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Labour government, 1964–1970. Harold Wilson was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 October 1964 and formed the first Wilson ministry, a Labour government, which held office with a thin majority between 1964 and 1966. In an attempt to gain a workable majority in the House of Commons, Wilson called a new ...
- First: 31 March 1966, Second: 19 June 1970
- Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson. James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970 and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 ...
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- James Callaghan
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6 days ago · The Labour Governments, 1964–1970. London, Routledge, 2006, ISBN: 9780714656199; 336pp.; Price: £75.00. Peter Dorey’s edited volume, The Labour Governments 1964–70 (2006), both in its methodological approach and chronological focus, is a timely addition to the historiography of the Labour Party. In a style reminiscent of his other two ...
Mar 2, 2007 · The Labour Governments, 1964–1970. pp., hbk, ISBN 0-714-65619-4. The 19 chapters of this book cover the policy areas of industrial relations, incomes, the EEC, foreign affairs, Whitehall reform, parliamentary reform, devolution, English regional policy, Northern Ireland, education, pensions, immigration, the legal status of homosexuality and ...
- John Callaghan
- 2007
Apr 18, 2006 · The Labour governments 1964-1970. P. Dorey. Published 18 April 2006. Political Science, History. Peter Dorey here presents the most comprehensive, in-depth and original book of the 1964-1970 labour governments published to date. This unique account examines a wide range of political issues and makes extensive use of primary sources recently ...
Harold Wilson was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 October 1964 and formed the first Wilson ministry, a Labour government, which held office with a thin majority between 1964 and 1966. In an attempt to gain a workable majority in the House of Commons, Wilson called a new election for 31 March 1966, after which he formed the second Wilson ministry, a ...
Labour appears to narrow the Tories' poll lead as the 1970 election approaches but Tory leader Edward Heath dashes Wilson's ambition to turn Labour into the natural party of government. 1900-1906. 1945-1951. 1906-1914. 1951-1964. 1914-1924. 1964-1970.
