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Significance of General Elections in 1910 - Coggle Diagram
Significance of General Elections in 1910
1908-9
1908 Asquith Liberal PM, appointed Lloyd-George as Chancellor
historic budget for social reform programme- "People's Budget"
Lords w/ fury used absolute veto Nov 30th 1909-not happened for 300+ yrs-Constitutional Crisis
Liberals campaign to reduce veto to less than 2 years
Ireland Home Rule back into focus-veto reduced + Libs in power, third HR possible
1910 General Elections
1st in Jan-Conservatives used HR threat as main plank
results inconclusive-Libs 275 seats but remained in gov w/ support of IPP (holding balance of power)+ Labour, Cons won 273 seats w/ supp of Irish Unionists (Carson leader from Feb 1910 +)
March PM announces plans for reduction of power, Balfour Tory leader accuses Lib + IPP of making sneaky deal
Lib plan by spring-would ask King to create new Lib peers for Parliament Act to pass
21 meetings w/ Libs + Cons concluded in increased bitterness
Cons huge internal division, but saw HR become an issue of empire preservation which could unite party + attack Libs
results of election in Dec-identical number of seats for Libs + Cons-272
Parliament Act
Feb 1911 introduced
Asquith got courage to go ahead w/ it due to Cons not making breakthrough
Lords couldn't reject or amend any money bill
if any other type of bill was rejected, it would become law providing not less than 2 years had elapsed between introduction + 3rd reading in commons
maximum duration or Parliament cut from 7-5 years
act passed through Commons 15th May 1911
group of Tory peers named "ditchers" accepted the bill-passed by 131 votes to 114 10th Aug