General Election 1959

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Election_1959
GPTKB entity
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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
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:General_Election_1964
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Election 1959
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 258
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 43.8%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 6
gptkbp:liberalVoteShare 5.9%
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableLeader1 gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:notableLeader2 gptkb:Hugh_Gaitskell
gptkbp:notableLeader3 gptkb:Jo_Grimond
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:General_Election_1955
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 630
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.7%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pontypridd_constituency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7