A vote of no confidence in the British Labour government of James Callaghan occurred on 28 March 1979. The vote was brought by the Official Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher and was lost by the Labo
Prime Minister James Callaghan lost the vote of no confidence by just one vote.
James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
Winter of Discontent
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The Winter of Discontent was the period between late September 1978 and February 1979 in the United Kingdom characterised by widespread strikes by private, and later public sector trade unions demandi
1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry
…hoping he would fare better in a year's time once the economy had improved; however, the winter saw a prolonged period of industrial unrest known as the Winter of Discontent which severely reduced Labour's popularity. On 14 December 1978, the government survived a vote of confidence by ten votes after negotiating the support…
The Sun's headline "Crisis? What crisis?"
Margaret Thatcher, who won the 1979 general election and became Prime Minister