Changes in British Elections
Election	Governing Party	Majority	Majority Gain/Loss
1945	Labour	146
1950	Labour	5	-141
1951	Conservative	17
1955	Conservative	59	42
1959	Conservative	100	41
1964	Labour	5
1966	Labour	97	92
1970	Conservative	31
1974	Labour	-32
1974	Labour	4	36
1979	Conservative	44
1983	Conservative	144	100
1987	Conservative	100	-44
1992	Conservative	21	-79
1997	Labour	178
2001	Labour	166	-12
2005	Labour	71	-95
Majority is defined as the seats held by the largest party minus the seats held by all other parties