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1 December – UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith negotiate on board HMS Tiger in the Mediterranean Sea. 12 December – Harry Roberts , John Whitney and John Duddy are sentenced to life imprisonment (each with a recommended minimum of 30 years) for the Shepherd's Bush murders of three London policemen in August.
The British government promises the U.S. that British troops in Malaysia will stay until more peaceful conditions occur in the region. Britain's Labour Party unexpectedly retains the parliamentary seat of Hull North in a by-election , with a swing of 4.5% to their candidate from the opposition Conservatives, and a majority up from 1,181 at the ...
The 1966 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 31 March 1966. The result was a landslide victory for the Labour Party led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson.. Wilson decided to call a snap election since his government, elected a mere 17 months previously, in 1964, had an unworkably small majority of only four MPs.
"UK Election Statistics: 1918-2021: A Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Thorpe, Andrew (1997). A History of the British Labour Party; Butler, David E., and Anthony King. The British General Election of 1966 (1966) Bromhead, Peter. "The General Election of 1966". Parliamentary Affairs 19.3 (1966): 332–345.
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
Motown legends Four Tops made the UK top 10 for the first time in October of this year with "Reach Out I'll Be There", which spent three weeks at number-one. The Troggs were one of the UK's most successful music acts of 1966, achieving three top 10 singles, including the number-one hit "With a Girl Like You".
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This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives about this time period, see Post-war Britain (1945–1979), Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979),