1951 Election Flashcards
Who won?
Churchill, conservative
How many houses did conservatives promise to build?
300,000
What did the conservatives promise?
- Red meat, and a move from austerity
- not to undo labour reforms
What was Churchill still seen as?
A war hero
What did Labour fail to build?
200,000 houses a year
What did Labour enforce that was unpopular?
- austerity (rations continued)
- imposed high taxation
Why was Labour divided?
Over issues regarding funding the NHS by imposing charges for prescriptions, glasses and dentists
What war did Labour get Britain involved in? What did this cause?
The Korean War
This caused financial strain
Who resigned over the Labour divisions regarding NHS?
Nye Bevan
What electoral system was used?
The first past the post system
How did first past the post impact the results?
Labour had more votes from the public but the conservatives had more seats,
So the conservative won
How many votes did Labour have vs conservative?
Labour had 48.8% votes
Conservatives had 48% public votes
What happened to the liberal party?
It collapsed and lost 1 million votes
.. so more middle class votes for the conservatives
Where we labour votes concentrated?
In industrial cities
Safe constituencies not marginal
What factors does this look at?
- conservative strength
- labour weakness
- electoral system
