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| Tax on imported goods, helping the sales of British goods and therefore providing jobs for the many unemployed. However, increases cost of imports, therefore limiting consumer choice. |
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| Called by Baldwin over the issue of Free Trade v. Protectionism after the Conservatives sought to adopt Protectionism. Although they lost the election, it reunited many of the pro-Protection Conservatives that had not joined the coalition, such as Austen Chamberlain. The Free Trade parties had the majority, and therefore the largest of those, Labour, was asked to form government. |
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| Seats won by Conservatives in 1923 Election |
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| Seats won by Labour in 1923 General Election |
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| Seats won by Liberals in 1923 General Election |
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| Foreign Secretary and Baldwin's main opponent for the position of PM and party leader. However, he was seen as too arrogant and was not selected by King George V |
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| Conservative Central Office |
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| Co-ordinated the party and their campaigns |
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| Annual income for the Conservative British union Association in Birmingham. Labour had only £750 |
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| Members of the Birmingham British Union Association when Labour had only 6,500 members. The Conservatives also had 15,000 female members in a fellow organisation. |
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| Female members of the Conservative party by the 1920s. |
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| Policy of no tariffs to encourage trade. |
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| Baldwin adopted Free Trade. |
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| Churchill in Baldwin's Government |
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| Sir William Joynson-Hicks in Baldwin's government |
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| Neville Chamberlain in Baldwin's Government |
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| Contituencies reorganised, favouring the Tories |
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| Where those affiliated with a business or university could vote there and in their home constituency. Most business people and academics were traditionally Conservative and therefore it was percieved that this favoured them. |
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| Held after the Labour government was dissolved, won by Conservatives. |
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Seats won by Conservatives in 1924 General Election/% of vote. |
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| Seats won by Labour in 1924 General Election/% of vote |
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| Seats won by Liberals in 1924 General Election/% of vote |
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| Swing to Conservatives in 1924 General Election |
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| In 1925, gesutre of reconciliation over Germany joining the Leagues of Nations. |
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| Investigated unemployment in 1927, suggested reducing juvenile benefits to 1/3 of adult rate. |
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| Budget spent on interest repayments in 1920 |
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| Return to the Gold Standard |
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| Valuation of the pound under the Gold Standard |
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| Pre-war orthodox fixed exchanged valuation of the pound |
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| Pensions, widows and orphans support extended and income tax lowered |
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| Amount the Admirality were requesting to build cruisers to combat the threat from Japan |
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| concept of a duration of warning and preparation before conflict. |
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| Conservatives ended diplomatic relations with Russia |
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| Decifit by 1927. Churchill subsequently raised taxes on tobacco, matches and wines. |
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| Derating in agriculture, industry and railways/canals in 1928 |
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| Level of derating in industry by Churchill |
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| supported imperialism and abolished the tax on tea |
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| Average cost of a car in 1924 |
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| General Electricity Board |
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| Change in electricity consumers 1920-1929 |
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| Households with electricity in 1920 |
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| National Grid constructed |
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| Passed 1926, to set up the National Grid |
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| Outlined Chamberlain's provisional programme of domestic policies in November 1924, most of which were passed by 1929 |
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| Widows, Pensions and Orphans Act |
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| Passed 1925, extending benefits, introducing child allowance and worker coverage |
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| a contributory scheme for workers which determined access to benefits |
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| Benefits a week for widows 1925-1929 |
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| Passed in 1926 allowing the Minister of Health to chose his own nominees to distribute Poor Law after previous Guardians deliberately overspent |
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| Overspent by Poor Law Guardian Poplar |
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| benefits for an unlimited period became a right, revised in 1928 |
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| Poor Law authorities abolished, replaced by Public Assistance Committees in 1929 |
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| Number of Poor Law authorities abolished in 1929 |
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| Allocated for Public Assistance Committees |
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| Formed 1926, the British Broadcasting Corporation |
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| Representation of the Peoples Act |
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| Passed 1928m extending the electorate to 21-28 year old women |
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