In the Fulham East byelection, a Labour candidate on a pacifist ticket wins a stunning victory. Labour begins to call for rearmament. Labour regains some of its position in an election. Labour joins a coalition. Attlee eventually becomes Deputy Prime Minister.
Labour forms a majority government for the first time.
1946-8 Major social reforms, including Nationalisation and the creation of the NHS, are implemented. Most of the majority is lost in an election. Aneurin Bevan and Harold Wilson resign from the Cabinet in protest at imposition of NHS charges. Labour loses office, despite polling more votes than the Conservatives. Constant left-right struggle between the supporters of Bevan and the leadership.