The British General Election of 1959

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_General_Election_of_1959
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 365
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 8 October 1959
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The British General Election of 1959
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 258
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkb:Hugh_Gaitskell
gptkb:Jo_Grimond
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 6
gptkbp:number_of_seats_in_House_of_Commons 630
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:business
housing
nuclear weapons
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm 1959–1964
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_1955
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:successor gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_1964
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.7%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_David_Butler
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7