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The 1945 General Election
HISTORY: Key Facts for A2 Exam
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06/06/2011

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393
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Labour seats won in 1945
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189
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Conservative seats won in 1945
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12
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Liberal seats won in 1945
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11
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National Liberal seats won in 1945
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12%
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Swing to Labour in 1945
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£3000
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Expenditure on campaign by Conservatives in comparison to £30,000 before WW2
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20th May 1945
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Labour resigned from the Coalition
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The Gestapo Speech
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Made by Churchill inferring similarities between Labour's apparent 'socialism' and Nazism. It seemed hypocritical considering Labour's work in the coalition and also appeared out-of-touch with the mood of the electorate
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The Big Three
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Labour ministers that had been well known and popular on the Home Front- Bevin, Attlee and Morrison
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Beveridge Report
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A report in 1944 discussing social welfare reforms that Labour promised to follow. The Conservatives were divided over the report, as many of them feared the tax increases that would be necessary to fund the reforms.
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