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The effect of the three consecutive general elections on the labour party
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Jaypal Sandhu 12C The effect of the three consecutive general elections on the labour party During the 1980's the conservative party was, without doubt, the dominant party in England. They had overcome such opposition in the form of trade unionists and their ideology was approved. The general election of June 11, 1987 was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. She was the first leader since the Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool to win three successive elections. However this was a major turning point in the conservative party. The Conservative government had survived the industrial disputes with the mine workers (1984-85) and the print unions (1985-86), the 1986 Westland problems had been put aside with the loss of Michael Heseltine and Leon Brittan and the economy was performing well. However in the years 1987 - 1992 the conservatives had seem to forget how they first came into...
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