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Wheatley remained a widely respected political figure and when MacDonald became Prime Minister in January 1924, he appointed Wheatley as his Minister of Health. Wheatley is best remembered for his Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 , which saw a massive expansion in affordable municipal housing for the working class.
29 October 1924 () – 30 May 1929 () Election: 1924 United Kingdom general election: Government: Second Baldwin ministry: House of Commons; Members: 615: Speaker: John Henry Whitley: Leader: Stanley Baldwin: Prime Minister: Stanley Baldwin: Leader of the Opposition: Ramsay MacDonald: Third-party leader: H. H. Asquith: House of Lords; Lord ...
In 1905, the post of prime minister was officially given recognition in the order of precedence, [9] with the incumbent Henry Campbell-Bannerman the first officially referred to as "prime minister". The first prime minister of the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon its effective creation in 1922 (when 26 Irish ...
James Ramsay MacDonald (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British statesman [1] and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.
The first MacDonald ministry of the United Kingdom lasted from January to November 1924. The Labour Party, under Ramsay MacDonald, had failed to win the general election of December 1923, with 191 seats, although the combined Opposition tally exceeded that of the Conservative government, creating a hung parliament.
The Conservative Government of the United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Law ministry (from 1922 to 1923) and then the first Baldwin ministry (from 1923 onwards). The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, appointed respectively as Prime Minister by King George V.
Among the new members of parliament is 30-year-old future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, the new Conservative MP for Stockton-on-Tees (born in Chelsea to a British father and an American mother). [12] 2 November – The Sunday Express becomes the first newspaper to publish a crossword. [2] 22 November – Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster ...
The 1924 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence. [1] It was the third general election to be held in less than two years. Parliament was dissolved on 9 October. [2]