Liberal decline
Niall Connors
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- Created on: 15-03-15 21:38
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- liberal decline
- Population change and nature
- Downfall of the liberal party, far more working class voters
- Reform acts of 1867 & 1884
- Downfall of the liberal party, far more working class voters
- Growing Labour party
- 1900, 1906 + 1910, general elections results showed Lab party were gaining significant ground
- 1900- 62,698 2 MP's in parliament
- 1910- 505,675, 42 MP's in parliament
- 1910- 505,675, 42 MP's in parliament
- Labour party gave a voice to working class people
- Coupon Election 1918 -2,245,777, votes just under 21% of total ,57 MP's elected
- Asquith-Ineffective Leader
- Seen as weak , early parts of war seen as indecisive lacking energy and direction
- LLG Vs. Asquith
- Lloyd George wanted conscription for married men after battle of Somme, Asquith did not , Asquith gave in given LLG status
- December 1916, felt sufficiently Powerful to call for creation of War council , in which he would be in charge of removing control of war away from Asquith
- Asquith refused, LLG resigned followed by Bonar-Lar
- Aquith resigned aswell expecting to be called back by liberals and conservatives, instead the king called upon LLG to from a new coalition goernment
- Asquith refused, LLG resigned followed by Bonar-Lar
- December 1916, felt sufficiently Powerful to call for creation of War council , in which he would be in charge of removing control of war away from Asquith
- Lloyd George wanted conscription for married men after battle of Somme, Asquith did not , Asquith gave in given LLG status
- Diminishing Influence of LLG
- Policies and manner in which carried out made him many enemies
- Asquith and his supporters never really forgave him for the way in which he was removed from the premiership
- He alienated both liberals and conservatives, when attempting to form his own party when the coalition began to fail
- Lacked Accountability and in june 1922, exposed for selling peerages and knighthoods for cash
- By Niall Connors
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- Population change and nature
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