PowerPoint on the first module of the A Level History course The Making of Modern Britain. This includes all the information necessary to obtain confidence on the section, giving details on the political, cultural, social, and economic changes from . The PowerPoint is 73 slides, giving a full overv...
, 1951 election
Key Words • Wasn’t obvious that there would be
First-past-the-post= Conservative dominance.
system where the • Labour won more votes.
candidate with the most • First-past-the-post system= Conservative
votes wins a seat in won the most seats.
Parliament
• Churchill became new Prime Minister.
,Winston Churchill
• Prime Minister in the war crisis of May 1940.
• Led Britain to victory in WW2.
• After war, he continued to play the role as the worlds statesman-
Conservatives were in opposition.
• 1951-1955 Post War prime minister
, Post war Churchill
• Old man with serious ailments- suffered a stroke in 1953.
• Always thought of himself as an international statesman than
a domestic politician.
• Spent time at holiday spots rather than Downing Street.
• Prioritized preventing new conflict because of nuclear war
dangers.
• Joined the Liberals in 1904 before rejoining the Conservatives-
attempted to persuade Liberals to join his cabinet in the
1950s.
• Eden acted as prime minister in Churchill’s absence- waited for
him to step down.
• Butler, Eden or Macmillan didn’t get along well- 13-year rivalry.
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