Churchill Govt. 1951 - 1955
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- Churchill Govt. 1951 - 1955
- Labour's loss
- Labour was split
- MODERATES Consolidate they should work with what they had
- LEFT Advance, they should do more
- Attlee was Pro USA or anti USSR, worked more with USA
- Britian more dependant on US, USSR more of a threat
- Moderates wanted Britain to join NATO
- Labour was split
- ELECTION RESULTS
- 1950
- LABOUR 315 seats, 46.1%
- CONSERVATIVE 298 seats, 43.5%
- LIBERALS 9 seats, 9.1% of votes
- CONSERVATIVE 298 seats, 43.5%
- LABOUR 315 seats, 46.1%
- 1951
- CONSERVATIVES 321 seats, 48%
- LABOUR 295 seats 48.8%
- LIBERALS 6 seats, 2.5%
- LABOUR 295 seats 48.8%
- CONSERVATIVES 321 seats, 48%
- 1950
- LABOURS DISADANTAGES
- Attlee's government suffered economic difficulty
- Divisions between left and riight
- Losing majority in 1950 made governing harder
- Negative image of rationing and high tax
- Involvement in Korean war angered Left wing
- Vote went up in industrial areas, lower in middle class areas
- CONSERVATIVE ADVANTAGES
- One Nation Conservatism under Lord Woolton, RA Butler new ideas
- Younger Conservative MPs against old Labour
- Attack on Nationalisation of steel and iron
- Moved towards centre of spectrum, gained votes from Working class
- Liberals put forward less candidates 2/3 of Liberal vote went to Conservative
- Conservative gained 1.2 million votes, Labour gained 0.7 million
- ACTIONS 1951 - 1955
- Rationing ended - Reversed
- Steel was denationalised
- Committed to building 300,000 houses a year
- First atomic bomb in 1952
- Queen Elizabeth II , New age
- Kept Labour's aims
- Wanted to expand Welfare state, maintain full employment, keep military defence
- BUTLER & GAITSKELL
- Butler chancellor under Churchill CONSERVATIVE LEFT
- Butler didn't want to increase taxes, Lower interest rates
- Hugh Gaitskell Shadow Chancellor LABOUR RIGHT
- Higher taxes, Higher government spending
- Butler chancellor under Churchill CONSERVATIVE LEFT
- Churchill
- Getting old and fragile
- Out of action for months
- Health was deteriorating
- Labour's loss
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