1959 United Kingdom general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 365
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 49.4%
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 8 October 1959
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1959 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 258
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 43.8%
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkb:Hugh_Gaitskell
gptkb:Jo_Grimond
gptkbp:LiberalPartyVoteShare 5.9%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 6
gptkbp:majoritySeats 316
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1964_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1955_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 630
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.7%
gptkbp:voterTurnoutChange +1.9%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kingston_upon_Hull_East
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5