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BRITAIN Breadth 2 PART 2 Flashcards

1
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What confirmed that the Liberals had been overtaken by Labour as the main opposition of the Conservatives?

A

Elections of 1923/1924

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When was the Carlton Club formed?

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1832

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3
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What did the Carlton Club function as?

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Social club for Tory MPs rather than as a central hub for organising the party in parliament and the country

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4
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Who expanded the Carlton Club’s role to forge links between the national party and constituencies in the country?

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Peel

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Who was appointed to reorganise the Conservative Party nationally during its re-brand?

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F.R. Bonham

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Why did party organisation become more important after the 1832 RPA?

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Constituencies were required to create an electoral register containing the names of everyone who possessed property qualifications needed to vote

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7
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When was the Reform Club founded?

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1836

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8
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Which party was the Reform Club associated with?

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Whigs

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9
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When did the importance of party organisation become very clear?

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By late 1830s

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10
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How many general elections were there between 1832-41?

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4

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11
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Which was the first election fought by two clearly defined political parties?

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1841

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12
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When was the first election in which the role of the monarch was insignificant?

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1841

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13
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Who won the 1841 election?

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Well-organised Conservative Party with an overall majority of 76

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14
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What took party organisation to a new level?

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Birmingham Caucus

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15
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Who was one of the chief organisers of the Birmingham Caucus system?

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Joseph Chamberlain

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16
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What proved the success of the Birmingham Caucus system?

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Birmingham was represented by 3 Liberal MPs for many years

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17
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When was the National Liberal Federation (NLF) formed?

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1877

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18
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What helped persuade Asquith to consider female suffrage at the Speaker’s Conference in 1916?

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NLF’s pressure

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19
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When was the NUCCA founded?

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1867

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20
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Who did Disraeli entrust with party reorganisation after his loss in the 1968 election?

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J.E. Gorst

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21
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Why was Gorst significant?

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Established the Central Office; recognised importance of new urban electorate; supported creation of Conservative clubs as social centres, especially for working men

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22
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What did the Central Office do?

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Oversaw the selection of candidates for election

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23
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Which party first won over women to its cause?

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Conservatives

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24
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When did Disraeli die?

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1881

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25
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Which organisation was formed in memory of Disraeli?

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Primrose League

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26
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When was the Primrose League formed?

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1884

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27
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How did the membership of the Primrose League change?

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Grew from 957 members in 1884 to 2 million in 1910

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28
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How many Primrose League members were women?

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1/2

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29
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When did the Primrose League flourish?

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Until WW1

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30
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What decreased the importance of the Primrose League?

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Granting of female suffrage; opening of Conservative membership to men and women

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31
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Where did Conservative and Liberal working men’s associations succeed post-1867?

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Factory towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire

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32
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Which working men’s associations were most popular post-1867?

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Conservative clubs

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33
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When had many middle-class Liberals switched to the Conservatives?

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During Gladstone’s long tenure of the premiership

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34
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Why did many middle-class Liberals switch to the Conservatives?

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Alarmed by growing radicalism of party and Gladstone’s attempts to tackle the Irish question

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35
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Why did the Conservative Party fare better than the Liberals?

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More effective organisation

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36
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What helped to secure the Liberal Party’s landslide victory in the 1906 election?

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Operated very successful party machine post-1900; forged links with the LRC

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37
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Post-1900, when were there growing divisions within the Liberals?

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1910

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38
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How did the Liberals split in 1916?

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Between supporters of Asquith and Lloyd George

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39
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When did many Liberal supporters switch their allegiance to the growing Labour Party?

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After 1918

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40
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When did the Liberals have the same substantial national network of associations as the Conservatives?

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By the 1880s

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41
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When was the Independent Labour Party formed?

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1893

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42
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When did real progress in promoting working-class interests come?

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1867-85

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43
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How did Britain respond politically to the socialist ideas that were influencing European politics in the 1880s?

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3 socialist organisations were formed

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44
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What were the socialist organisations formed in 1884?

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Social Democratic Federation (SDF); Socialist League; Fabian society

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45
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Why were the 1884 socialist organisations important?

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Shifted political climate slightly away from laissez-faire individualism and towards a more collective attitude towards society

46
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When did trade union membership reach a million?

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1874

47
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What did the economic downturn of the 1870s and 1880s lead to the growth of?

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‘New Unionism’

48
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What highlighted the changing nature of trade union activity?

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Strike by female workers at the Bryant and May match factory in London in 1888

49
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Who founded the Independent Labour Party?

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Trade union delegates; representatives from the Fabians and the SDF

50
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What did the ILP propose at its founding?

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Free education; legal minimum wage; free access to medical treatment; comprehensive welfare provision

51
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How many ILP candidates stood in the 1895 election?

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28

52
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How many votes did the ILP secure in the 1895 election?

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44,000

53
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What made it easy to denounce the ILP as unpatriotic?

A

Party’s open hostility to Boer War in 1899

54
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When was the LRC founded?

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February 1900

55
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Why was the affiliation between Labour and the trade unions beneficial for everyone involved?

