Conservative Dominance 1951-64

Leadership
1. Churchill 1951-55
  1. Eden 1955-57
    1. Macmillan 1957-63
      1. Douglas-Home 1963-64
1951-1955
1. Leadership
  1. Churchill
    1. Background
      1. Age 77 years when he became prime minister in 1951, he was also a well know war time hero
    2. Prime Minister
    3. RA Butler
      1. Chancellor of Exchequer
      2. Butskellism
        Conservative Economic Policy
        Balance of Employment and economic growth, expanding welfare state, keeping Britain heavily investing in Military defence (Korean War), and develop a Nuclear weapons programme
        Continuation of Labour aims
        Butler (right) and Gaistkell (left)
      3. £700 million defict
        tax cuts
        £3 million credit
2. 1951 Election
  1. Labour had 13, 900, 000 votes 250 seats, Conservatives had 13, 700, 00, but 350 seats meaning that they had a majority
3. Situation 1951
  1. Rationing had ended
  2. Steel denationalised
  3. Tories Manifesto/ Build 300,00 homes a year
  4. Queen Elizabeth II became Queen
  5. Atomic Bomb detonated 1952
1955-57
1. 1955 Election
  1. Conservative 13, 200, 000 votes, 350 seats, Labour vote decreased 12, 000, 000, Seats 250 +, less people votes
2. Leadership
  1. Eden
    1. 1956
      1. Suaz Crisis
    2. Increased
1957-63
1. Leadership
  1. Harold MacMillan
    1. Background
      1. A skilled leader and a exceptional service record
        People have more access to televisions, increase access to media, so Harold works the media
      2. Labelled Supermac to show the rise of the economy
    2. Replaced Eden
2. Situation
  1. Prosperity increased
    1. Commercialism increased e.g televisions, cars.
3. Conservative Economic Policy
  1. Economically "sluggish"
    1. Aim to have a mixed economy and to stick to Keysnian politics
  2. Stop go and stage flation
    1. When consumption and prices rose to quickly, the government put a break by increasing taxes and raising interest rates, making it diffucult to borrow money
    2. When production and exports decline, the government would accelerate the economy, by cutting taxes and lowering interest rates, thus making it easier to borrow money
    3. (Stagnation and inflation) Industry decline put inflation is still rampant with the result of the economy is it is suffering
  3. Britain Industrial Growth Rate
    1. GDP Growth Rates
      1. Britain 2.3, Germany 5.1
        Britains spending on defences was £11.3 billion
  4. NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD
    1. 1957
    2. Wages
      1. Wages had increased from £8.30 a week to £18 in 1964
        Inflation climbed but never got ahead of peoples wages (real wages)
    3. Credit
      1. Access to credit made people more able to buy more commercial goods
        e.g private cars increased from £1.5 million to £5.5 million
    4. Housing
      1. Aim to beat Atlees 600,00 homes
        Aim to build 300,000 homes annually
        He achieved this aim, as housing minister in 1951
      2. Rent act
        1957
        Had abolished the rent control
        six million properties were put on the market
        But the down side was rent could not be controlled and tenants at the lower end could no lower the high rates of rents
    5. Unemployment
      1. Unemployment in 1957 rose from 300,000 to 800,000 in 1963
    6. Education
      1. Three tier school system abolished
4. Downfall of Macmillan
  1. Scandals
    1. Profumo affair
      1. 1961

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