1951 UK general election

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:cause Labour government called early election due to slim majority
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 321
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 48.0%
gptkbp:conservativeLeader gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:conservativePopularVote 13,717,851
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 25 October 1951
gptkbp:heldDuringMonarch gptkb:George_VI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1951 UK general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 295
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 48.8%
gptkbp:labourPopularVote 13,948,385
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkbp:liberalLeader gptkb:Clement_Davies
gptkbp:liberalPopularVote 730,556
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 6
gptkbp:liberalVoteShare 2.5%
gptkbp:majoritySeats 313
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1955_UK_general_election
gptkbp:notableAchievement Labour won more votes but fewer seats than Conservatives
gptkbp:notableFor Last UK general election in which a party won the most votes but lost the election
Winston Churchill returned as Prime Minister
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Clement_Davies
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:39th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1950_UK_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 625
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 82.6%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Belfast_North
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5