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The United Kingdom has had several coalition governments throughout its history: Aberdeen ministry, the British government under Lord Aberdeen (1852–1855) Asquith coalition ministry, the British government under H. H. Asquith (1915–1916) Lloyd George ministry, the British government under David Lloyd George (1916–1922)
Prior to the 20th century, the leader of the British government held the title of First Lord of the Treasury, and not that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime ...
A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a government by political parties that enter into a power-sharing arrangement of the executive. [1] Coalition governments usually occur when no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election .
The Cameron–Clegg coalition was formed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg when Cameron was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, after the general election on 6 May. It was the UK's first coalition government since the Churchill caretaker ministry in 1945.
The all-party coalitions of H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George in the First World War were sometimes referred to as National Governments at the time, but are now more commonly called Coalition Governments. [citation needed] The term "National Government" was chosen to dissociate itself from negative connotations of the earlier coalitions.
It formed the terms of reference governing the Cameron–Clegg coalition, the coalition government comprising MPs from the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The general election resulted in a hung parliament , with no party emerging with an overall majority in the House of Commons , for the first time in 36 years ...
The governing coalition, under Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sent letters of endorsement to candidates who supported the coalition government. These were nicknamed "Coalition Coupons", and led to the election being known as the "coupon election". The result was a massive landslide in favour of the coalition, comprising primarily the ...
The Broad Bottom ministry was the factional coalition government of Great Britain between 1744 and 1754. [1] It was led by the two Pelham brothers in Parliament, Prime Minister Henry Pelham in the House of Commons and the Duke of Newcastle in the House of Lords.