Timeline Thursday 23 February 1950

Events on Thursday 23 February 1950 1

• 1950 1950 United Kingdom general election Labour retains power under Clement Attlee with a slim majority Clement Attlee's Labour Party narrowly won re-election over Winston Churchill's Conservatives, retaining government with a majority of just five seats. The result reflected exhaustion with post-war austerity and rationing. The slim majority led Attlee to call another election the following year.