Chapter 5 - key dates and stats

Question 1

What were the results of the 1964 election?

Answer 1

317 seats for Labour, 4 seat majority

Question 2

What were the results of the 1966 election?

Answer 2

363 seats Labour, 47.9%
253 seats Conservative, 41.9%
12 seats Liberal, 8.5%
2 seats other, 1.7%

96 seat Labour majority

Question 3

What was Harold Wilson like as an early Labour MP?

Answer 3

Seemed to be on the Labour Left, resigned over prescription charges in 1950.

Question 4

When did Harold Wilson first challenge Gaitskell for leadership?

Answer 4

1961

Question 5

What was Britain’s growth rate (1950-1973)?

Answer 5

under 3%, less than the USA (4%), W Germany (6%) and Japan (9%)

Question 6

What deficit did Labour inherit?

Answer 6

£800 milliom

Question 7

When did Wilson move George Brown from the DEA to the Foreign Office?

Answer 7

1966

Question 8

When was the DEA abandoned?

Answer 8

1967

Question 9

When were the sterling crises?

Answer 9

1965 and 1966.

Question 10

When did the Six Day War break out in the Middle East?

Answer 10

June 1967

Question 11

When was the major dock strike break out?

Answer 11

August 1967

Question 12

What did the government do in response to the oil supply disruption?

Answer 12

They devalued the pound, dropping by 14% to $2.40 USD

As well as defence cuts and hire purchase restrictions

Question 13

What did Jenkins do as Chancellor?

Answer 13

Used deflation, raising taxes and tightening government spending.

Question 14

When did the government achieve a balance of payment surplus?

Answer 14

1969

Question 15

What was inflation running at between 1969 and 1970?

Answer 15

12%

Question 16

What percent of the population had a positive view of unions in the early 1960s?

Answer 16

nearly 60%

Question 17

When was the ‘In Place of Strife’ white paper produced by Barbara Castle?

Answer 17

1969

Question 18

What were the terms of the ‘In Place of Strife’ white paper?

Answer 18

28 day ‘cooling off’ period

government could impose a settlement when unions were in dispute with each other

strike ballots could be imposed

an industrial relations court could prosecute those breaking the rules

Question 19

Who was leader of the TGWU when ‘In Place of Strife’ was released?

Answer 19

Jack Jones, who firmly opposed it

Question 20

How many MPs were against ‘In Place of Strife’?

Answer 20

Around 50 MPs and James Callaghan

Question 21

When did the TUC negotiate a compromise with the government?

Answer 21

June 1969

Question 22

When did Tony Benn become minister of technology, from when it rapidly improved?

Answer 22

1966

Question 23

When was Northern Ireland created?

Answer 23

1922

Question 24

When was the Irish War of Independence?

Answer 24

1919-1921

Question 25

How was Ireland partitioned?

Answer 25

26 counties to the Irish Free State, 6 counties remained with Britain.

Question 26

When did civil rights movements start to challenge anti-catholic discrimination in NI?

Answer 26

1964

Question 27

When were civil rights marches held, which were attacked by Loyalists?

Answer 27

1968

Question 28

When did the Apprentice Boys march on Bogside, where they were attacked by nationalists?

Answer 28

1969

Question 29

How long did the rioting in Bogside, after the Apprentice Boys march, continue for?

Answer 29

For two days

Question 30

What did Stormont concede on as a result of increased tensions in the late 60s?

Answer 30

Housing and electoral boundaries

Question 31

When did Harold Wilson send in British Army troops?

Answer 31

August 1969

Question 32

When did Enoch Powell make his 'rivers of blood' speech?

Answer 32

1968

Question 33

When was Enoch Powell sacked from the Shadow Cabinet by Edward Heath, as a result of his stance on immigration?

Answer 33

1968

Question 34

What were the results of the 1970 election?

Answer 34

330 seats Conservative, 46.4% 287 seats Labour, 43.0% 6 seats Liberal, 7.5% 7 seats other, 3.1% Overall 30 seat Conservative majority