RecordedUnited Kingdom
UK 1955 General Election
UK general election held May 1955. Anthony Eden's Conservatives won a landslide majority, capitalizing on Churchill's legacy and postwar prosperity.
UK 1955 General Election is one of the tracked elections shaping power in United Kingdom.
- Country
- United Kingdom
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UK 1955 General Election is one of the tracked elections shaping power in United Kingdom.
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- Government type
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Capital
- London
- Legislature
- UK Parliament
- Executive
- Prime minister and cabinet drawn from Parliament under the Crown, with government dependent on House of Commons confidence
