Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Westhoughton_by-election,_1951> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 26 of
26
with 100 items per page.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 abstract "The Westhoughton by-election took place on 21 June 1951. The contest followed the resignation of the sitting Labour Party member of parliament, Rhys Davies.In April 1951 Davies, who had held the Westhoughton constituency in south Lancashire for thirty years, announced that he would not be standing for parliament again. At the time he was Labour's longest serving MP. He subsequently resigned from the Commons due to ill health, and the writ to hold a byelection to fill the vacancy was moved on 31 May. At the time of Davies's resignation, the Labour Party held a slim majority of only five seats, following the 1950 general election. Davies had secured a majority of nearly 12,000 votes over the Conservatives in 1950.Nominations for the byelection closed on 12 June, and there were only two candidates: J T "Tom" Price, the forty-eight-year-old chief legal officer of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers for the Labour Party; and Frank J Land, a thirty-eight-year-old master baker from Bolton for the Conservatives.Tom Price belonged to the same trades union as Davies, and had strong connections with south Lancashire. Land was a member of the Bolton Chamber of Trade, and vice-chairman of Bolton Young Conservatives. On 14 June Winston Churchill, Conservative leader, issued a statement in support of Land and attacking the Labour government who he blamed for the fall in the value of the pound. Price campaigned on the record of the Labour government, claiming it had done a great deal to improve the life of ordinary people. Land called for an end to nationalisation of industries, claiming this led to higher prices. Both candidates supported a programme of building large numbers of council houses.".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 wikiPageID "19573025".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 wikiPageRevisionID "606459615".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 candidate Tom_Price_(British_politician).
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 candidate "F J Land".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 change "+1.8".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 change "-1.8".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 hasPhotoCollection Westhoughton_by-election,_1951.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 party "Conservative Party".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 party "Labour Party".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 percentage "39.6".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 percentage "60.4".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 votes "16614".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 votes "25368".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 subject Category:1951_elections_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 subject Category:1951_in_England.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 subject Category:By-elections_to_the_United_Kingdom_Parliament_in_Greater_Manchester_constituencies.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 subject Category:By-elections_to_the_United_Kingdom_Parliament_in_Lancashire_constituencies.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 subject Category:Elections_in_Bolton.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 comment "The Westhoughton by-election took place on 21 June 1951. The contest followed the resignation of the sitting Labour Party member of parliament, Rhys Davies.In April 1951 Davies, who had held the Westhoughton constituency in south Lancashire for thirty years, announced that he would not be standing for parliament again. At the time he was Labour's longest serving MP.".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 label "Westhoughton by-election, 1951".
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 sameAs m.04n6jwg.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 sameAs Q7988907.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 sameAs Q7988907.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 wasDerivedFrom Westhoughton_by-election,_1951?oldid=606459615.
- Westhoughton_by-election,_1951 isPrimaryTopicOf Westhoughton_by-election,_1951.