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	United Kingdom general elections - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
		United Kingdom general elections are the elections held when the Members of Parliament (MPs) forming the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are elected.
		General elections are run under a first-past-the-post election system, in terms of the number of MPs from a particular party.
		In the UK general elections are usually affairs in which public opinion changes gradually from general election from election.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/United_Kingdom_general_election (1555 words)

	United Kingdom general elections Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Candidates aim to win an election in a particular geographic constituency in the UK, and almost all are members of of a political party.
		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 generally affairs in which public opinion changes gradually from general election from election.
	www.umiya.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/u/un/united_kingdom_general_elections.html (1015 words)

	United Kingdom general election, 2001 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		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.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2001 (459 words)

	United Kingdom general elections: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about United Kingdom general elections
		United Kingdom general elections are the times when the Members of Parliament forming the British House of Commons are elected.
		General elections must take place at least every five years.
		UK citizens who have moved abroad remain eligible to vote for 15 years thereafter.
	www.encyclopedian.com /un/United-Kingdom-general-elections.html (981 words)

	United Kingdom general election, 1935 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The UK general election held on 14th November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Stanley Baldwin.
		Labour, under what was internally regarded as the caretaker leadership of Clement Attlee, made large gains over their very poor position in the 1931 general election, but the Liberals lost further ground.
		The major election issues were the continuing unemployment problems and the role of the League of Nations, particularly as regarded Japan.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1935 (264 words)

	United Kingdom general election, October 1974 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974.
		It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year.
		It was at this election that the Scottish National Party secured their best ever representation inside the House of Commons, 11 MPs.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1974_(October) (176 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		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.
	www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html (16146 words)

	United Kingdom general election, 1987 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		She was the first leader since Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool to win three successive elections although this has since been matched by Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.
		The Conservative government had survived the industrial disputes with mine workers (1984–85) and 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_general_election,_1987 (357 words)

	West Belfast (constituency) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		He previously held the seat between UK general election, 1983 and UK general election, 1992 when he lost it to Joe Hendron of the Social Democratic and Labour Party but regained it in UK general election, 1997.
		In the UK general election, 1966 the seat was won by Gerry Fitt of the Republican Labour Party.
		In the UK general election, 1987 Adams narrowly held his seat, but lost it in the UK general election, 1992 amidst a strong tactical voting campaign in favour of Joe Hendron of the Social Democratic and Labour Party by unionists in the Shankill Road area of the constituency.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /UK-Parliamentary-constituencies/West-Belfast-(constituency).html (988 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - Elections - Procedures at a General Election
		The decision whether to combine elections for those elections which are not automatically required by law to be combined rests with the respective returning officers for the elections concerned.
		In the event of a general election and ordinary local elections being held on the same day, any parish or community council elections scheduled for polling that day must by law be postponed for three weeks from the date of the poll.
		A candidate reported by an Election Court as personally guilty of an illegal practice is also subject to an incapacity for seven years of being elected to or sitting in the House of Commons for the constituency for which the election was held.
	www.dca.gov.uk /elections/ge2001/procedures/02.htm (4783 words)

	United Kingdom general election, 1997 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		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.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1997 (482 words)

	United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		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.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1924 (141 words)

	OFF THE TELLY: Factual/Election Television/Good Morning Prime Minister
		During the 1951 election, however, average audiences for radio broadcasts fell, and not just because, as political academic David Butler wrote at the time, "far more people are away from their firesides in a clement October than in a less temperate February".
		Nonetheless the 1955 election broadcast was considered a great success and was notable for the first appearance of the swingometer, briefly demonstrated by David Butler.
		Maybe a closer election, with a smaller majority held by the party in government, would help, but the general cynicism of the public seems to have got through to the broadcasters this year.
	www.offthetelly.co.uk /factual/election/primeminister.htm (3666 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		Independence from the UK was approved in 1960 with constitutional guarantees by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot minority.
		Spain and the UK are discussing the issue of Gibraltar and have set the goal of reaching an agreement by mid-2002.
		Democratic elections in 1974 and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy; Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992).
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15472 words)

	Regionalism in the UK
		By the autumn of 1993, the UK government was forced publicly to announce a reversal of policy and a strengthening of the regional offices of central government departments such as the environment and employment ministries (see White, 1993b).
		The UK government did not oppose the creation of this new quango, having other more important fish to fry in the treaty negotiations, but it proved surprisingly resistant to demands from the House of Commons that all twenty-four UK representatives should be drawn from elected local government councillors.
		Economic differences between the UK regions have also led to striking divergences in the behaviour of the housing market between the regions in the 1980s and 1990s, the boom of the former especially in the south and east being followed by a major bust.
	www.intellectbooks.com /europa/number4/philip.htm (7988 words)

