1951-1957

Question 1

1951 October Election

Answer 1

Conservatives 17 seat majority
Churchill PM

Question 2

1955 Election

Answer 2

60 seat majority
Eden PM

Question 3

1959 Election

Answer 3

100 seat majority
(1957 - Macmillan PM)

Question 4

Lord Woolton reorganised Conservative party

Answer 4

1951

Question 5

How many houses did Labour build each year?

Answer 5

200,000

Question 6

How many houses did the Conservatives promise in their manifesto?

Answer 6

300,000/year

Question 7

Feb 1950 Election

Answer 7

Labour majority - only 5 seats
Another election called in October 1951

Question 8

1951 Crisis

Answer 8

Balance of payments askew due to imports for armaments
1951 - £700 million deficit

Question 9

STOP/GO Politics

Answer 9

1951-52 - STOP
1952-55 - GO
1955-59 - GO

Question 10

Monetarism

Answer 10

Thorneycroft - avoid full employment because it leads to inflation, would stop the need for STOP/GO economics

Question 11

Budget 1955

Answer 11

Butler cut taxes before election, then raised them after

Question 12

Labour 1951 Election

Answer 12

Only 109 seats (1950 - 366 seats)

Question 13

1949-50 divisions

Answer 13

Bevan wanted more change and more nationalisation
Morrison wanted consolidation and to hold back on nationalisation
Bevan and Gaitskell (Chancellor) - charges on dentures and spectacles