How political leaflets used to look: Hampstead, 1950 – with a dog
Winning the seat was the Conservative, Henry Brooke, who went on in the 1960s to a remarkably unsuccessful period as Home Secretary. … Read the full post »
1950 General Election
Read about the 1950 general election, in which Clement Attlee’s Labour was re-elected but lost its landslide majority. It secured only a slim majority.
The British General Election of 1950: full of interesting information for followers of contemporary politics
The British General Election of 1950 was at the time only the second in what has since become the essential Nuffield series of general election books. … Read the full post »
The election when 18,107 people signed one candidate’s nomination papers
Welcome to the 1950 general election, the Bury St Edmunds constituency and the father of Jonathan Aitken. … Read the full post »
Why would people be covering up election posters when the police are passing by?
At first sight, this cartoon from the 1950 general election (found in The British General Election of 1950) is rather bizarre: why would people be covering up election posters when the police are passing by? … Read the full post »
Liberal Party organisation in 1950: sounds rather familiar
I do like the phrase about the beauties of organisation in this extract about the Liberal Party of 1950, a beauty that is too often neglected or only considered in theory. … Read the full post »
Poll cards weren’t popular when they were introduced
It isn’t just the law that matters – it’s how cautiously or not people react to a change in the law and how habits evolve even when statutes are unchanged. … Read the full post »
Clement Davies: why vote Liberal
Here’s a Pathe News clip from the 1950 general election featuring Liberal Party leader Clement Davies. He explains why people should vote Liberal. … Read the full post »