Case Study Election: 1951

Question 1

Turnout

Answer 1

83%
“These days we realise to vote is our duty”

Question 2

How many seats did Conservatives win?

Answer 2

321 seat
48% of vote

Question 3

Division in Labour

Answer 3

Gaitskell v Bevan
Over NHS prescriptions

Question 4

Liberals - constituencies stood in

Answer 4

Only 109 (in comparison to 475 in 1950)
Helped Conservatives mostly

Question 5

Majority of Labour before election

Answer 5

Only 5

Question 6

Conservative’s manifesto

Answer 6

Accepted the creation and future of the NHS
Pledged to “prune waste”
Promised to reduce rationing

Question 7

Conservative campaign slogan

Answer 7

“Britain needs the right man at the helm”

Question 8

Personal Conservative Campaign

Answer 8

Churchill greeted media campaigns in his own garden
Focus was placed on Churchill’s WW2 experience - country becoming involved in The Korean War

Question 9

Who got popular vote?

Answer 9

Labour
49% of vote

Question 10

Class: non-manual

Answer 10

75% Con
22% Lab

Question 11

Class: manual

Answer 11

34% Con
63% Lab

Question 12

Two party vote

Answer 12

97%

Question 13

Gender: Men

Answer 13

46% Con
51% Lab

Question 14

Gender: Women

Answer 14

54% Con
42% Lab

Question 15

Region: England

Answer 15

49% Con
49% Lab

Question 16

Region: Scotland

Answer 16

49% Con
48% Lab

Question 17

Region: Wales

Answer 17

31% Con
61% Lab