The 1951 General Election
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- Created on: 12-03-18 09:29
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- Why Conservatives Won the 1951 Election
- Reasons For Conservative Victory
- Revitalised Party Image
- Lord Woolton reorganised local structure and finances
- Young and enthusiastic candidates at election
- Revitalised Party Image
- Reasons For Labour Defeat
- Electoral System (First Past The Post)
- Labour had 200,000 more of the vote than the Conservatives
- Labour lost because FPTP means a MP has to win one more vote than the second placed candidate to win
- Divided Party
- Labour were Divided over foreign policy and the NHS
- Socialists (Left wing of the party) wanted more state support for the party
- Labour's Policies towards the end of their term
- Labour's belief Britian was to be involved in the Cold War. Saw USSR as major enemy, USA as major ally
- 1950 - Unwanted British involvement in the Korean War. Criticism from both Conservative and Labour MP's
- Electoral System (First Past The Post)
- Conservatives Won the 1951 Election, Meaning they would remain in Govt. until 1964
- Reasons For Conservative Victory
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