The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.

Labour Party (UK)

Political party in the United Kingdom

The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the two…

1945 United Kingdom general election

The 1945 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 5 July 1945. With the Second World War still fresh in the minds of voters, the opposition Labour Party led by Clement Attlee won a landslide victory with a majority of 146 seats, defeating the incumbent…

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–1945, 1951–1955)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a member of parliament (MP) and…