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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.
The elections were also marked by apathy from the voting public, turnout being only 59%, the lowest since 1918.
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.
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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.
1997 election 2001 election 2005/6 election The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as "the quiet landslide" by the media.
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 Encyclopedia: 2005 UK general election
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 UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives.
The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and 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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However the instability resulting from Thatcher's removal and the significantly reduced Conservative majority from the 1992 UK general election, which most commentators expected him to lose, proved to be overwhelming.
The 1997 UK general election saw the Labour Party sweep the Conservatives out of power after eighteen years of government, in a landslide victory that resulted in John Major resigning for the final time as leader of the Conservatives.
Iain Duncan Smith is a strong eurosceptic; although he supports continued membership in the European Union, he opposes the UK ever joining the Euro, unlike his predecessor William Hague, who opposed joining the Euro for the term of the next parliament, without absolutely ruling out joining it in the future.
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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, 1987 : 1987 UK general election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The general election of June 11, 1987 was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives.
The Conservative government had survived the industrial disputes with the mine workers (1984-85) and the print unions (1985-86), the 1986 Westland problems had been put aside with the loss of Michael Heseltine and Leon Brittan[?] and the economy was performing well.
The SDP and the Liberals renewed their Alliance and continued to split the non-Conservative vote; neither Alliance leader (David Owen and David Steel) could agree to support either one of the major parties in the event of a hung parliament[?].
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 United Kingdom General Election, 2009/10 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The previous election in the UK was the general election of 2005 held on 5 May 2005.
There are currently 646 seats in the house, although the number of constituencies and their boundaries will change from those used at the previous general election, especially in England and Wales where a ten-year review is due for completion in 2007.
With both Tony Blair and Michael Howard having declared their intention to stand down before the next general election, it will be the first general election since 1979 in which both of the two main parties have leaders who are contesting their first general election as leader.
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 Encyclopedia: United Kingdom general election, 2001
In Northern Ireland, the election was far more dramatic and marked a move 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).
These were as follows: The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997.
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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 Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
Sat for Antrim from the general election of 1921 until 1929, and for the Larne division from 1929 until he was appointed County Court Judge for County Tyrone on 29th April 1937.
Sat for Mid Londonderry from the general election of 1945 until the general election of 1953, and for the Foyle Division of Londonderry from the general election of 1953 until the general election of 1969 when he was defeated.
Sat for Belfast, Oldpark from the general election of 1949 until the general election of 1958 when he was defeated, and for Belfast, Clifton from the byelection of 28th May 1959 until the general election of 1969 when he was defeated.
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The Conservative Party was seeking to regain seats captured by both Labour and the Liberal Democrats in the 1997 election, and to replace Labour as the majority party.
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.
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 Unionist parties.
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 British Governments and Elections Since 1945
This table is a summary of British general election results since 1945, and gives the seats, majorities, and percentage votes obtained by the major parties, together with the current party leaders and number of lost deposits.
Detailed constituency election results, together with aggregate data, may be accessed by clicking on some of the election dates.
It is hoped gradually to extend this to all the elections.
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 UK General Election, 1931 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday.
The election was held in the middle of the Great Depression.
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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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 History of the Monarchy > The Hanoverians > Victoria
With time, the private urgings of her family and the flattering attention of Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880, the Queen gradually resumed her public duties.
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.
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 General Elections 1760-1880
Although general elections had to take place every seven years and also on the death of a monarch, they were held at other times too.
Until 1768, Ireland had held general elections only on the death of the monarch.
In 1768 Grafton's ministry passed the Octennial Act for Ireland, allowing general elections every eight years.
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 United Kingdom General Election, 2005 Information - Articles Free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Conservatives claimed that their increased number of seats showed disenchantment with the Labour government and was a precursor of a Conservative breakthrough at the next election.
They pointed in particular to the 2005 election being the first at which Labour lost seats and Liberals/Liberal Democrats gained them, and to the fact that they were now in second place in roughly 190 constituencies.
The new Parliament met on May 11 for the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons.
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 Articles - United Kingdom general election, 1979   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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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 United Kingdom general election, 1868 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
United Kingdom general election, 1868 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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At the general election of 1868 he first solicited the suffrages of the electors of Nottingham, when he came forward, in conj unction with Mr.
He continued to represent the borough until 1874, when he retired from the representation, for reasons which were perfectly justifiable.
At the last election, in April of 1880, he was returned at the head of the poll by a majority, which showed that the people of Nottingham had long been anxious again to have him as their representative.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1874 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
United Kingdom general election, 1874 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 United Kingdom General Election results since 1832
UK General Elections since 1832 UK General Elections since 1832
Complete results are available here for those years highlighted in red
Otherwise, links are to summary results on the Spartacus site and Adam Carr's Election Archive
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18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day)
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note: for the 9 November 2003 election, the number of congressional seats increased from 113 to 158
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