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Parents > United Kingdom > Government
OfficePrime Minister
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00am
Polls Open December 14, 1918 - 08:00am
Polls Close December 28, 1918 - 10:00pm
Term Start December 29, 1918 - 12:00pm
Term End October 23, 1922 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRBH October 29, 2021 09:45pm
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DescriptionIn this election a group of Conservatives and Liberals (along with a few Independent and Labour MPs) ran on a national coalition supporting incumbent Prime Minister David Lloyd George. While some sources list the coalition having won as much as 525 seats, figures for the coalition parties themselves show 473 seats.

Coalition Conservatives won 332 seats while non-coalition Conservatives won 50 seats.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyLiberal Won12/19/1910
NameH.H. Asquith Votes346 (51.64%)
Term12/20/1910 - 12/07/1916 Margin75 (+11.19%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Dec 06, 1916 UK Prime Minister - Appointment David Lloyd George
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name (I) Prime Minister David Lloyd George Éamon de Valera Others Party Leader William Adamson H.H. Asquith John Dillon
PartyCoalition Liberal Sinn Féin Independent Labour Liberal Irish Parliamentary
Votes473 (66.90%) 73 (10.33%) 61 (8.63%) 57 (8.06%) 36 (5.09%) 7 (0.99%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -400 (-56.58%) -412 (-58.27%) -416 (-58.84%) -437 (-61.81%) -466 (-65.91%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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LBR Old LW
Laf-W Craverguy
CON Bonar Law
I E Pluribus Unum
LAB William Wedgwood Benn

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