26th October 1953 Churchill returns as Prime Minister

The Return of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

 

The Wartime leader returned to being Prime Minister a second time after the Conservative party one the 26th October 1953 General Election, defeating Clement Attlee at 77.  The slogan of the election the Conservatives ran on was a ‘Strong and Free’ Britain.

Conservatives 321 seats

Labour 295 Seats

Liberal 6 Seats

Other 3 Seats

Winston Church resigned in 1955 due to ill health at the age of 81 and remained a backbencher until 1964.

in 2002 Winston Churchill was named the greatest Britain of all time in a poll of more than 1 million votes:

100 Greatest Britons (BBC Poll, 2002)

The BBC conducted a poll in 2002 to discover the 100 Greatest Britons:
  1. Winston Churchill, (18741965) – Prime Minister (1940194519511955)

  2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (18061859) – Engineer.

  3. Diana, Princess of Wales (19611997) – First wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, & mother of Prince William & Prince Harry of Wales.

  4. Charles Darwin (18091882) – Naturalist; the originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection & author of ‘On the Origin of Species’.

  5. William Shakespeare (1564–1616) – English poet & playwright.

  6. Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727) – Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, & alchemist.

  7. Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) – Monarch (reigned 1558-1603).

  8. John Lennon (19401980) – Musician with The Beatles.

  9. Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (17581805) – Naval commander.

  10. Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) – Lord Protector.

 

 

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