Politics 1951-64

Prime Ministers
1. 1951Churchill
  1. 1951 Election Results
    1. 295 Labour
      1. 48.8%
    2. 321 Conservative seats
      1. 48.0% (GPTP)
2. 1955- Eden
  1. 1955 Election Results
    1. 345 Conservatives seats
      1. 49.7%
    2. 277 Labour seats
      1. 46.4% of votes
3. 1956 Macmillan
  1. 1963 Resigned
  2. 1959 Election Results
    1. 365 Conservative Seats
      1. 48.8%
    2. 258 Labour seats
      1. 44.6%
Proflies
1. Churchill
  1. War PM
  2. 51-55
2. Eden
  1. Churchill's War Foreign Secretary
  2. Acting PM 51-55
  3. PM 55-57
3. Butler
  1. Best PM never had
  2. 1944 Education Act
  3. Chancellor 51-55
4. Macmillan
  1. Churchill's Military Liaison Officer (War)
  2. Churchill's housing minister
  3. Foreign Secretary for Eden
  4. 57-63 Prime Minister
Definitions
1. Post-war Consensus
  1. Mixed economy: state involvement and private enterprise
  2. NHS & Welfare state
  3. Full Employment
2. One Nation Conservatives
  1. All classes have obligation to one another; responsibility for better-off to ensure well being of worse- off
Domestic Policies
1. 1951- Promise 300,000 homes P/A
2. 1944- Butler Act (tripartite school system)
3. 1956- Clean Air act
4. 1957- Homicide act
5. 1957- Wolfenden Commission suggested gay= ok
6. Housing and Factory acts
Labour Divisions
1. Bevan
  1. Atlee's minister of health
  2. NHS architect
  3. Resigned '51- Prescription fees
2. Gaitskell
  1. Chancellor of Exchequer 1950-51
  2. Introduced prescription charges
  3. Labour leader '55

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