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    Why did Winston Churchill resign?
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  3. Churchill easily won his seat in Parliament for Woodford, but the Conservatives were thrown out of office. He would resign the office of Prime Minister to make way for Clement Attlee and the Labour Party.

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  5. Churchill declined a dukedom and remained MP for Woodford in Essex, but he spent less time in the House of Commons than before and sometimes had to be in a wheelchair. Although he voted in some divisions in the House, he made no more speeches there.

  6. Jan 22, 2018 · Why exactly did Neville Chamberlain resign as British Prime Minister? Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill's predecessor, resigned due to a loss of confidence in his foreign policy after the Allies were forced to retreat from Norway, which resulted in the occupation of Norway by Germany.

  7. Feb 17, 2011 · By Helen Cleary. Last updated 2011-02-17. Dates: 26 July 1945. Location: Britain. Outcome: A Labour landslide in the general election, with Labour leader Clement Attlee becoming Prime Minister....

  8. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his Conservative party went down to defeat today in the British election and the Labor party was expected to form a new government.

  9. Churchill wasn’t convinced Eden would be able to do the job – ‘I don’t believe that Anthony can do it’ – but he had no choice. Upon his resignation, the Queen offered him the dukedom of London.

  10. Aug 27, 2020 · The end of World War II in 1945 turned Winston Churchill into the world’s most eminent statesman. He was feted and celebrated everywhere he went and had an approval rating of 83%. Yet three months later, he suffered a humiliating election defeat.

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