Political Landscape of Britain 1919-1979 By Cmeloon 1912 Voting at 7.7 million Period: 1914 to 1916 Liberals under Herbert Asquith Period: 1914 to 1918 WW1 1916 Maurice debate Period: 1916 to 1918 Lloyd George was prime minister of liberal party 1918 Conservatives won 379 seats 1918 Lloyd George won 127 seats 1918 Herbert Asquith formed the Independent Liberal Party 1918 Representation of the People Act 1918 Voting at 21.4 million 1918 43% of the votes were women Period: 1918 to 1922 Lloyd George prime minister 1920 Lloyd George tried to make the coalition permanent and name it the centre party 1921 Irish free state meant liberals lost 80 seats Jul 1, 1921 Neville Chamberlain's Housing Act 1922 Bonar Law promises "tranquillity and freedom from adventures home and abroad" 1922 Conservatives ended their coalition with Lloyd George 1922 Chanak incident 1922 Stanley Baldwin openly spoke out against Lloyd George at the Charlton club Period: 1922 to 1923 Bonar Law was prime minister 1923 Baldwin tried adopting protectionism but then went back on himself 1923 Conservatives only won 258 seats Period: 1923 to 1924 Stanley Baldwin prime minister Dec 1, 1923 Was a hung election 1924 Macdonald impressed the public with economic affairs skills with the Dawes Plan 1924 Campbell Case 1924 Zinoviev letter revealed Period: 1924 to 1924 Ramsay Macdonald was prime minister Period: 1924 to 1929 Stanley Baldwin prime minister 1926 Lloyd George funded the liberal party 1929 Wall Street Crash Period: 1929 to 1935 Ramsay Macdonald prime minister 1930 George Langbury took over form Macdonald 1931 Macdonald was expelled from Labour as he wanted to cut spending by 10% 1931 Oswald Mosley founded the New Party Period: 1931 to 1945 National Government 1932 British Union of Fascist founded 1934 BUF has 50,000 members 1934 Special Areas Act 1935 Baldwin wanted to give 2/3 Abyssinia to fascist Italy Period: 1935 to 1937 Baldwin was prime minister 1936 BUF caused the Battle of Cable Street 1936 Edward VIII abdicated the throne Period: 1937 to 1940 Neville Chamberlain was prime minister Period: 1939 to 1945 WW2 Period: 1939 to 1940 Phoney War 1940 Chamberlain lost vote of no confidence Period: 1940 to 1943 Oswald Mosley in prison Period: 1940 to 1945 Churchill was prime minister 1942 Beveridge report was written 1945 Labour implemented the Beveridge report in the Manifesto 1945 Family Allowance Act 1945 Churchill makes the Gestapo speech Period: 1945 to 1979 Consensus Government Period: 1945 to 1951 Clement Atlee Prime minister Jul 1, 1945 Labour won a landslide victory 1946 Bank of England is formed 1946 National Health Service Period: 1946 to 1948 Bread rationing 1947 National coal board took over 1500 colleries 1947 Economic Planning Council Period: 1947 to 1948 Potatoes are rationed Period: 1947 to 1948 Coal is rationed 1948 Electricity generation nationalisation 1948 Marshall Aid 1951 All rationing ends Period: 1951 to 1955 Winston Churchill was prime minister 1952 Churchill built 319,000 houses by the end of the year 1953 Churchill privatised steel and iron Period: 1955 to 1957 Anthony Eden was prime minister Period: 1957 to 1963 Harold Macmillan was prime minister 1961 MacMillan tried to join the European Economic Community 1962 MacMillan made National Economic Development Councils Period: 1963 to 1964 Alec Douglas Home was prime minister Period: 1964 to 1970 Harold Wilson prime minister Period: 1970 to 1974 Edward Heath prime minister Period: 1974 to 1976 Harold Wilson was prime minister Period: 1976 to 1979 James Callaghn was prime minister