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General Election Defeat

Great Britain · Politics / Labour Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1931–1970Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1931

Arthur Greenwood27 October 1931

Nelson and Colne · Politics / Labour Party

Loses Nelson and Colne in Labour’s heavy general-election defeat.

1970

Roy Harris Jenkins18 June 1970

London · Politics / Labour Party

Leaves the Treasury after Labour loses the general election.

Names involved

Arthur GreenwoodRoy Harris Jenkins

Provenance

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