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[132] Churchill wrote to Asquith after the second 1910 election, "your leadership was the main and conspicuous feature of the whole fight". [129] Matthew, in his article on Asquith, found that, "the episode was the zenith of Asquith's prime ministerial career. In the British Liberal tradition, he patched rather than reformulated the ...
The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by the rejection of the People's Budget by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords, in order to get a mandate to pass the budget.
10 February 1910 – 3 December 1910: Election: January 1910 United Kingdom general election: ... H. H. Asquith: Leader of the Opposition: Arthur Balfour: Third-party ...
Election: December 1910 United Kingdom general election: Government: Third Asquith ministry (1910—1915) Fourth Asquith ministry (1915—1916) First Lloyd George coalition ministry (1916—1918) House of Commons; Members: 670: Speaker: James Lowther: Leader: H. H. Asquith (until 1916) Bonar Law (from 1916) Prime Minister [H. H. Asquith (until ...
Asquith: portrait of a man and an era (1964) online; Levine, Naomi. Politics, Religion, and Love: The Story of H.H. Asquith, Venetia Stanley, and Edwin Montagu, Based on the Life and Letters of Edwin Samuel Montagu (NYU Press, 1991). Murray, Bruce K. The People's Budget, 1909–1910: Lloyd George and Liberal Politics (1980). Packer, Ian.
The Liberal Party under Asquith remained in government with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party. This was the last election in which the Liberals won the highest number of seats in the House of Commons. It was also the last United Kingdom general election in which a party other than Labour or the Conservatives won the most seats.
The January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland was held with ninety-nine of the seats in single-member districts using the first-past-the-post electoral system, and the constituencies of Cork City and Dublin University were two-member districts using block voting.
An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1910. It was the eighth triennial election of the whole Council. ... Liberal H. H. Asquith who led a ...