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There is a Social Democrat/Christian Democrat/Liberal coalition in power, with Julius Leber as Chancellor.
The Liberals have taken the new seat of West Bridgford, which is south and east of Nottingham, with a majority of 5.4% over the Conservatives. The Tories have gained Chertsey, Frome, and Stalybridge and Hyde from the Liberals. Thomas Fraser, the Socialist Labour shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, has held Hamilton with a large increase in his majority. Here are the figures:
Thomas Fraser (Socialist Labour): 48.9% [42.8%]
Conservative candidate: 20.2% [22.1%]
Liberal candidate: 13.5% [25.1%]
Scottish Nationalist candidate: 7.4% [n/a]
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Socialist Labour majority: 28.7% [17.7%]
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Peter Calvocoressi, the Minister of State at the Foreign Office, is back in Nuneaton. [1] His majority over Socialist Labour is up slightly from 11.5% to 12.2%.
[1] Here is his entry in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Calvocoressi.
Thomas Fraser (Socialist Labour): 48.9% [42.8%]
Conservative candidate: 20.2% [22.1%]
Liberal candidate: 13.5% [25.1%]
Scottish Nationalist candidate: 7.4% [n/a]
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Socialist Labour majority: 28.7% [17.7%]
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Peter Calvocoressi, the Minister of State at the Foreign Office, is back in Nuneaton. [1] His majority over Socialist Labour is up slightly from 11.5% to 12.2%.
[1] Here is his entry in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Calvocoressi.
The Conservatives have gained Eastbourne from the Liberals and won the new seats of Chigwell and Eastleigh. The Liberals were hoping to take Eastleigh which was the more Liberal southern half of the Winchester constituency. The Tories have taken Bromsgrove, Maldon, and Staffordshire South-West from the Liberals and Renfrewshire East from Socialist Labour. The Conservative seat of Renfrewshire South was abolished in the redistribution of seats and most of it became part of Renfrewshire East. The former Socialist Labour majority of 3.2% is now a Conservative majority of 16.8%.
The Liberals have won the new seat of Nantwich in Cheshire with a majority of the Conservatives. The new seat of Arundel and Shoreham in West Sussex has gone Conservative with a majority of 14.0% over the Liberals. The Conservatives have gained Barry, Chelmsford, Faversham, and Kettering from the Liberals. After one recount Socialist Labour have held Birmingham Stechford with a majority of 29 over the Tories. They have also won the new seat of Goole in the West Riding of Yorkshire with a majority of 12.9% over the Conservatives, and gained the Scottish constituencies of Kilmarnock, and Kirkcaldy from the Liberals.
The third recount in Glasgow Camlachie and the second recount in Pudsey are postponed until the morning. The Liberals have held Stockport North with a majority of 23 seats over the Tories, after one recount. All the overnight results are now in and the number of seats for each are as follows: Conservative and Unionist - 217, Liberal - 92, Socialist Labour - 95, Progressive - 2, Northern Ireland Labour - 1, total - 407. The Conservatives have made a net gain of 63 seats, the Liberals a net loss of 73 seats, and Socialist Labour a net gain of 10 seats.
The third recount in Glasgow Camlachie and the second recount in Pudsey are postponed until the morning. The Liberals have held Stockport North with a majority of 23 seats over the Tories, after one recount. All the overnight results are now in and the number of seats for each are as follows: Conservative and Unionist - 217, Liberal - 92, Socialist Labour - 95, Progressive - 2, Northern Ireland Labour - 1, total - 407. The Conservatives have made a net gain of 63 seats, the Liberals a net loss of 73 seats, and Socialist Labour a net gain of 10 seats.
There are a total of 643 seats in the House of Commons, so a majority is 322 seats. With 236 seats left to be declared the Conservatives and Unionists need another 105 seats to bring their total up to 322. The Liberals hope that the swing to the Conservatives will be lower in their [the Liberals] marginal rural seats and they will hold on to enough of them to stop the Conservatives winning an overall majority.
The first result declared on Friday 3 June 1960 is Pontefract at 9.56am. This is held by Roy Mason for Socialist Labour with his majority over Liberal up from 20.8% to 25.1%. The next result was Wellingborough where the Minister of Works, Edward Malandine, has been re-elected. His majority of the Tories is down from 24.1% to 22.9%, which is a swing of only 0.6%. More results are coming in. Socialist Labour have taken Sedgefield from the Liberals, and the Tories have won the new seat of Harrogate with a majority of 14.6% over the Liberals. Cheadle is a Liberal gain from Conservative with a majority of 0.7%. The previous Conservative majority was 2.5%.
The first result declared on Friday 3 June 1960 is Pontefract at 9.56am. This is held by Roy Mason for Socialist Labour with his majority over Liberal up from 20.8% to 25.1%. The next result was Wellingborough where the Minister of Works, Edward Malandine, has been re-elected. His majority of the Tories is down from 24.1% to 22.9%, which is a swing of only 0.6%. More results are coming in. Socialist Labour have taken Sedgefield from the Liberals, and the Tories have won the new seat of Harrogate with a majority of 14.6% over the Liberals. Cheadle is a Liberal gain from Conservative with a majority of 0.7%. The previous Conservative majority was 2.5%.
