changing party fortunes, 1918-31 Cheat Sheet by cescaharpham via cheatography.com/50083/cs/13852/ Background Rise of Labour Labour becomes the main A minor party, until 1923 when it got opposition party. more votes than Liberals and Ramsay Liberals are kicked to third place. MacDonald became the first Labour Conser​ vat​ ives are relatively the PM. same. Labour party biggest in 1929, MacDonald PM again. Decline of the Liberals Causes: Unified post-WWI Pre-WWI was one of two major Huge growth in TU membership parties, main rival the Ran local politics well: e.g. didn't Conserv​ ati​ ves. discrim​ inate candidates by class Key figures: Asquith and Lloyd Growing working​ -class identity George. Liberal split- Asquith backed Labour Causes: government but gambled and lost, Dangerf​ ield said: failure to MacDona​ ld's economic policies good, cope with threat of TU strikes, NI would be remembered in 1929 and suffrag​ ette militancy. Bernstein said: failure to adopt Consistent Conserv​ atives to class -based voting habits. Most historians reject these views: Conser​ vative staying the same would have been able to survive if Stays consistent through​ out, always not for events after 1914. one of top two biggest parties. Stability, Wilson said: "r​ ampant family values. omnibus​ "; split of party. Key figures: Stanley Baldwin. Coupon Election: cemented Causes: the split, alliance of LG with Rebranding began in 1872 under Tories. Benjamin Disraeli. One-nation party ROTP Act 1918: allowed idea. Built on by Baldwin. Labour to rise, but Liberals failed Targeted the Liberals to win. Better to adapt. alterna​ tive to combat Labour. LG's Cash for Honours Benefitted from ROTP Act (plural scheme. voting for Oxbridge student​ s/s​ taff, FPTP system: favoured bi- wealthier, Tory voters), Irish party system. indepen​ dence, FPTP system. By cescaharpham Not published yet. Sponsored by Readability-Score.com Last updated 7th December, 2017. Measure your website readability! Page 1 of 1. https://readability-score.com cheatography.com/cescaharpham/.