1959 general election coverage

[johnloony]

Jun 20, 2013 1:30:52 GMT Andrew_S said:

(Anthony Crosland was the Labour candidate in 1955 according to the Keele elections database, which is contradicted by Wikipedia which says he was defeated at South Gloucestershire that year):

www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i18.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Crosland

I think Keele must be right:

www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i09.htm

According to F.W.S. Craig, Crosland was the candidate in Gloucestershire South in 1950 and 1951, and Southampton Test in 1955.

[hullenedge]

The 1959 Election Night Scorecard (from The Economist):-

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[The Bishop]

Jun 20, 2013 1:43:51 GMT Andrew_S said:

At 24 mins on part 2 David Butler mentions Graham Pyatt as "helping out with a chart on my right."

I'm a bit surprised because Pyatt must have been very young at that time or maybe he was older than he looked on the 1970 and 1974 election shows.

He may well have been - didn't David Butler do some radio stuff for the 1945 election despite still being a student at the time? He was certainly involved at the BBC by 1950.

[finsobruce]

Crosland stood in Test in 1955 as he thought south gloucestershire would certainly be lost and wanted a better prospect. As it turned out both seats were lost but the swing was less in Gloucestershire than Southampton. He moved to contest the "safer" Grimsby seat in 1959 and only squeaked in by 101 votes....

[chorleyboy]

Jun 20, 2013 1:30:52 GMT Andrew_S said:

I was hoping to catch a glimpse of the 29 year old Shirley Williams at the Southampton Test declaration (at 10 mins on part 2) but unfortunately she didn't seem to be there. Maybe she was particularly disappointed at seeing the Tory majority increase from 3,842 to 6,766. (Anthony Crosland was the Labour candidate in 1955 according to the Keele elections database, which is contradicted by Wikipedia which says he was defeated at South Gloucestershire that year):

www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i18.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Crosland

I think Keele must be right:

www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i09.htm

You have to remember that with Wikipedia, it MAY be true but then it might not.  It is of course more of a us as anyone is free to contribute and if you know better then do feel free to correct.

[hullenedge]

pdf copy of the 1959 General Election by Butler & Rose:-

ia601904.us.archive.org/21/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.110912/2015.110912.The-British-General-Election.pdf