rise of labour

Question 1

The ILP campaigned for reforms in housing and health

Answer 1

They focused on local issues and so were popular with voters and soldiers returning from war

Question 2

Labour’s share of the vote
increased substantially between
1918 and 1922.

Answer 2

In 1918 they won 7 seats in Scotland, and by 1922 had increased to 29 seats.

Question 3

By the mid-1920s Labour had
become a major political party.

Answer 3

The Representation of the People Act of 1918 gave the right to vote to all men over 21. The new voters were more likely to vote for the Labour Party.