GENERAL ELECTION 1955

This material is held atLSE Library Archives and Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 97 COLL MISC 0321
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1955
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • THREE BOXES

Scope and Content

Candidates' addresses, also pamphlets, leaflets and newspaper cuttings collected by the Library.

Administrative / Biographical History

In the 1955 General Election the Conservative Party won with 13,310,891 votes (49.7 per cent). The Labour Party won 12,405,254 votes (46.4 per cent), the Liberal Party 722,402 votes (2,7 per cent), Sinn Fein 152,310 votes (0.6 per cent) and the Communist Party 33,144 votes (0.1 per cent).

Arrangement

Three boxes

Access Information

OPEN

Acquisition Information

BLPES

Other Finding Aids

Listed in Election Ephemera database.

Conditions Governing Use

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