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48-525: In 1851 the force consisted of 39 police officers at an annual cost of £2,500. On 1 April 1968, as a result of a compulsory amalgamation scheme under the Police Act 1964 , the force was abolished and, along with Manchester City Police , became part of the new Manchester and Salford Police . This new force lasted only 6 years when on 1 April 1974 the Manchester and Salford Police was amalgamated with

96-422: A planned economy capable of providing full employment , rapid economic growth , favourable balance of trade , and control of inflation . Party leaders also decided that they had lost the previous election because of their failure to appeal to the growing middle class , and adjusted strategy accordingly. Labour called for greater co-ordination between state-run enterprises and repeated its past pledges for

144-800: A Purpose pledged closer relations with the Atlantic world and the Commonwealth of Nations , development of nuclear power , industrial retraining, increased capital investment in British industry, and continued development of the BAC TSR-2 supersonic aircraft project. The Conservative campaign emphasised the party's diplomatic successes, such as the Nassau Agreement, the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty , and

192-469: A majority, by throwing two formerly Liberal-held seats in northern England to Labour; however, the outcome of the election would not have been meaningfully altered had the Liberals retained the seats, as Labour would still have had as many seats as the other two parties combined, and Liberal leader Jo Grimond did not want to support a Conservative minority government. Douglas-Home told D. R. Thorpe that

240-507: A non-socialist, individualist alternative to Labour. The two key domestic policy pledges in its manifesto Think for Yourself, Vote Liberal were healthcare reform and devolution for Scotland and Wales . The Liberals also were distinguished by their internationalist and pro-European foreign policy, becoming the first major party to endorse British membership in the European Economic Union . Supporters and leaders of

288-482: A number of other police forces and parts of police forces to form the Greater Manchester Police which polices the area to this day. William James Richards was the only holder of the post of chief constable of Manchester and Salford Police (1968-1974), having previously been the chief constable of Manchester City Police from 1966 to 1968. This United Kingdom law enforcement agency article

336-464: A resurgence after a virtual wipeout in the 1950s, and doubled its share of the vote, primarily at the expense of the Conservatives. Although Labour did not increase its vote share significantly, the fall in support for the Conservatives led to Wilson securing an overall majority of four seats. This proved to be unworkable, and Wilson called a snap election in 1966 . The pre-election campaign

384-496: A very slim majority of four seats, forming a government for the first time since 1951. Labour achieved a swing of just over 3%, although its vote rose by only 0.3% and it earned a lesser number of votes than in its previous defeats of 1955 and 1959. The main shift in votes was a 5.7% swing from the Conservatives to the Liberals. The Liberals defied popular expectations of a net loss and won nearly twice as many votes as in 1959, partly because they fielded 150 more candidates. Although this

432-699: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Police Act 1964 The Police Act 1964 (c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that updated the legislation governing police forces in England and Wales , constituted new police authorities, gave the Home Secretary new powers to supervise local constabularies, and allowed for the amalgamation of existing forces into more efficient units. A Royal Commission on

480-554: Is also the only time that both Labour and the Conservatives have taken over 300 seats each, and was the last election in which any one party (the Conservatives) contested every single seat. The Conservatives had previously chose not to contest certain Liberal-held seats as per local-level agreements to avoid vote splitting , but ended that policy at this election. The resultant splitting of votes actually helped grant Labour

528-704: The Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election . Macmillan had led the Conservative government since January 1957. Despite initial popularity and a resounding election victory in 1959, he had become increasingly unpopular in the early 1960s, due to rising unemployment and inflation during the recession of 1960–1961 and the United States' cancellation of the Skybolt program intended to provide Britain with an independent nuclear weapons delivery system after

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576-472: The Labour Party , led by Harold Wilson ; Labour secured a parliamentary majority of four seats and ended its thirteen years in opposition since the 1951 election . Wilson became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Rosebery in 1894. Both major parties had changed leadership in 1963. Following the sudden death of Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell early in the year, the party chose Harold Wilson (at

624-523: The Polaris nuclear weapons programme, Wilson quickly decided to avoid this topic altogether due to the continuing popularity of an independent British nuclear deterrent. Labour's platform of a "socialist foreign policy" also criticised the Conservative government for its handling of a scandal involving the British defence contractor Ferranti , the Aden Emergency , Cypriot intercommunal violence ,

