Chapter 4 - conservative domination 1951-64 Flashcards
Why did the Conservatives win the 1951 election.
Conservative strength.
Labour weakness
Liberal decline
Nature of the electoral system
Why did the conservatives dominate for so long between 1951 and 1964?
Economy,
Conservative strong leadership,
Labour weakness
When did Churchill get reelected?
October 1951
When was the steel industry denationalised?
1953
When did Churchill retire as PM and who replaced him?
April 1955 and replaced by Eden.
When did the conservatives under Eden win an election?
May 1955
When was the Suez crisis?
October 1956
When did Macmillan become PM?
January 1957
When and what was the Rent-Act?
July 1957, it removed controls on the renting property in an attempt to create a free market in rented property.
When did Macmillan make his ‘never had it so good speech’?
July 1957
When were the race riots in Notting hill, Nottingham, Bristol and the other parts of London?
1958-89
When did the conservatives under Macmillan win a general election?
October 1959
When was Macmillan’s ‘Wind of Change’ speech?
February 1960
When did Macmillan have a major reshuffle of the cabinet called the ‘Night of the Long Knives’?
July 1962.
When did John Profumo lie to the commons and had to resign?
March 1963.
When did Macmillan retire as PM?
October 1963
When and who replaced Macmillan?
October 1963, Alec Douglas-Home.
