British General Elections Since 1945

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_General_Elections_Since_1945

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:coalitionMembers	gptkb:2010-2015_Conservative-Liberal_Democrat_coalition
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved	monarch on advice of Prime Minister
gptkbp:firstElection	gptkb:1945_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:fixedTermParliamentsAct	2011-2022
gptkbp:frequency	variable (typically every 4-5 years)
gptkbp:highestTurnout	gptkb:1950_United_Kingdom_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British General Elections Since 1945
gptkbp:hungParliament	gptkb:1974_February_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:2010_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:largestMajority	gptkb:1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_(Labour)
gptkbp:lastElection	gptkb:2019_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:lowestTurnout	gptkb:2001_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:1945_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:1979_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:1997_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:2010_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:2015_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:2017_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:2019_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notablePrimeMinistersElected	gptkb:Boris_Johnson gptkb:Clement_Attlee gptkb:David_Cameron gptkb:Gordon_Brown gptkb:Harold_Wilson gptkb:Liz_Truss gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher gptkb:Rishi_Sunak gptkb:Tony_Blair gptkb:Winston_Churchill gptkb:Harold_Macmillan gptkb:John_Major gptkb:Edward_Heath gptkb:Theresa_May James Callaghan
gptkbp:numberOfElections	20
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency	650 (as of 2019)
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Conservative_Party gptkb:Labour_Party gptkb:Liberal_Democrats gptkb:Liberal_Party gptkb:Green_Party gptkb:Ulster_Unionist_Party gptkb:Scottish_National_Party gptkb:Plaid_Cymru gptkb:Sinn_Féin gptkb:Democratic_Unionist_Party gptkb:Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party gptkb:UK_Independence_Party
gptkbp:stateElectorate	British citizens aged 18 and over
gptkbp:type	parliamentary
gptkbp:votingSystem	first-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sir_David_Butler
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7