672-531: The 1964 Act: Several of the amalgamated forces formed under the 1964 Act had short existences, as a wholesale reorganisation of local government in England and Wales outside London was carried out in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . Police areas were realigned to correspond to one or more of the non-metropolitan or metropolitan counties created by the 1972 legislation. The sections on

720-511: The Bedfordshire/Luton, Devon/Exeter, and Northamptonshire/Northampton mergers, 1966 saw the establishment of a new West Midlands Constabulary covering the county boroughs of Dudley , Walsall , Warley , West Bromwich and Wolverhampton , which had been constituted or enlarged by local government reorganisation. On 16 May 1966, the new Home Secretary , Roy Jenkins announced that the number of police forces in England and Wales

768-653: The Cheshire Constabulary instead of with Manchester and Salford, and the scheme for a Tyneside force was dropped when the Local Government Commission's recommendations were not carried out. Instead Northumberland Constabulary was merged with the two county boroughs north of the Tyne, and Durham Constabulary absorbed those on south Tyneside. ‡ New county borough The following territorial police forces were not subject to amalgamations under

816-554: The Conservative Party in the election. Even many Conservatives condemned Douglas-Home for the Resale Prices Act 1964 abolishing resale price maintenance . Douglas-Home's predecessor Macmillan described him as an "urbane but resolute character — iron painted to look like wood". However, his campaigning did allow the Conservative Party's gap in the polls to narrow. The Conservative manifesto Prosperity with

864-608: The Home Secretary, Henry Brooke , announced he would be using his powers under the Act to amalgamate the county borough forces of Luton and Northampton with the county forces of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire respectively. Luton's force had only been formed on 1 April, when it became a county borough, but Mr Brooke said he did not regard the continuance of its existence as in the best interests of policing efficiency. The amalgamations were vigorously, but unsuccessfully, opposed by

912-581: The Labour Party was temporarily divided due to the death of Gaitskell in 1963 and the subsequent leadership election . Although Wilson won this election against his opponents George Brown and James Callaghan , he was mistrusted within the party because of his previous unsuccessful leadership challenge to Gaitskell in 1960 . The party also suffered from internal policy disputes over unilateral nuclear disarmament and Clause IV of its constitution, which committed it to nationalisation of industry. It

960-659: The Labour victory to Wilson's greater popularity than Home and the party's appeal to younger voters. After British elections in the 1980s and the 1990s challenged many of the assumptions of Butler and Stokes's model, the BES issued a second 2001 report by political scientists from the University of Texas and the University of Essex emphasizing the role of valence politics over public perception of party performance. Working-class voters also selected Labour in greater numbers than in

1008-541: The Liberal Party hoped for a breakthrough in 1964 which would re-establish it as a powerful force in British politics after its near-extinction in the 1950s; the party's surprise victory in the 1962 Orpington by-election , its first in a seat outside of the "Celtic fringe" of Wales , Scotland , and the West Country in over a decade, had created optimism and a sense of momentum for a recovery. However, by 1964

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1056-481: The Liberals had lost much of their momentum to a series of by-election and local election losses, and faced growing financial difficulties. Many party speakers, especially at televised rallies, had to deal with hecklers; in particular Douglas-Home was treated very roughly at a meeting in Birmingham . Douglas-Home's speeches dealt with the future of the nuclear deterrent, while fears of Britain's relative decline on

1104-484: The Police had been appointed in 1960 under the chairmanship of Henry Willink to "review the constitutional position of the police throughout Great Britain". The appointment of the commission followed two high-profile scandals involving borough police forces. These exposed problems in the relationship between the chief constable and watch committee of each borough, and disputes between central and local government over

1152-519: The Queen and asked for a dissolution of Parliament . The dissolution notably occurred without a formal royal prorogation and recall for the first time since 1922. The campaign was dominated by some of the more voluble characters of the political scene at the time. While George Brown , deputy leader of the Labour Party, toured the country making energetic speeches (and the occasional gaffe ), Quintin Hogg

1200-431: The autumn of 1963. Douglas-Home faced a difficult task in rebuilding the party's popularity with just a year elapsing between taking office and having to face a general election. Wilson had begun to try to tie the Labour Party to the growing confidence of Britain in the 1960s, asserting that the "white heat of revolution" would sweep away "restrictive practices ... on both sides of industry". The Liberal Party enjoyed

