1Who won the 1951 general election?
Churchill and Conservatives
2Who won the 1955 general election?
Anthony Eden and Conservatives
3Who won the 1959 general election?
Harold Macmillan and Conservatives
4Who won the 1964 general election?
Harold Wilson and Labour
5When did Douglas-Home replace Macmillan?
1963, through 'emergence' and as a compromise candidate
6When did Wilson become leader of Labour?
1963
7How was Macmillan's govt dominated by the establishment?
40% ministers related to him by marriagew
8What was Macmillan's nickname and why?
'Supermac' he was a skilful manipulator of the media and appeared unflappable under pressure
91951 GE results by vote percentage
Conservatives: 48%
Labour: 48.8%
Liberals: 2.5%
101951 GE results by seat share
20 seat majority for C
111955 GE results by vote percentage
Conservatives: 49.7%
Labour: 46.4%
Liberals: 2.7%
121955 GE results by seat share
62 majority for C
131959 GE results by vote percentage
Conservatives: 48.8%
Labour: 44.6%
Liberals: 6%
141959 GE results by seat share
101 majority for C
151964 GE results by vote percentage
Conservatives: 41.9%
Labour: 47.9%
Liberals: 8.5%
161964 GE results by seat share
98 majority for Labour
17When was the Suez Crisis?
October 1956
18When was the CND formed?
1958
19When and what was Macmillan's 'Night of the Long Knives'?
1962, Macmillan dismisses 1/3 of his cabinet including Selwyn Lloyd
20When did National Service end?
1959-60
21When and what was the Bermuda Conference?
1957, a meeting between Eisenhower and Macmillan to rebuild the Special Relationship; the pair had fought together in the war
22When and what was the Nassau Conference?
1962, meeting between Kennedy and Macmillan
23When was the sterling crisis? How did Thorneycroft respond?
1957; Thorneycroft wanted to respond with monetarist policies, but these were rejected
24Run on the pound
A term describing a rapid fall in the value of the pound in international currency markets, especially in relation to the US dollar, in part due to a loss of confidence in that value
25What was the cause of the sterling crisis?
Britain's poor performance in dealing with the Suez Crisis
26Life Peers Bill
1957 Positions in the Lords would not be inherited by their children
27Homicide Act
1957, Only six types of murder made punishable by death.
28What was Maudling's approach to the economy?
A 'dash for growth'
29What conferences divided and united Labour on the policy of nuclear disarmament?
Scarborough in 1960 (in which Gaitskell lost), and Blackpool in 1961 (in which he won)
30When did Gaitskell become leader of Labour?
1955, after beating Bevan
31When and what was the 'Bevanite quarrel'?
1951; Bevan resigned as Minister of Labour over the Labour government's decision to introduce charges for prescriptions
32When was the first atomic bomb tested in Britain?
1952
33What did Macmillan do during his time as housing minister?
Fulfilled and even surpassed the goal of 300,000 houses per year
34How did Labour respond to Suez? What was the effect?
Gaitskell condemned it, but lost some working-class voters as a result
35What did Gaitskell do in 1959 that was unpopular with Labour?
Proposed the removal of Labour's 'socialist clause,' but it was never taken to vote due to its unpopularity
36How was Labour divided up to the 1960s?
Right - Gaitskellites
Left - Bevanites
37Who was Frank Cousins?
The leader of the Transport and the General Workers Unions from 1956 and was antagonistic to Gaitskell's power
38Who was Jo Grimmond?
Leader of the Liberal Party from 1956, uniting the party through his skilful leadership and attracting young members to the party through his modern policies
39Why were the Conservatives so popular?
Largely due to the Opposition not providing a viable alternative and Liberals being a relatively unrecognised party
40What was Labour's slogan against the Conservatives in 1964?
'Thirteen Wasted Years'
41UK Atomic Energy Authority
1954, organisation of nuclear deterrent
42Profumo Affair
1963, The British Secretary of State for War has a relationship with a showgirl, and then lies when questioned about it before the House of Commons. When the truth came out, it led to his own resignation and undermined the credibility of the Prime Minister