General Election 1955

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Election_1955
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 345
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 26 May 1955
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1959_United_Kingdom_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Election 1955
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 277
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 6
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Clement_Davies
gptkb:Sir_Anthony_Eden
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1951_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Sir_Anthony_Eden
gptkbp:result Conservative Party majority
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 630
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 76.8%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pontypridd_constituency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7