1248-587: The boroughs: Luton's campaign went as far as serving a High Court writ on the Home Secretary in an attempt to stop the merger. In the meantime, the first amalgamation under the Act took place on 1 April 1965 as the result of local government reorganisation, with the formation of the Mid Anglia Constabulary . Following a change in government at the general election , Frank Soskice became Home Secretary. In 1965 he announced that Exeter City's force would be merged with that of Devon. In addition to

1296-705: The cancellation of the Blue Streak project. Although Macmillan ended the latter crisis with the Nassau Agreement guaranteeing US assistance in the Polaris programme of submarine-launched ballistic missiles , this also indirectly harmed his reputation after French President Charles de Gaulle vetoed Britain's accession bid to the European Communities over his scepticism of the Anglo-American " Special Relationship ." However,

1344-494: The composition of police authorities were repealed by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 , and new authorities constituted. 1964 United Kingdom general election Alec Douglas-Home Conservative Harold Wilson Labour The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by incumbent Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home , narrowly losing to

1392-463: The control of local forces. In 1958, following a trial into police corruption in Brighton , the presiding judge stated that the judiciary could have no faith in police evidence until the chief constable had been replaced. Brighton Watch Committee complained that they could not properly supervise the force, as they had no access to the annual report of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary , which

1440-556: The country. In foreign policy it pledged a re-evaluation of previous governments' foreign aid and alliances , increased British assertiveness at the United Nations, and a build-up of the conventional components of the British Armed Forces , but did not promise unilateral nuclear disarmament as some left-wing members of the party desired. While early campaigning suggested that a Labour government would abandon

1488-637: The defence of Malaysia in the Borneo Confrontation . Although the Conservatives made limited appeals to new Caribbean, African, and South Asian immigrants by printing campaign literature in Hindi and Urdu , it defended the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 restricting immigration of Commonwealth citizens . As in previous elections since its decline, the Liberal Party under Jo Grimond 's leadership positioned itself as

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1536-529: The escalation of the Vietnam War , arms sales to apartheid South Africa , and a contract to construct naval frigates for Francoist Spain . Douglas-Home's unpopularity – caused by his aristocratic background, his accession to the premiership without a formal election, his economic and trade policies, and the side-lining of popular Conservative leaders such as Enoch Powell and Iain Macleod – harmed

1584-526: The governmental level; however, their outreach was weakened by the Rookes v Barnard decision allowing employers to collect punitive damages from strike actions and Douglas-Home's tough approach to industrial relations. As a result, trade unions heavily supported Labour in the election and encouraged working-class support of the party. As much as 85 per cent of Labour's election spending consisted of funds raised by trade unions. Aggregate data analyses of

1632-802: The most important reason for the Conservative loss was Iain Macleod 's "The Tory Leadership" article , in which the former cabinet minister claimed that an Etonian "magic circle" conspiracy had led to him becoming prime minister. British Ambassador to the United States David Ormsby-Gore wrote to Home that "Almost anything could have tipped the balance. Khrushchev 's removal from office twelve hours earlier, China’s nuclear explosion thirty-six hours earlier or just Rab [Butler] keeping his mouth shut for once." David Butler and Donald E. Stokes 's influential 1969 British Election Study report Political Change in Britain attributed

1680-503: The particular subjects for investigation by the commission were: The commission published its final report on 31 May 1962. This recommended an urgent review on the number and size of police areas. Among its recommendations were: The commission noted that of 158 police forces in Great Britain, 97 had an establishment of less than 350. The Act received royal assent on 10 June 1964. Among its provisions were: On 10 July 1964,

1728-537: The previous election, due in part to the weakening of the post-war boom which had popularized the Conservatives in the 1950s, although the Conservatives attracted a greater number of female voters than before. The Conservatives tried to attract working-class voters by improving the party's relationships with trade unions through the Conservative Trade Union Councils at the party level and the new National Economic Development Council at

1776-525: The renationalisation of the steel and road haulage industries, but declared that it would not nationalise any further industries. The party also promised expansions of social services, tax reform, and what would become the prices and incomes policy to control inflation . In education it sought comprehensivisation of secondary education and a higher school-leaving age , while in immigration it sought both immigration quotas restricting future entry and equal rights for immigrants who had already arrived in

