RecordedUnited Kingdom
UK 1959 General Election
UK general election held October 1959. Harold Macmillan's Conservatives won a third consecutive term with an increased majority, with Macmillan's "you've never had it so good" era at its peak.
UK 1959 General Election is one of the tracked elections shaping power in United Kingdom.
- Country
- United Kingdom
Outcome in context
UK 1959 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
