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Why did the Conservatives win the 1951 election?
Lo. To analyse why the Conservatives won the 1951 election and to interpret contradicting sources
Look over your notes you made for homework and get ready to present if you are picked.
Kausar, Charis, Ash, Deborah- pp. 42-44 and handout ‘Why did the Conservatives win the 1951 election?’
Fares, Reginald, Whelan, Kelsea – read pp. 45-50 ‘Why did Labour lose the 1951 election?’
Technicalities…
• Labour had 13,948,605 votes• Conservatives had 13,717,538 votes• Liberals had 730,556 votes
• Why did the Conservatives win if Labour had more votes?
• Labour – 295 seats, Conservatives – 321 seats, Liberals – 6 seats
• In 1951 the Liberals put up 109 candidates, in 1945 they had put up 475. This left 2 million ex-liberal voters – what impact would this have on the election?
• Why did they vote for Conservative?
Why did the Conservatives win the 1951 election?
Lo. To analyse why the Conservatives won the 1951 election and to interpret contradicting sources
Read p. 48 of your Britain books (general election). IN PAIRS (I WILL PHOTOCOPY THE SHEETS FOR YOU)1.Make a brainstorm out of the information2.Add details from the presentations earlier (feel free to ask the presenters!)3.Add details from your own knowledge 4.Link factors or categorise the reasons on your brainstormHighlight your three most important
reasons why the conservatives won the 1951 election.
Why did the Conservatives win the 1951 election?
Lo. To analyse why the Conservatives won the 1951 election and to interpret contradicting sources
What messages do these sources give about the Conservatives triumph in the 1951 election?
Source A‘Mr Cube’from the sugar company Tate and Lyle campaign against nationalisation in 1946/7.