Might the Lib-Lab govt be replaced by a Lab-Lib one? Or will the Tories get another chance? That’s quite a difference, but seems equally likely.
given the extent of Liberal losses a period of giving the Tories "enough rope" in government seems best for the party
Patricia Hornsby-Smith, the Conservative shadow Minister of Education, is back in Canterbury with her majority over Liberal up from 7.1% to 15.6%. Socialist Labour have gained Newton, in Lancashire, from the Liberals. There is a string of Tory gains from Liberal - Ashford, Cambridgeshire, Hertford, Lancaster, and The Wrekin. The Ulster Unionists have taken the new seat of Antrim East. Here are the figures:
Ulster Unionist: 51.4%
Progressive: 33.5%
Northern Ireland Labour: 15.1%
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Ulster Unionist majority: 17.9%
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The Liberals have requested a recount in Shrewsbury where they are defending a majority of 1.6% over the Tories. Frederick Peart, the acting leader of the Socialist Labour Party has been re-elected in Workington. with his majority over Liberal up from 7.5% to 13.5%. His result is extensively covered by the media and in interviews after the declaration he is asked if his party will go into coalition with the Liberals. He said that it looks very much if there will be a Conservative government. In replies as to whether he will stand for election as leader of the Socialist Labour Party, he said that he will give it careful consideration and consult family and colleagues.
The Tories have gained Rossendale, in Lancashire, from the Liberals. Megan Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, is back in Anglesey. Here are the figures:
Megan Lloyd George (Liberal): 52.0% [58.6%]
Socialist Labour: 19.8% [18.8%]
Plaid Cymru: 15.8% [10.1%]
Conservative: 12.4% [12.5%]
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Liberal majority: 32,2% [39.8%]
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The swing from Liberal to Socialist Labour is 3.8%.
The Prime Minister said in her speech of thanks after the declaration, that the results are disappointing for her party, but it is still possible that the Liberals and Socialist Labour will win enough seats to form a coalition government.
Ulster Unionist: 51.4%
Progressive: 33.5%
Northern Ireland Labour: 15.1%
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Ulster Unionist majority: 17.9%
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The Liberals have requested a recount in Shrewsbury where they are defending a majority of 1.6% over the Tories. Frederick Peart, the acting leader of the Socialist Labour Party has been re-elected in Workington. with his majority over Liberal up from 7.5% to 13.5%. His result is extensively covered by the media and in interviews after the declaration he is asked if his party will go into coalition with the Liberals. He said that it looks very much if there will be a Conservative government. In replies as to whether he will stand for election as leader of the Socialist Labour Party, he said that he will give it careful consideration and consult family and colleagues.
The Tories have gained Rossendale, in Lancashire, from the Liberals. Megan Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, is back in Anglesey. Here are the figures:
Megan Lloyd George (Liberal): 52.0% [58.6%]
Socialist Labour: 19.8% [18.8%]
Plaid Cymru: 15.8% [10.1%]
Conservative: 12.4% [12.5%]
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Liberal majority: 32,2% [39.8%]
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The swing from Liberal to Socialist Labour is 3.8%.
The Prime Minister said in her speech of thanks after the declaration, that the results are disappointing for her party, but it is still possible that the Liberals and Socialist Labour will win enough seats to form a coalition government.
Richard Wainwright, the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, is back in Scarborough and Whitby with his majority over the Conservatives down from 12.2% to 4.9%. Socialist Labour have taken the new seat of Midlothian. There is a fourth recount in Glasgow Camlachie. The Tories have held Conway which they gained from the Liberals in a by-election in February 1957, and gained Bedford and Devizes from the Liberals. After two recounts Harold Wilson has been re-elected in Pudsey with a majority of 15 over the Conservatives. Judith Hart has gained Lanarkshire North for Socialist Labour from the Tories with a majority of 2.8%. Here are the figures:
Judith Hart (Socialist Labour): 37.4% [33.9%]
Conservative: 34.6% [34.8%]
Liberal: 28.0% [31.3%]
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Socialist Labour majority: 2.8% [Conservative majority 0.9%]
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Judith Hart (Socialist Labour): 37.4% [33.9%]
Conservative: 34.6% [34.8%]
Liberal: 28.0% [31.3%]
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Socialist Labour majority: 2.8% [Conservative majority 0.9%]
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With 450 results now in, the number of seats won by each are as follows: Conservative - 242, Liberal - 103, Socialist Labour - 102, Progressive - 2 , Northern Ireland Labour - 1. The Conservatives have made a net gain of 68 seats, the Liberals a net loss of 80 seats, and Socialist Labour a net gain of 12 seats. Of the 51 new seats declared so far, the Conservatives have won 30, the Liberals 10, Socialist Labour 9, Northern Ireland Labour 1, Progressive 1.
