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1959 UK general election
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1959_UK_general_election
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won
365
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share
49.4%
gptkbp:conservativeLeader
gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date
8 October 1959
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1959 UK general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won
258
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share
43.8%
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Hugh_Gaitskell
gptkbp:liberalLeader
gptkb:Jo_Grimond
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon
6
gptkbp:liberalVoteShare
5.9%
gptkbp:location
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:majoritySeats
316
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:1964_UK_general_election
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:parliament
gptkb:42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition
gptkb:1955_UK_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister
gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:seatingCapacity
630
gptkbp:thirdPlace
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:voterTurnout
78.7%
gptkbp:votingSystem
first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won
gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Belfast_North
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5