The General Election Results

1955    2h 54mNews
The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election in 1951. It was a snap election: after Winston Churchill retired in April 1955, Anthony Eden took over.

Where to Watch The General Election Results

  • Richard DimblebySelf - Presenter
  • David ButlerSelf
  • E.R. ThompsonSelf
  • Robert McKenzieSelf
  • John BevanSelf - London Correspondent, Manchester Guardian
  • Alan BullockSelf
  • Frank ByersSelf - Former Chairman of the Liberal Party
  • William ClarkSelf - Interviewer
  • Brian ConnellSelf - Interviewer
  • Hywel DaviesSelf - Reporter
  • Katharine ElliotSelf
  • Walter ElliotSelf
  • Robin FarquharsonSelf
  • Robert Gascoyne-CecilSelf
  • Frank GillardSelf
  • H.F.P. HarrisSelf - General Director of the Liberal Party
  • Harry HodsonSelf - Editor, Sunday Times
  • Rhys Hopkin MorrisSelf - Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, Liberal
  • Sydney JacobsonSelf - Politial Editor, Daily Mirror
  • Sidney JonesSelf - Miner

The General Election Results Trivia

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