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Unions promoted their own interests through party; Labour gained widespread electoral support from trade union members

56
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When did the trade unions turn an issue into a mass political movement with the help of the LRC?

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1901- Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was forced to pay the Taff Vale Railway Company £23,000 in damages

57
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When did the Liberals agree an electoral pact with the LRC?

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1903

58
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What was the electoral pact the Liberals agreed with the LRC?

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Liberals wouldn’t put forward candidates in an agreed number of seats, giving LRC candidates a free run against Conservatives

59
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How many seats and votes did the LRC win in the 1906 election?

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29; 254,000

60
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When did the LRC change its name to the Labour Party?

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Shortly after 1906 election

61
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Why was the renaming of the LRC an inspired choice?

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Suggested party was aimed at promoting the interests of a class rather than a set of political beliefs

62
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When did the Labour Party make slow progress, partly due to its broad support of New Liberalism’s agenda?

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1906-18

63
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When did Labour establish itself as a major political force?

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1918-24

64
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When had the Labour Party gained some experience in government?

A

Members were given 3 minor positions in Asquith’s coalition government of 1915

65
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How many seats did Labour take in the 1918 election?

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57

66
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How many votes did Labour take in the 1918 election?

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2 million

67
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When did Labour become the largest single party in opposition to the Conservatives in the HoC?

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1922

68
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How many seats did Labour win in the 1922 election?

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142

69
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What issues was the 1923 election fought on?

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Free trade and protection

70
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What was the major achievement of the first Labour government?

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Housing Act- promoted construction of 500,000 houses to be rented out at controlled rents

71
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How did Labour use the Liberals to form its first government?

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Labour had 191 seats- combined with 158 Liberals

72
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Why was the 1924 Labour government unable to carry out wide-ranging reforms?

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Dependent on Liberal support

73
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How long did the first Labour administration last for?

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Less than a year

74
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When did the first Labour government get in?

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January 1924

75
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What were the results of the 1924 election?

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Conservatives triumphed with 412 seats to Labour’s 151

76
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How many seats did the Liberals lose in the 1924 election?

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118

77
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When did Labour secure the greatest number of seats in the election?

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1929

78
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How many seats did Labour secure in the 1929 election, which was still not enough for a majority?

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287

79
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How many MPs in 1780 were the sons or brothers of peers?

A

1/5

80
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When did Pitt create many new peers?

A

1780-90s

81
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How many MPs in 1780 had gained their fortunes as merchants, bankers and industrialists?

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Around 110

82
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Why did the extension of the franchise and the redistribution of seats throughout the 19th century not lead to a change in the social composition of the HoC?

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Increasing number of county seats entrenched power of country gentry; redistribution worked against interests of merchants/bankers who had purchased and controlled seats before 1832

83
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When did the social make-up of the HoC hardly change at all?

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1832-67

84
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When were 2 miners, supported by the Liberals and the Trade Unions, elected?

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1874

85
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When did real change come to the composition of the HoC?

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After 1900, with the growth of Labour

86
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How many Labour MPs elected in the 1918 election were from a working-class background?

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56/63

87
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When had women begun to play an important role in local politics?

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Following the passage of the Local Government Act 1894

88
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What gave women the right to stand as MPs?

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Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918

89
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How many candidates in the 1918 election were women?

A

17/1623

90
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Who was the only successful female candidate in the 1918 election?

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Countess Markievicz

91
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Who was the first woman to actually sit in the HoC?

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Viscountess Nancy Astor

92
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When did the first female MP take her seat?

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1919

93
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When was the abolition of the property qualification for MPs?

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1858

94
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When had the property qualification been introduced in England?

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1711

95
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When was the issue of the property qualification brought to a head?

A

With the case of Edward Glover

96
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When did trade unions begin to subsidise a number of MPs?

A

1870s

97
Q

When was the payment of MPs introduced?

A

1911

98
Q

How much did the Chartists want MPs to be paid?

A

£500 a year

99
Q

When was Gladstone converted to the idea of payment of MPs?

A

1880s

100
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When did the Liberal Party formally adopt the payment of MPs as a cause?

A

Newcastle programme of 1891

101
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When did the issue of the payment of MPs take on wider significance?

A

After 1867 franchise reform

102
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Who sponsored Keir Hardie?

A

Miners’ Federation

103
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When was Keir Hardie elected?

A

For West Ham South in 1892

104
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When did the Labour Party provide up to £200 a year to support its MPs?

A

From 1904

105
Q

How many MPs did Labour have in 1924?

A

191

106
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Who proposed the 1911 payment of MPs?

A

Lloyd George

107
Q

How much was it agreed that MPs would be paid from 1911?

A

£400 a year

108
Q

What was a major setback in the journey to secure payment for MPs?

A

Osbourne judgement of 1909

109
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Who was Osbourne of the Osbourne judgement?

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Liberal supporter who objected to the political levy collected by his union, the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

110
Q

Who was the first Labour PM?

A

Ramsay MacDonald

111
Q

What does LRC stand for?

A

Labour Representative Committee

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