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Baldwin's younger son A. Windham Baldwin, writing in 1955, argued that his father, Stanley, had planned a rearmament programme as early as 1934 but had to do so quietly to avoid antagonising the public, whose pacifism was revealed by the Peace Ballot of 1934–35 and endorsed by both the Labour and the Liberal oppositions. His thorough ...
The National Government of 1935–1937 was formed by Stanley Baldwin on his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V, following the resignation of Ramsay MacDonald in June 1935.
Sir Godfrey Collins succeeds Sir Archibald Sinclair as Scottish Secretary. Walter Elliot succeeds Gilmour as Minister of Agriculture. December 1933 – Stanley Baldwin ceases to be Lord Privy Seal, and his successor in that office is not in the cabinet. He continues as Lord President. Kingsley Wood enters the cabinet as Postmaster-General
Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party formed the second Baldwin ministry upon his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V after the 1924 general election. His second ministry ended following the so-called " Flapper Election " of May 1929.
Labour’s majority of 174 is the third largest won by a single party at a general election since the start of the 20th century. ... achieved by the Conservatives in 1924 under Stanley Baldwin ...
National Labour 24 August 1931 – 5 November 1931 Lord Chancellor: Lord Sankey: National Labour 25 August 1931 Lord President of the Council: Stanley Baldwin: Conservative 25 August 1931 Lord Privy Seal: Earl Peel: Conservative 3 September 1931 Chancellor of the Exchequer: Philip Snowden: National Labour 25 August 1931 Parliamentary Secretary ...
Stanley Baldwin: 22 May 1923 – 22 January 1924 Chancellor of the Exchequer: Stanley Baldwin: 27 October 1922 Neville Chamberlain: 27 August 1923 Financial Secretary to the Treasury: John Waller Hills: 6 November 1922 Archibald Boyd-Carpenter: 12 March 1923 Sir William Joynson-Hicks: 25 May 1923 Hon. Walter Guinness: 5 October 1923
Stanley Baldwin: Ramsay MacDonald: H. H. Asquith: Party Conservative: Labour: Liberal: Leader since 23 May 1923 21 November 1922: 30 April 1908 Leader's seat Bewdley: Aberavon: Paisley (defeated) Last election 258 seats, 38.0% 191 seats, 30.7% 158 seats, 29.7% Seats won 412: 151 40 [note 1] Seat change 154 40 118 Popular vote 7,418,983: ...