Summary The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 (election results table)

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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