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  United Kingdom general election, 1945 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26 July 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.
Held just months after VE Day, it was the first general election to be held since 1935, as general elections had been suspended during World War II.
It resulted in the shock election defeat of the Conservatives led by Winston Churchill and the landslide victory of the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee, who won a majority of 145 seats.
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 Encyclopedia: National Liberal Party (UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media.
Samuel was rescued by a proposal to fight the general election on separate manifestos, but the Liberal Nationals were prepared to repudiate free trade and in doing so two separate groups of Liberals who supported the National Government evolved in the 1931 general election.
After the Labour Party's victory in the 1945 general election, there were renewed attempts but only in London were the two parties reunited at the organisational level.
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 Japan general election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The last general election of the Lower House took place in June 2000 when Yoshiro Mori was Prime Minister.
Poll data collected early in the election season and in exit polls highlight the role of swing voters, who accounted for 18% of the total vote.
During the campaign, the DPJ produced an itemized policy manifesto — a first in post-war Japanese elections — and publicized a "shadow cabinet" (with Naoto Kan as Prime Minister), which is usually created by political parties during election season in the United Kingdom, for example.
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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 election, 1964 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The United Kingdom general election of 1964 result was a very slim majority for the Labour Party, of four seats, and led to their first government since 1951.
The Labour victory was largely due to the increased vote for the Liberals from 5.9% in 1959 to 11.2% which came at the expense of the Conservatives, rather than an increase in the vote for Labour, which was less than its 1959 total.
The majority was unworkable and there had to be another general election in 1966.
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 James Callaghan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer when Labour won the 1964 general election and had to cope with a balance of payments deficit and speculative attacks on Sterling.
In 1983, Callaghan became Father of the House as the longest continuously serving member of the Commons and one of only two survivors of the 1945 general election (Michael Foot was the other but he had been out of the House from 1955 to 1960).
In 1987 he was made a Knight of the Garter and stood down at the 1987 general election after forty-two years as a member of the Commons.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976.
Presidential elections scheduled for 2005 are unlikely to bring change since the opposition remains weak, divided, and financially dependent on the current regime.
Following the elections of a reformist president and Majlis in the late 1990s, attempts to foster political reform in response to popular dissatisfaction have floundered as conservative politicians have prevented reform measures from being enacted, increased repressive measures, and consolidated their control over the government.
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 Archives: ELECTION EPHEMERA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Material is available for the elections in 1945, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 1997.
An election ephemera database has been set up to provide an index to the collections allowing researchers to search by party, date, candidate, constituency, type of election and country or county.
Election ephemera dating from before 1945 or held among the deposited collections can be traced through the main archive database.
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 South Belfast (constituency)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province.
In the UK general election, 1974 (February) the seat was won by Robert Bradford of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party on a united anti-Sunningdale Agreement slate with the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party.
The subsequent by-election garnered much interest as it was expected that the Democratic Unionist Party would take the seat, building on their steady rise which had seen them gain both North Belfast (constituency) and East Belfast (constituency) at the UK general election, 1979.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1979 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics.
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.
They also called on the advertising agency Saatchi and Saatchi to help with their campaign, which was highly influential in the final analysis.
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 United Kingdom Election Results
Election results from the general election of 1983 onwards are in these files in the same order.
European Parliamentary Election in Yorkshire and the Humber region by constituency, 1999.
All GLC election results are linked on this index page, along with results of direct elections to the Inner London Education Authority (1986-90).
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 United_Kingdom_general_election,_2001
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.
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).
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 East Belfast (constituency)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Denny Vitty Democratic Unionist Party In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province.
The seat was consistently held by the UUP until UK general election, 1974 (February) when the sitting MP, Stanley McMaster, defended it as a Pro-Assembly Unionist against a united anti-Sunningdale Agreement coalition which nominated William Craig of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party.
In the UK general election, 1979 the constituency witnessed a very closed three way fight between Peter Robinson of the Democratic Unionist Party, William Craig for the Ulster Unionists and Oliver Napier for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1997 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997.
The election brought the first change in UK Government for 18 years.
The election was fought under new boundaries, with an additional 8 seats across the UK.
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 UNITED KINGDOM GENERAL ELECTION, 1945 FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26_July1945 (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.
Held just months after VE_Day, it was the first general election to be held since 1935, as general elections had been suspended during World_War_II.
It resulted in the shock election defeat of the Conservatives led by Winston_Churchill and the landslide victory of the Labour Party led by Clement_Attlee, who won a majority of 145 seats.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924.
The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin did dramatically better than in the 1923 general election and obtained a large parliamentary majority.
Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, lost a few seats, but the big losers were Herbert Henry Asquith's Liberals who lost 118 of their 158 seats.
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 Encyclopedia: 1983 UK general election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The general election of June 9, 1983 gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945.
In the ensuring by-election the seat was won by an Anti-H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner who then died and was succeeded by an Anti-H-Block Proxy Political Prisoner.
One significant change was the increase in the number of seats allocated to Northern Ireland from 12 to 17.
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In the UK general elections are usually 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 monarch has no role.
Elections in the United Kingdom (including the history of general elections)
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 United Kingdom general election, 1945 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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.
Churchill and the Conservatives are also generally considered to have ran a poor campaign in comparison to Labour; Churchill's statement that Atlee's program would require a Gestapo-esque body to implement is considered to have been particularly poorly-judged.
The welfare state, based on the, proposed a dramatic turn in British social policy, with provisions for nationalized health care, expanded education, national insurance and a new housing policy.
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 UK general election, 1983: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about UK general election, 1983   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
UK general election, 1983: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about UK general election, 1983
Thatcher had been extremely unpopular during her first two years in office but following a swift and decisive victory in the Falklands War and reasonable improvements in the economy her reputation was transformed.
The SDP agreed a pact with the Liberals for the 1983 elections and worked as The Alliance.
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 Scottish National Party - dKosopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With the victory of the Conservatives in the May 4, 1979 general election, the influence of the SNP waned.
In the 1997 general election, the SNP won six seats; due to the Conservative Party's failure to win any seats outside England, this made the SNP the second-largest party in Scotland.
The party only won five seats in the UK general election of 2001, and with the emergence of the Scottish Socialist Party and the Scottish Green Party, the SNP is no longer the sole advocate of Scottish independence.
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 BBC Politics 97
Margaret Thatcher's second election victory in 1983 was one of the most decisive in post-war Britain.
Although Margaret Thatcher was one of the most unpopular Prime Ministers in history during her first years in office, Britain's victory in the Falklands conflict in 1982 radically improved her personal popularity and that of the Conservative Government.
The election of Foot as leader represented a dramatic swing to the left, and served to polarise divisions in an already divided party.
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 UK general election, 1945 Definition / UK general election, 1945 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The British general election of 1945 held on July 5thJuly 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining.
January 7 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.
[click for more], 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general electionsGeneral elections of the United Kingdom are the elections held when the British Members of Parliament ("MPs") forming the House of Commons are elected.
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 BBC Politics 97
The 1945 election marked a watershed in British history.
Churchill was unwilling to dissolve Parliament before the close of the war in the Pacific, but he had little choice when his coalition partners made clear their intentions to go to the country as soon as possible.
The 1945 election was the first to be fought in Britain for ten years.
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