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Description: | The general election of 1964 was a closely fought contest. Across the country, 77.08% of the electorate turned out to vote at polling stations such as this.
Hugh Gaitskell, the Conservative prime minister had died suddenly in 1963. As a result, Alex Douglas-Home fought the election as the Conservative Party leader, but lost to Harold Wilson, the new leader of the Labour Party. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London | Subjects: | Public services Power and Politics | Temporal: | 1964-10-15 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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