Election results (1864-1964) Flashcards
Who was in Government in 1866?
-Liberals ( Lord Russell PM and leader of Liberals after death of Lord Palmerstone but was in HOL so mostly Gladstone)
a)What Government was in power in 1867 and B) what type of government were they and what did this mean?
a)conservative government
b) Minority government- not a majority of MPs in seats so wouldn’t be able to get much done and why they agreed to amendments to reform Act 1867
Who was in government from 1868-1874?
Liberals led by Gladstone ( conservatives tries to dish the whigs did not work)
Who was in the government from 1874-1880?
-Conservative government led by Disraeli
Who was in government from 1880-1886?
-Gladstone, resigns after the failure of his IHR which led to Salisbury Conservative government
What was the results of the 2nd 1886 general election?
-313 Conservative seats + 45 Liberal unionists (led by Chamberlain after IHR) = 458
-Liberals = 272
-Irish National Party = 81 ( 81 and 86)
Who was in government in 1893?
-Liberal government with IPP support
Who won the election in 1895
-Conservatives won it with 411 seats (71 of those were the Liberal Unionists
-Liberals = 177 seats
What year was the Khaki election and what were the results ?
-1900
-Conservatives won with a massive majority (402 vs. 184) ( cons. majority of 218 Mps) - helped by the beginning of the Boer War which promoted their ideas of jingoism
Who won the 1906 election?
-Liberals with a massive majority- 400 vs. 157
-Liberals united again and Conservatives faced backlash over events in Boer war
Who won the January 1910 election?
-Liberals (275) ; however they relied on the support of Labour (40) and Irish National Party (82) to form a government
a)Who won the December 1910 election and b) why was it called?
a)Liberals (272) again but with the help of Labour (42) and Irish Nat (84) to beat the conservatives who also had 272 seats.
b) called to get DLG’s budget through in the constitutional crisis
a) what was the name of the 1918 election
b) what changed in this election
c) who won?
a) Coupon election
b) A coalition government was formed - war time
c) The coalition government did
a)Who won the 1922 election and b) who’s votes rose tremendously and c) who’s dropped
a) Conservatives (345)
b) Labour (142)
c)Liberals dropped - they were disunited (Asquith and DLG libs) and War and ruined its images and the “bus”
a) Who won the December 1923 election and b) what type of government was it?
a) Labour (191 seats) and relied on help of Liberals (159)
b)Minority government (conservative had more seats-258)
a)Who won the 1924 election b) what happened to Labours vote and c) what new party emerged and how many seats?
a) Conservatives (419)
b) Labour (151) but their % of total votes increased to 33% from 30.5%
c)Communist Party of Great Britain - 1 seat (55,000 votes)
a) Who won the 1929 election and b) what type of government was it?
a) Labour (288 seats ) - More seats than Conservatives (260) but lower % of votes (37.1vs 38.2)
b) minority government ( liberals had 59 seats)
a) Who won the 1931 election and b) what happened in this government
b) National Government was formed due to economic crisis
a) National Government won led by Ramsay Macdonald - large majority
Who won the 1935 election?
-National Government led by Stanley Baldwin
Who won the 1945 election?
-Labour - (393 seats vs. 213) - large majority of 147 MPs
Who won the 1950 election?
-Labour ( 315 vs 298) - much smaller majority of 5 MPs
a)Who won the 1951 election and B) how long did they stay in government for?
a)Conservatives (321 vs 295)- majority of 17 MPs
b) Stayed in government until 1964 - back to Labour with a majority of 4 MPs