1824-552: The results demonstrate higher turnout in constituencies dominated by the professional–managerial class , agricultural workers , council tenants , voters without automobiles, and the elderly. Many salaried professionals who ordinarily supported for the Conservatives voted for Labour because of high inflation. On the other hand, Labour's poorer performance in central and southern England and loss of five seats in that area indicated an increasing white working-class backlash against nonwhite immigration. The most notable example of this

1872-492: The small majority meant the government could not implement its policy of renationalising the steel industry due to the opposition of backbenchers Woodrow Wyatt and Desmond Donnelly . 89 female candidates stood in the election, with 29 women being elected as MPs (11 for the Conservatives and 18 for Labour). This was the only election in Britain's recent history when all seats were won by the three main parties: no minor parties, independents or splinter groups won any seats. It

1920-558: The success of That Was the Week That Was . The election night was broadcast live by BBC Television , presented for the fifth and final time by Richard Dimbleby , with Robin Day , Ian Trethowan , Cliff Michelmore and David Butler co-presenting. The Conservatives made a surprising recovery from being well behind Labour when Home became prime minister, and would have won if 900 voters in eight seats had changed votes. Labour won

1968-699: The time, thought of as being on the party's centre-left), while Alec Douglas-Home , at the time the Earl of Home , had taken over as Conservative leader and Prime Minister in October after Harold Macmillan announced his resignation in the wake of the Profumo affair . Douglas-Home shortly afterward disclaimed his peerage under the Peerage Act 1963 in order to lead the party from the Commons, subsequently standing in

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2016-496: The world stage, reflected in chronic balance of payment problems, helped the Labour Party's case. By 1964, television had developed as a medium and played a much greater role than in previous British elections. The election received more coverage from current affairs programs such as BBC1 's Panorama , Associated-Rediffusion 's This Week , and Granada Television 's World in Action , as well as political satire inspired by

2064-564: Was a leading spokesman for the Conservatives. The image of Hogg lashing out at a Wilson poster with his walking stick was one of the most striking of the campaign. The Labour Party campaigned on what historian Andrew Thorpe called "the basis of revisionism given a significant twist in the direction of Wilsonian planning, and a more dirigiste approach to industrial modernization." Labour's manifesto Let's Go with Labour for New Britain reflected Wilson's belief that social justice and technological progress would transform industry to create

2112-679: Was for a while thought likely that the Conservatives would win the scheduled 1964 general election, albeit with a reduced majority, but the emergence of the Profumo affair in March 1963 and Macmillan's handling of the matter all but destroyed the credibility of his government. While he survived a vote of no confidence in June 1963, polling indicated that Labour would win the next election comfortably if Macmillan remained in power, which, along with health issues, prompted Macmillan to announce his resignation in

2160-725: Was prolonged, as Douglas-Home delayed calling a general election to give himself as much time as possible to improve the prospects of his party. The Labour Party indicated that it held high popular support by winning the 1964 London local elections . This led to speculation that the Conservative government would not call an election in 1964 despite constitutional precedent requiring it do so quinquennially in peacetime. However, Conservative leaders became more optimistic about their chances after winning three by-elections in Winchester , Bury St. Edmunds , and Devizes . The election campaign formally began on 25 September 1964 when Douglas-Home saw

2208-489: Was sent to the Home Secretary. In 1959, the watch committee of Nottingham suspended the city's chief constable, Athelstan Popkess , when he refused to furnish a report on his investigations into alleged corruption of councillors. Details of the investigation were however leaked to the press on the eve of municipal elections. The committee were subsequently forced to reinstate Popkess when the Home Secretary, Rab Butler , threatened to withdraw central government funding. Among

2256-495: Was the Liberals' best electoral performance since the 1929 general election and left the party in a key parliamentary position due to Labour's slender majority, it failed to regain its pre- World War II status as a party of government as it had hoped. Wilson became Prime Minister , replacing Douglas-Home; Labour's four-seat majority was not sustainable for a full Parliament, and Wilson ultimately called another general election in 1966 which saw his majority expanded. In particular,

2304-501: Was to be reduced from 117 to 49. Where the local authorities concerned did not agree a voluntary scheme he would make a compulsory amalgamation. † Existing combined force The amalgamations carried out under the Act differed slightly from the original scheme announced in 1966. In Yorkshire, The North and East Riding constabularies were combined with York City Police, while the borough forces of Hull and Teesside were allowed to continue unmerged. Stockport Borough Police were amalgamated with

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