The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after its predecessor, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had first taken power. Results |} Total votes cast 26759729 All parties shown Conservatives include National Liberal Party and Ulster Unionists Votes A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberavon | William Cove | Labour |-| Aberdare | Arthur Probert | Labour|-| Aberdeen North Background Following the Suez Crisis in 1956 Anthony Eden the Conservative Prime Minister became unpopular and resigned the following year A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberavon | John Morris | Labour|-| Aberdare | Arthur Probert | Labour|-| Aberdeen North | Hector A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberavon | John Morris | Labour |-| Aberdare | Arthur Probert | Labour|-| Aberdeen North National opinion poll summary Research Services: 3% swing to Labour (forecast majority of 101National Opinion Polls: 3 A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberavon | John Morris | Labour|-| Aberdare | Arthur Probert | Labour|-| Aberdeen North | Hector Opinion poll summary ORC (Opinion Research Council Conservative lead of 1%Harris (Express Newspapers Labour lead of 2%NOP A |-! Constituency !! MP !! Party|-| Aberavon | John Morris | Labour|-| Aberdare | Arthur Probert | Labour|-| Aberdeen North | Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Both major parties had changed leaders in 1963: after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell, Labour chose Harold Wilson (who was then thought of as being on the party's centre left), and the Conservatives had unexpectedly chosen the Earl of Home as their new leader after Harold Macmillan announced his resignation (Home shortly after disclaimed his title under the Peerage Act 1963 in order to lead the party from the Commons). Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell ( 9 April 1906 &ndash 18 January 1963) was a British politician leader of the Labour Party from 1955 James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (2 July 1903 - 9 October 1995 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 was a British (Maurice Harold Macmillan 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 &ndash 29 December 1986 was a British Conservative Politician The Peerage Act 1963 (1963 c 48 is a significant act in the history of the British Peerage. Macmillan's government had been increasingly unpopular in the mid-term, and Douglas-Home faced a difficult task in rebuilding the party's popularity. Wilson had begun to try to tie the Labour Party to the growing confidence of Britain in the 1960s, arguing that the technological revolution would sweep away restrictive practices on either side of industry. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969

Campaign

The pre-election campaign was prolonged as Douglas-Home delayed calling a general election in order to try to give himself the maximum time to improve the prospects of his party. This is a list of United Kingdom general elections since the first in 1802 The starting gun of the campaign was fired on 15 September 1964 when Douglas-Home saw the Queen and asked for a dissolution of Parliament. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The campaign was dominated by some of the more voluble characters on the political scene: George Brown, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, toured the country making energetic speeches and the occasional gaffe, and Quintin Hogg for the Conservatives responded in kind. George Alfred George-Brown Baron George-Brown, PC (2 September 1914 &ndash 2 June 1985 was a British Politician who served as Deputy Leader of the The word error has different meanings and usages relative to how it is conceptually applied Quintin McGarel Hogg Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC ( 9 October 1907 &ndash 12 October The image of Hogg lashing out at a Harold Wilson poster with his walking stick was one of the most striking of the campaign. Many party speakers, especially at televised rallies, had to deal with hecklers: Sir Alec Douglas-Home in particular was treated very roughly in a meeting at Birmingham. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um

National opinion poll summary

NOP: Lab swing 3. 5% (Lab majority of 12)
Gallup: Lab swing 4% (Lab majority of 23)
Research Services: Lab swing 2. 75% (Con majority of 30)
Daily Express: Lab swing of 1. 75% (Con majority of 60)

Results

The election resulted in a very slim majority for the Labour Party, of four seats, and led to their first government since 1951. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Labour achieved a swing of just over 3% although its own vote rose by only 0. 2%; the Liberal Party won nearly twice as many votes as in 1959, but did so partly by nominating 150 more candidates. Harold Wilson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, replacing Sir Alec Douglas-Home. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (2 July 1903 - 9 October 1995 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 was a British The majority was not sustainable for a full Parliament and Wilson called another general election in 1966. National opinion poll summary Research Services: 3% swing to Labour (forecast majority of 101National Opinion Polls: 3 In particular, the small majority of Wilson's government resulted in its being unable to implement the party's policy of nationalising the steel industry, due to the opposition of two of its back benchers: Woodrow Wyatt and Desmond Donnelly. Woodrow Lyle Wyatt Baron Wyatt of Weeford ( 4 July 1918 &ndash 7 December 1997) was a British Labour Party Politician Desmond Louis Donnelly (16 October 1920 &ndash 3 April 1974 was a British Politician and journalist who was noted for moving from the left to the right

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Harold Wilson, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition. James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The Leader of the Opposition (sometimes known as the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons) in the United Kingdom is the politician who leads

Jo Grimond, leader of the Liberal Party. Joseph "Jo" Grimond Baron Grimond ( 29 July 1913 &ndash 24 October 1993) was a British Politician, leader of The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party

Total votes cast on 15th October 1964: 27,657,148. All parties are shown. Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists and National Liberals. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party Historically the National Liberal Party was a name used by two groups of politicians who had formerly been associated with the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom

Summary of GB vote (excluding Northern Ireland)

Headline Swing: 3. 10% to Labour

Seats Changing Hands

From Conservative to Labour (63 seats): Battersea South, Bolton East, Bradford North, Brighton Kemptown, Buckingham, Bury and Radcliffe, Carlisle, Darlington, Doncaster, Dover, Dulwich, Ealing North, Epping, Glasgow Kelvingrove, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Woodside, Gravesend, Halifax, Heywood and Royton, Hitchin, King's Lynn, Kingston upon Hull North, Liverpool Kirkdale, Liverpool Toxteth, Liverpool Walton, Liverpool West Derby, Luton, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Wythenshawe, Middlesbrough West, Norwich South, Nottingham Central, Preston South, Putney, Renfrewshire West, Rutherglen, Stockport North, Stockport South, Sunderland South, Wandsworth Central, Watford, Woolwich West, Acton, Barons Court, Birmingham All Saints, Birmingham Sparkbrook, Birmingham Yardley, Clapham, Cleveland, Coventry South, Derbyshire South East, Holborn and St Pancras South, Keighley, Meriden, Newcastle upon Tyne East, Nottingham West, Rochester and Chatham, Rowley Regis and Tipton, Swansea West, The Hartlepools, Wellingborough, Willesden East and Willesden West
From Conservative to Liberal (4 seats): Bodmin, Inverness, Orpington and Ross and Cromarty
From Labour to Conservative (4 seats): Birmingham Perry Barr, Eton and Slough, Norfolk South West and Smethwick
From Liberal to Labour (2 seats): Bolton West and Huddersfield West
From Independent to Liberal (1 seat): Caithness and Sutherland

Televised declarations

These declarations were covered live by the BBC where the returning officer was heard to say "duly elected".

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References

• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
• United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979

See also

• MPs elected in the UK general election, 1964

Manifestos

• "PROSPERITY WITH A PURPOSE" - 1964 Conservative manifesto. Frederick Walter Scott Craig ( December 10, 1929 - March 23, 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of reference A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberavon | John Morris | Labour |-| Aberdare | Arthur Probert | Labour|-| Aberdeen North
• "THE NEW BRITAIN" - 1964 Labour Party manifesto.
• "THINK FOR YOURSELF" - 1964 Liberal Party manifesto.