victoria
In foreign policy, the Queen's influence during the middle years of her reign was generally used to support peace and reconciliation.
After the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the government of India was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown with the position of Governor General upgraded to Viceroy, and in 1877 Victoria became Empress of India under the Royal Titles Act passed by Disraeli's government.
She much preferred the Marquess of Hartington, another statesman from the Liberal party which had just won the general election.
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 Sphæra issue no. 11: article 8
It was under the leadership of Acland that a sweeping programme of reform of Oxford scientific education took place, centred around a new institution, the Oxford Museum, now the University Museum of Natural History.
Following his election to the Slade chair of Fine Arts in 1869, Ruskin occupied a room in the Acland house, before moving into Corpus Christi College.
John Carbutt was the first to produce a photographic emulsion on celluloid in the early 1880s, and, although Miss Acland's comment in this instance probably refers to a glass plate, she also took at least one photograph of Ruskin on film on the same occasion.
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 Ymgyrchu! - The Ballot Box - Elections - 1906 and the Liberal Party
The Liberal Party won an astounding victory in the 1906 General Election.
The Liberal Party was founded in June 1859 when Whigs, supporters of Peel and Radicals came together in London to fight for freedom of conscience and civil rights and to oppose the Conservative Party.
It became the third party in British politics and by the time of the 1950 General Election it only had nine MPs in Britain, five of whom were from Wales.
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 The Archives of Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916
With Beresford's help a transit instrument by Thomas Jones of London was installed in 1827, a mural circle by Jones in 1831, and a 15-inch Grubb reflector in 1835.
Meanwhile he secured contributions in memory of Robinson to help pay for a 10-inch equatorial by Grubb, which was installed in 1885.
(100pp) M105 Dreyer's copy of the New general catalogue of nebulae and clusters of stars annotated by the author with all corrections known to him, 1888.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1859 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
United Kingdom general election, 1859 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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