I have been interested in elections since the 1989 European Elections and have over the course of time managed to collate the results of every general election since 1950 (when the university seats were abolished and we had true universal suffrage) as well as every opinion poll published. I would like to know therefore if members would be interested in the results of every general election since 1950 on the following premise.
Following the resignation of Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister in 1937 following the Abdication Crisis, a private member's bill was introduced into Parliament calling for there to be a fresh general election no more than six months after the new Prime Minister was installed in order to ensure that the incoming Prime Minister had an electoral mandate. To the surprise of most experts, the bill passed through Parliament very quickly and was given Royal Assent the day before war broke out.
If so, then the first alternate general election would happen no later than July 1957 (following the resignation of Eden as Prime Minister) and would be based on the opinion polls in July 1957 with subsequent elections based on the results of that election.
Following the resignation of Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister in 1937 following the Abdication Crisis, a private member's bill was introduced into Parliament calling for there to be a fresh general election no more than six months after the new Prime Minister was installed in order to ensure that the incoming Prime Minister had an electoral mandate. To the surprise of most experts, the bill passed through Parliament very quickly and was given Royal Assent the day before war broke out.
If so, then the first alternate general election would happen no later than July 1957 (following the resignation of Eden as Prime Minister) and would be based on the opinion polls in July 1957 with subsequent elections based on the results of that election.