A Changing Political Landscape (1918-31)

Question 1

The status of the three main political parties in 1918:

HINT. - . The Liberal Party had been…

Answer 1

• The Liberal Party had been dominant before 1914. However their population began to decline as the Labour Party’s began to grow.
• The Labour Party was a new political party that had emerged from the trade union movement and based of working class votes. However, although the party was increasing in size and strength, coinciding with the Liberal Party it still did not overtake the following of the Conservative Party.
• The Conservative Party had been part of the wartime coalition and was electorally the most favoured party forming the government for much of the 1920s and dominating a National Gov. coalition in the 1930s.

Question 2

The declination of the Liberal Party:

Answer 2

There were many different reasons for the declination of the Liberal party.

• The conservative party had won the most seats in the 1918 and 1922 elections.
• David Lloyd George had a very well known and well respected reputation, this was until the knighthood scandal in 1922. This caused a dramatic decrease in his popularity as a leader which ultimately worked in synchronicity to his coalition government and therefore acting as another catalyst for the declination of the Liberal party.