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Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) [1] was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars.
Party Dates Notes Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons: Stanley Baldwin: Conservative 7 June 1935 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: The Viscount Hailsham: Conservative 7 June 1935 Lord President of the Council: Ramsay MacDonald: National Labour 7 June 1935 Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of ...
The 1935 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 14 November. It resulted in a second (though reduced) landslide victory for the three-party National Government, which was led by Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party after the resignation of Ramsay MacDonald due to ill health earlier in the year.
As a National Government it contained members of the Conservative Party, Liberals, Liberal Nationals and National Labour, as well as a number of individuals who belonged to no political party. The Liberal Nationals had previously not held office in MacDonald's previous National Government, though two junior ministers appointed as Liberals had ...
First party Second party Third party Leader 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 ...
The Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats, but Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, and H. H. Asquith's reunited Liberal Party gained enough seats to produce a hung parliament. It is the most recent UK general election in which a third party won over 100 seats (158 for the Liberals) and the most narrow gap, of a ...
The Democratic Party has undergone significant transformation over the past 60 years, straying from its foundational principles of free speech and individual liberties.
He succeeded Stanley Baldwin, who announced his resignation following the coronation of the King and Queen in May 1937. As a National Government it contained members of the Conservative Party , Liberal Nationals and National Labour , as well as a number of individuals who belonged to no political party.