UK general election 1959

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UK_general_election_1959

GPTKB entity

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:Labour_Party_seats_won	258
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share	43.8%
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Harold_Macmillan gptkb:Hugh_Gaitskell gptkb:Jo_Grimond
gptkbp:Liberal_Party_vote_share	5.9%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon	6
gptkbp:majoritySeats	316
gptkbp:nextEdition	gptkb:UK_general_election_1964
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:parliament	gptkb:42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:UK_general_election_1955
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	630
gptkbp:thirdPlace	gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:type	parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout	78.7%
gptkbp:votingSystem	first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won	gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Islington_North_constituency
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	UK general election 1959