This is a table summarising all of the election results from for the Making of Modern Britain A-Level History module. Elaborating on who won, against whom, by how much, percentages, etc.
UK General Election Results, 1945-2005
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1. Who won the 1945 election? Clement Attlee - Labour
2. Against? Winston Churchill - Conservatives
3. Percentage of votes won + no. of seats 49.7% - 393 seats
4. Government majority 146
5. Who won the 1950 election? Clement Attlee - Labour
6. Percentage of votes won + no. of seats 46.1% - 315 seats
7. Government majority 5
8. Who won the 1951 election? Winston Churchill - Conservatives
9. Against? Clement Attlee - Labour
10. Percentage of votes won + no. of seats 47.3% - 321 seats
11. Government majority 17
12. Who won the 1955 election? Anthony Eden -Conservatives
13. Percentage of votes won + no. of seats 49.7% - 345 seats
14. Government majority 60
15. Who won the 1959 election? Harold Macmillan - Conservatives
16. Against? Hugh Gaitskell - Labour
17. Percentage of votes won + no. of seats 49.4% - 365
18. Majority 100
19. Who won the 1964 election? Harold Wilson - Labour
20. Against? Alec Douglas-Home - Conserva-
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