United Kingdom general election, 1918
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The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. It was therefore the first general election at which women could vote. The election was won by a coalition of the Conservatives, most of the Liberals and a few Labour and independent MPs, and produced a government led by David Lloyd George. Labour, led by William Adamson, vastly increased their share of the vote, but only slightly increased their number of seats. They were, however, the main parliamentary opposition. Herbert Henry Asquith's anti-coalition Liberals won few seats. In Ireland, the Irish Parliamentary Party lost almost all their seats, most of which were won by Sinn Féin.
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Results
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) |
| Coalition Conservative | 3,393,167 | 332 | + 61 | 32.5 |
| Labour | 2,171,230 | 57 | + 15 | 20.8 |
| Coalition Liberal | 1,318,844 | 127 | 12.6 | |
| Liberal | 1,355,398 | 36 | - 236 | 13.0 |
| Conservative and Labour Unionist | 640,985 | 50 | 6.1 | |
| Sinn Féin | 476,458 | 73 | + 73 | 4.6 |
| Irish Parliamentary Party | 226,498 | 7 | - 77 | 2.2 |
| Coalition NDP | 156,834 | 9 | + 9 | 1.5 |
| Independent Labour | 116,322 | 2 | + 2 | 1.1 |
| Independent | 105,261 | 2 | + 2 | 1.0 |
| National | 94,389 | 2 | + 2 | 0.9 |
| Silver Badge | 78,780 | 1 | + 1 | 0.8 |
| Co-operative | 57,785 | 1 | + 1 | 0.6 |
| Independent Conservative | 44,637 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Coalition Labour | 40,641 | 4 | + 4 | 0.4 |
| Independent Liberal | 24,985 | 1 | + 1 | 0.2 |
| Agriculturalist | 19,412 | 0 | 0.2 | |
| NDP | 17,991 | 0 | 0.2 | |
| Belfast Labour | 12,164 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| National Socialist | 11,013 | 1 | + 1 | 0.1 |
| Independent Coalition | 9,274 | 1 | + 1 | 0.1 |
| Highland Land League | 8,710 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| Women's | 8,614 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| BSP | 8,394 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Democratic | 8,351 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 8,183 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | 7,567 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| Scottish Prohibition | 5,212 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Independent Progressive | 5,077 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Independent Labour and Agriculturalist | 1,927 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total votes cast: 10,434,700. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown. Coalition Conservative vote is compared with Conservative vote in previous election. In each other case, the non-coalition vote is compared with the party's previous vote.
Ireland
- Main article: Irish (UK) general election, 1918
The 1918 United Kingdom general election is seen as a key defining moment in modern Irish history. This is because it saw the overwhelming defeat of the moderate nationalist Irish Parliamentary Party, which had dominated the Irish political landscape since the 1880s, and a landslide victory for the radical Sinn Féin party, which had never previously enjoyed significant electoral success.
The aftermath of the elections saw the convention of an extra-legal parliament, called the First Dáil, by the elected Sinn Féin candidates, and the outbreak of the Irish War of Independence.
See also
External links
- 1918 Conservative manifesto (http://www.conservativemanifesto.com/1918/1918-conservative-manifesto.shtml)
- 1918 Labour manifesto (http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1918/1918-labour-manifesto.shtml)
- 1918 Liberal manifesto (http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1918/1918-liberal-manifesto.shtml)