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The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by incumbent Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, narrowly losing to the Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson; Labour secured a parliamentary majority of four seats and ended its thirteen years in opposition since the 1951 election.
Harold Wilson led Labour to a tiny majority over the Conservatives, who had been in power for 13 years. The campaign focused on economic issues, the Profumo affair and the Common Market, while the Liberals campaigned for federalism.
16 de may. de 2020 · Watch the programme from 15 October 1964, when Labour won a slim majority and ended 13 years of Conservative rule. See analysis, interviews and commentary by leading political figures and experts.
This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1964 general election, held on 15 October 1964. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Geoffrey Howe , Roy Hattersley , Shirley Williams , Peter Shore , Robert Maxwell , Brian Walden , Alan Williams , Anthony Meyer , Alf Morris ...
The 1964 United Kingdom general election happened on 15 October 1964. This was five years after the previous election. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by the current Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home losing. The Labour Party won the election.
In the run-up to the 1964 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1959 to polling day on 15 October 1964, are listed in this article.
17 de sept. de 2007 · [1] The general election of 1959 took place on 8 October. The other occasion in peacetime that a parliament lasted its full duration was that of 1992–97. Clause 7 of the Parliament Act, 1911 specified five years as the time fixed for the maximum duration, replacing the seven years that had been established by the Septennial Act, 1715.