	United Kingdom general elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of United Kingdom general elections since 1802.
		For by-election results see List of UK by-elections.
		For information on UK elections in general, see Elections in the United Kingdom.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_elections (192 words)

	BBC Politics 97
		After his narrow victory in the general election of 1964, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson needed to call another election as soon as possible in the hope of increasing his majority from five to a figure substantial enough to govern.
		Wilson soon chose 1966 as the year for the next general election, believing he needed to wait while the country's appetite grew ready for a second political battle.
		After Labour's crucial and unexpected by-election victory in Hull North in January 1966, a general election could never be far away.
	www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/background/pastelec/ge66.shtml (859 words)

	General Election Results 1885-1979
		The figures given here for elections from 1885 to 1945 differ from those in F.W.S. Craig’s “British Electoral Facts” because they are adjusted for votes cast in the two-member seats.
		Change % No figures for vote change can be given for the 1922 general election because of the secession of the Irish Free State, and the existence of the Coalition in 1918.
		Constitutionalists This label was used by a number of right-wing Liberals in the 1924 general election who wanted to distance themselves from the party’s temporary support for the Labour Government.
	www.election.demon.co.uk /geresults.html (687 words)

	SN 1799 -UK General Election Results, 1955-1970 and Associated Information
		Results of U.K. parliamentary general elections between 1955 and 1970 arranged by constituency and accompanied by certain other information.
		The electorate at each election is included along with two variables identifying the winning and second-placed party in each constituency.
		UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ.
	www.data-archive.ac.uk /findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=1799 (187 words)

	UK General Election 1955: voting results and statistics
		UK General Election 1955: voting results and statistics
		A total of 1,409 candidates stood in the election, and for the first time, there were no unopposed candidates.
		Copies of party election manifestos are available for the Conservative, Labour, and Liberal parties
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/ge55/results.htm (324 words)

	BBC Politics 97
		When he entered Number 10, Labour were 13 points ahead in the opinion polls and by the time election was called the Conservatives enjoyed a seven point lead.
		Clement Attlee retired as the leader of the Labour Party in 1955 after Labour's second successive general election defeat.
		And with the country feeling the effects of a generous budget, Macmillan set the date for the election as 8 October 1959.
	www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/background/pastelec/ge59.shtml (737 words)

	wiki/UK general election, 1900 Definition / wiki/UK general election, 1900 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The UK general election of 1900 was from 25th September - 24th OctoberOctober 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining.
		Conservative and Liberal UnionistsThe Liberal Unionists were a British political party which split away from the Liberals in 1886, and had effectively merged with the Conservatives by the turn of the century, the formal merger being completed in 1912.
		United Kingdom general electionsUnited Kingdom general elections are the times when the Members of Parliament forming the House of Commons are elected.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/UK_general_election,_1900 (277 words)

	UK general election, 1955 Definition / UK general election, 1955 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		UK general election, 1955 Definition / UK general election, 1955 Research
		The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on May 26May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years).
		[click for more], 1955, four years after the previous general election.
	www.elresearch.com /UK_general_election,_1955 (145 words)

	United Kingdom general election, 1951 - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
		The 1951 election was held soon after the UK general election, 1950, which Labour won, but got an unusable majority.
		They called an election on October 25, 1951, hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the Conservative Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17.
		The article about United Kingdom general election, 1951 contains information related to United Kingdom general election and 1951.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/UK_general_election,_1951 (120 words)

	SN 3061 -British General Election Results, 1955-1992
		To visualize and analyse the evolution of the post-ward British Electoral System and to provide a basis for projecting plausible future election results on the record of past precedent.
		The vote in each seat for each party at each election; which seats remained roughly constant over time.
		The vote and electorate in each parliamentary constituency for each of the main parties for each election between 1955 and 1992 in the United Kingdom.
	www.data-archive.ac.uk /findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=3061 (205 words)

	News & Analysis: Blair's Bloody Nose: Britain's General Election And The Power Of The Anti-War Vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		One week after the British General Election, the dust is settling, and it is clear that the war on Iraq was a major factor in the Labour Party's humbling loss of seats and votes.
		It is a peculiarity of the British 'first past the post' system of elections that the Labour Party received only 3 per cent more of the vote than the runner-up in the election, the Conservatives (35.2 to 32.3 per cent), but received nearly twice as many seats as them (355 to 197).
		However, during the election campaign, commentators (and Labour politicians) asserted constantly that the war on Iraq was a fringe issue with little significance for the election.
	electroniciraq.net /news/1959.shtml (4264 words)

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