Chapter 1 - Conservative governments key dates and stats Flashcards
When was Winston Churchill PM?
1940-45 and 1951-55
When was Anthony Eden PM?
1955-57
When was Harold Macmillan PM?
1957-63
When was Alec Douglas-Home PM?
1963-64
What were the majorities between 1951-1964?
1951 - 17 seat Con majority
1955 - 60 seat Con majority
1959 - 100 seat Con majority
1964 - 4 seat Labour majority
In the 1951 manifesto, how many houses per year did the Conservatives pledge to build?
300,000 per year
What were the three types of school outlined in the Butler Act of 1944?
Grammar, Secondary Modern and Secondary Vocational
When was the Clean Air Act?
1956 - aimed to prevent smog
When was the Housing Act?
1957 - to tackle slums
When was the Factories Act?
1959 - updated regulations on workplace safety and health
When was the Homicide Act?
1957 - aimed to reduce the number of sentences for which the death penalty was introduced
What was the Wolfenden Commission?
1957 - Advised the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
Who were the two opposing Labour figures?
Hugh Gaitskell (right) and Anuerin Bevan (left)
When was Gaitskell leader of Labour?
1955 (after Attlee resigns) - 1963 (his death)
When did Frank Cousins become leader of the TGWU?
1956
When did Gaitskell announce his opposition to unilateral nuclear disarmament?
1957
When were the divided Labour conferences at Blackpool and Scarborough?
1959 and 1960
When did Macmillan resign as PM?
October 1963
When did Macmillan sack 1/3 of his cabinet?
July 1962
When were George Blake and John Vassal convicted of espionage for the USSR?
1961 and 1962
When was the Profumo Affair?
1963
