Sidney James Webb Passfield, 1st1922
Elected Member of Parliament, for Seaham at the 1922 general election
Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Elected Member of Parliament, for Seaham at the 1922 general election
Wins the Burnley by-election
The Zinoviev letter published by the Daily Mail loses the Labour Party the election. After election week the Zinoviev letter is shown to be a forgery
Labour wins 37.1% of votes cast & 287 MPs
The Labour Party wins 48% of votes cast and 393 MPs
Announces a general election will be held February 23rd
A swing of 3.3% from Labour to Conservative produces a Labour majority of 6
Reduced Labour majority: Labour 315, Conservatives 298, Liberals 9 and others 8. Labour polls a popular vote not exceeded by any political party until 1992
The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast, a record, and 315 MPs
In the general election of 1950, his constituency is altered and he is narrowly elected for the new seat of Huyton, Merseyside
The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast and 295 MPs
After Labour won the 1964 election Healey serves throughout the Government as Secretary of State for Defence.
Loses the Leyton by-election, considerred a safe Labour seat
Forced to resign after losing the Leyton by-election
Labour loses with an 8.7 percent swing to the Conservatives, produces political instability
With a majority of 1 & by-election pending wins the Territorial & Reserve Forces Bill
Labour wins a by-election in Hull with a 4.5 percent swing in favour of the Government
Announces a general election for the 31st of March in order to win a working majority
first day of the election campaign, Labour have a 9% lead in the polls
The Labour Party wins 48 percent of votes cast & 364 MPs. Labour wins with 363 seats to 253 Tory, 12 Liberal & 2 others, a majority of 97
Elected Member of Parliament for Leyton
The Government majority falls to 4 when Labour loses the Leyton by-election
Healey cuts defence expenditure, including the carrier HMS Centaur and the reconstructed HMS Victorious.
The Labour Party wins 43.1 percent of votes cast & 288 MPs. The Labour majority of 97 becomes a Conservative majority of 39
Shore is retained in the Cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Resigns from the Labour Party & is elected as a Democratic Labour candidate
Wilson wins is 3rd election out of 4. The Labour Party wins 37.2 percent of votes cast & 301 MPs. No party can form a majority even with the support of the Liberals
The RPI shows that food prices had risen by 20 percent over the last year. Labour 301, Conservatives 296 & others 37
Says he will call an election if the opposition makes it impossible to govern
Parliament adjourns for the last time until the election Octoberober 10
The general election date is announced for October 10
Postpones the election from June to October
Proposes the National Enterprise Board, prior to the Octoberober election
Wins 37 votes in the 1st round of the leadership election & withdraws. Transfers his support to Michael Foot
Wins 56 votes in the first round of the leadership election and later withdraws.
9 EC Foreign Minister's sign documents authorizing elections to a European Parliament
Defeats Shirley Williams by 166 votes to 128 for the Labour Party Deputy Leadership
Michael Foot defeats Shiley Williams by 166 votes to 128 for the Deputy Leadership
Healey contests the party leadership after Harold Wilson's resignation but is defeated.
The Government loses a confidence motion by 1 vote. Forced to call a general election
The Labour Party win 36.9% of votes cast & 269 MPs. The Labour Party lose the election after a 7% swing to the Conservatives
Says of the election, "We won as New Labour, we will govern as New Labour". Labour wins the largest number of seats & the highest majority in its history. Labour wins 43.2% of votes cast & 418 MPs, Commons majority of 179
Tony Blair becomes the youngest Prime Minister since 1812
The Conservatives increase their majority
Elections to the newly formed Northern Ireland assembly
Acts of Parliament bring about Scottish and Welsh devolution, paving way for Scottish, Welsh elections
A collapse in Labours core vote in elections for the European Parliament hands Blair his first electoral defeat
The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act, creates the Electoral Commission to regulate elections and referendums and party spending to an extent
The Labour Party win 42.0% of votes cast & 413 MPs
Blair says would serve third term as Prime Minister if Labour win another general election, but that he would not fight a fourth general election as Labour leader
Launches a whistlestop tour of marginal constituencies, unveiling 6 election pledges
Labour wins the election with 37% of the votes cast & 356 seats
61% of people eligible to vote go to the polls, a 2% rise on 2001. 1s time a Labour Government wins 3 straight elections
"Iraq..a divisive issue in this country but I hope now that we can unite again"
This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.