Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 1960's?

Answer 1

James Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1966.

Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1964 October 16 to 1970 June 19 and again from 1974 March 4 March to 1976 April 5.

Harold Wilson led the Labour Party from 1963 February 14 to 1976 April 5. A election in 1964 gave Labour a slim 4 seat majority in the assembly. However after the 1966 election their margin increased to 96 seats.

During Wilson's first term there was an unsuccessful attempt to avoid devaluing the pound. He re-nationalized the steel industry. Wilson allowed for social reforms while limiting Immigration into the United Kingdom. Attempts were made to improve education, but a promise to raise the education age to 16 was left unfulfilled. Labour was defeated in 1970 by the Conservatives.

After the first 1974 election Labour was able to form a coalition with the Liberals to return to power. In Wilson's second term, there was increased social spending, with price controls and taxes on the rich. Wilson resigned in 1976 passing control to James Callaghan.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which do not have separate prime ministers.

Answer 2

Maurice Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1960.

Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1957 January 10 to 1963 October 18 as leader of the Conservative Party. He was an understudy of Winston Churchill, the prominent wartime Prime Minister, and used this advantage along with charisma and wit to catapult himself into the office. After Anthony Eden resigned over the Suez Canal crisis, Macmillan was appointed as prime minister by Queen Elizabeth II.

Macmillan improved relations with the US and USSR after the Suez Crisis, visiting leaders of each nation. He pushed for increased development into the UK's nuclear program. This indirectly led to the Windscale fire, causing the UK's most severe nuclear accident to date, and also to the UK's successful nuclear bomb test on 1957 November 8. This would also lead to the Partial test Ban Treaty of 1963, signed by the US, USSR and the UK.

Macmillan also increased the pace of decolonization, granting independence to a handful of countries, most of which remained within the commonwealth. As a result, South Africa would leave the commonwealth in 1961, South Africa having earlier gained independence in 1910. He also helped formed the European Free Trade Association, but was unable to get the UK into the European Economic Community.

The Profumo Affair of 1963 damaged both the credibility of Macmillan's government and his personal health. Macmillan would resign, with Douglas-Home succeeding him.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which do not have separate prime ministers

Answer 3

James Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1968.

Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1964 October 16 to 1970 June 19 and again from 1974 March 4 March to 1976 April 5.

Harold Wilson led the Labour Party from 1963 February 14 to 1976 April 5. A election in 1964 gave Labour a slim 4 seat majority in the assembly. However after the 1966 election their margin increased to 96 seats.

During Wilson's first term there was an unsuccessful attempt to avoid devaluing the pound. He re-nationalized the steel industry. Wilson allowed for social reforms while limiting immigration into the United Kingdom. Attempts were made to improve education, but a promise to raise the education age to 16 was left unfulfilled. Labour was defeated in 1970 by the Conservatives.

After the first 1974 election Labour was able to form a coalition with the Liberals to return to power. In Wilson's second term, there was increased social spending, with price controls and taxes on the rich. Wilson resigned in 1976 passing control to James Callaghan.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which do not have separate prime ministers.

Answer 4

British Prime Ministers in the 1960s: *Harold Macmillan (PM 1957-63) *Alec Douglas-Home (PM 1963-64) *Harold Wilson (PM 1964-70)

Answer 5

At the beginning of 1970, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (which includes England) was Harold Wilson. Wilson was replaced as prime minister by Edward Heath on June 19th 1970.

Answer 6

Harold MacMillan 1957 - 1963