Nigel Birch, the Conservative shadow Secretary of State for Wales, is back in Monmouth. However his majority has increased only from 9.8% to 12.0%. The Tories have gained Bury St. Edmunds, and Northwich from the Liberals, and taken the new seat of Worcestershire South.
Nigel Birch, the Conservative shadow Secretary of State for Wales, is back in Monmouth. However his majority has increased only from 9.8% to 12.0%. The Tories have gained Bury St. Edmunds, and Northwich from the Liberals, and taken the new seat of Worcestershire South.
Lord Dunglass, the shadow Foreign Secretary, has held Lanark. [1] His majority over Liberal is up from 3.7% to 9.9%. The Conservatives have taken Derbyshire South-West from Liberal. Roger Fulford, the Foreign Secretary, is back in Loughborough with his majority over Socialist Labour down from 17.7% to 16.1%. He is widely regarded as the front-runner to succeed Megan Lloyd George as After one recount the Tories have gained Shrewsbury from Liberal with a majority of 36 [0.1%].
Harold Neal, the Socialist Labour shadow Minister of Fuel and Power, has won the new seat of Bolsover in Derbyshire with a majority of 27.8%. This constituency is largely based on the former Clay Cross seat which was abolished in the redistribution of seats. Jeremy Thorpe has lost Tiverton to the Tories with a majority of 0.4%. He was elected in a by-election in June 1956 when his majority was 1.3%. In the 1955 general election the Liberal majority was 8.6%.
[1] In OTL he was Earl of Home, then Sir Alec Douglas-Home from October 1964 when he renounced his title on becoming Prime Minister. In this TL when his father died, he exercised his right not to take his father's title and continued to sit as Conservative MP for Lanark.
Harold Neal, the Socialist Labour shadow Minister of Fuel and Power, has won the new seat of Bolsover in Derbyshire with a majority of 27.8%. This constituency is largely based on the former Clay Cross seat which was abolished in the redistribution of seats. Jeremy Thorpe has lost Tiverton to the Tories with a majority of 0.4%. He was elected in a by-election in June 1956 when his majority was 1.3%. In the 1955 general election the Liberal majority was 8.6%.
[1] In OTL he was Earl of Home, then Sir Alec Douglas-Home from October 1964 when he renounced his title on becoming Prime Minister. In this TL when his father died, he exercised his right not to take his father's title and continued to sit as Conservative MP for Lanark.
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Rab Butler, the shadow Colonial Secretary has held Saffron Walden, and Enoch Powell is back in Burton. The Conservatives have taken Buckingham, Holland-with-Boston, and St.Albans from the Liberals. Stirlingshire West is a Socialist Labour gain from Conservative. Here are the figures [1955 general election]:
Socialist Labour: 36.6% [30.0%]
Conservative: 34.9% [34.0%]
Liberal: 19.8% [28.5%]
Scottish Nationalist: 8.7% [7.5%]
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Socialist Labour majority: 1.7% [Conservative majority: 4.0%]
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The swing from Conservative to Socialist Labour is 2.85%.
After four recounts, the Conservatives have held Glasgow Camlachie with a majority of five over Socialist Labour.
Socialist Labour: 36.6% [30.0%]
Conservative: 34.9% [34.0%]
Liberal: 19.8% [28.5%]
Scottish Nationalist: 8.7% [7.5%]
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Socialist Labour majority: 1.7% [Conservative majority: 4.0%]
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The swing from Conservative to Socialist Labour is 2.85%.
After four recounts, the Conservatives have held Glasgow Camlachie with a majority of five over Socialist Labour.
These razor thin victories are beginning to add up and could determine the overall outcome.
After 500 results having been declared the score card for each party is as follows: Conservative - 272, Liberal - 116, Socialist Labour - 109, Progressive - 2, Northern Ireland Labour - 1. The Conservatives have made a net gain of 77 seats and Socialist Labour a net gain of 14 seats, while the Liberals have had a net loss of 91 seats. Of the 53 new seats declared so far, the Conservatives have taken 31, the Liberals and Socialist Labour 10 each, and the Progressives and Northern Ireland Labour one each.
Alan Campbell-Johnson, the Commonwealth Relations Secretary, has lost Salisbury to the Conservatives by a majority of 2.7%. He had a majority of 7.3% in the 1955 general election. So this is a swing of 5.0% from Liberal to Conservative. Thomas Grenville Jones, the Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has held Isle of Ely. But his majority over the Conservatives is down from 10.1% to 2.4%, which is a swing of 3.85% from Liberal to Conservative.
Alan Campbell-Johnson, the Commonwealth Relations Secretary, has lost Salisbury to the Conservatives by a majority of 2.7%. He had a majority of 7.3% in the 1955 general election. So this is a swing of 5.0% from Liberal to Conservative. Thomas Grenville Jones, the Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has held Isle of Ely. But his majority over the Conservatives is down from 10.1% to 2.4%, which is a swing of 3.85% from Liberal to Conservative.