| 1874.Nov.30 | | Birth of British Conservative Prime Minister (1940-45 and 1951-55) Sir Winston Churchill
Awarded the Nobel Prize in (1953) |
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| 1924 | | Labour and Liberals defeat the Conservatives on a confidence motion. Labour ministers are appointed with Liberal support |
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| 1931 | | Sterling crisis in the summer splits the government
MacDonald forms a coalition with the Conservatives and Liberals - in the election Labour is nearly wiped out |
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| 1950.Feb.24 | | Labour wins general election by only 13 seats (losing most of its majority), returning Clement Attlee as PM
Labour 315 seats, Conservative 298, Liberals 9 |
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| 1951 | | General election: Labour loses office despite polling more votes than the Conservatives |
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| 1955 | | Attlee resigns as leader of the Labour Party after the Conservative majority increases. Gaitskell elected as the new leader |
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| 1957.Oct.30 | | Plans to reform the House of Lords including creation of male and female life peerages and expenses to be paid to peers announced by Conservative Leader of the House, Lord Home |
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| 1959.Oct.09 | | General Election: third consecutive Conservative election victory on the back of prosperity, Harold Macmillan becomes PM
Conservatives 365 seats, Labour 258, Liberals 6 |
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| 1963.Oct.18 | | Scottish Earl, Lord Home, wins the leadership of the Conservative Party and becomes Prime Minister |
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| 1964.Oct.15 | | General Election: Labour by a very narrow majority after 13 years of Conservative rule. Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister
Labour 317 (+59); Conservative 304 (-61); Liberal 9 (+3); others 0 (-1) |
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| 1966.Mar.31 | | General Election: Labour win with a near-100 seat majority through the popularity of Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Labour 364; Conservative 253; Liberal 12; Republican Labour Party 1 |
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| 1970.Jun.18 | | Recovery of the Labour goverment\\\'s popularity after 3 years of discontent leads PM Wilson to call an election which is unexpectedly won by the Conservatives led by Edward Heath
Conservative 330 (30-seat majority); Labour 288; Liberal 6; Republican Labour Party 1; Scottish National Party 1
Poor economic figures released just before the election tipped the balance decisively towards the Conservatives |
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| 1974.Feb.28 | | General Election: Heath\'s Conservative government runs into conflict with the National Union of Mineworkers and the PM calls an election resulting in a hung parliament. Labour, led by Wilson, returns after the Liberals refuse to support Heath
Labour 301; Conservative 297; Liberal 14; Scottish National Party 7; Plaid Cymru 2; National Front 1 |
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| 1974.Oct.11 | | General Election: Harold Wilson\'s minority Labour government returned with majority of only three in the year\'s second election
Labour 319 (majority of 3); Conservative 277; Liberal 13; Scottish national party 11; Plaid Cymru 3 |
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| 1979.May.03 | | General Election: Labour loses its commons majority and a vote of confidence. The Conservatives win the election, led by Margaret Thatcher
Conservative 339; Labour 269; Liberal 11; Plaid Cymru 2; Scottish National Party 2 |
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| 1980.Oct.10 | | PM Margaret Thatcher makes her not for turning speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton |
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| 1983 | | General Election: The divided Labour Party loses a lot of ground as the Conservatives win a second term under Margaret Thatcher
Conservative 397; Labour 209; Liberal 17; Social Democratic Party 6; Plaid Cymru 2; Scottish National Party 2 |
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| 1984.Oct.12 | | Brighton\'s Grand Hotel ripped apart by bomb blast aimed at killing the Cabinet attending the Conservative Party Conference |
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| 1986.Oct.26 | | Jeffrey Archer quits as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party after reports in a Sunday newspaper alleging he tried to pay a prostitute to go abroad to avoid a scandal
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| 1987 | | General Election: Despite the modernisation of its image, the Labour Party fails to make much headway in the election and the Conservatives under Margaret thatcher win a third term
Conservative 376; Labour 229; Liberal 22; Social Democratic Party 5 |
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| 1990.Nov.01 | | Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe resign over differences with PM over Europe |
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| 1990.Nov.22 | | Cabinet refuses to back PM Margaret Thatcher in second ballot for leadership of Conservative Party |
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| 1990.Nov.27 | | John Major, aged 47, elected leader of the Conservative Party and becomes Prime Minister |
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| 1992.Apr.09 | | General Election: Conservatives under John Major win an unexpected victory
Conservative 336 (majority 21); labour 271; Liberal Democrat 20; Ulster Unionist 9; Plaid Cymru 4; SDLP 4; DUP 3; Scottish Nationalist Party 3; UPU 1 |
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| 1997.May.01 | | General Election: Labour Party wins by a landslide after 18 years in opposition, Tony Blair becomming Prime Minister
Labour 418; Conservative 165; Liberal Democrat 46; Ulster Unionist 10; Scottish National Party 6; Plaid Cymru 4; SDLP 3; DUP 2; Sinn Fein 2; Independent 1; UKU 1
Tony Blair became Prime Minister at the age of 43 - the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812
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| 2001.Jun.07 | | General Election: Labour win a second landslide victory under Tony Blair
Labour 413 (majority of 167); Conservative 166; Liberal Democrat 52; SNP 5; PCymru 4; others 19 |
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| 2003.Oct.29 | | Conservative Party leader for just over 2 years, Ian Duncan Smith, ousted by 90/75 MPs |
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| 2003.Nov.06 | | Micheal Howard confirmed as new leader of Conservative Party (no other candidates came forward) after ousting of Iain Duncan Smith |
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