Coalition Government (1915–1916)

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The Coalition Government (1915–1916) was a wartime British administration formed during World War I that brought together members of the Liberal, Conservative, and Labour parties under Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to strengthen national unity and prosecute the war effort.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government ⓘ
wartime coalition government ⓘ
aim coordinate military and economic resources for World War I ⓘ
maintain cross-party support for the war ⓘ
associatedEvent Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Shell Crisis of 1915 ⓘ
causeOfEnd political crisis over war leadership ⓘ
resignation of H. H. Asquith as prime minister ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime December 1916 ⓘ
followedBy Lloyd George Coalition Government (1916–1922) ⓘ
formedDuring World War I ⓘ
governmentType coalition government ⓘ
headOfGovernment H. H. Asquith ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War I era ⓘ
includedParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
introducedMeasure conscription in the United Kingdom ⓘ
keyPolicyArea military recruitment ⓘ
munitions production ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
war strategy ⓘ
legislativeTerm 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
monarch George V ⓘ
notableMember Andrew Bonar Law ⓘ
Arthur Henderson ⓘ
Austen Chamberlain ⓘ
David Lloyd George ⓘ
Edward Carson ⓘ
Lord Kitchener ⓘ
Reginald McKenna ⓘ
Walter Runciman ⓘ
officeHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Minister of Munitions ⓘ
Secretary of State for War ⓘ
politicalIdeology conservatism ⓘ
labourism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
precededBy Asquith Liberal Government (1908–1915) ⓘ
primeMinister H. H. Asquith ⓘ
reasonForFormation prosecute the war effort more effectively ⓘ
strengthen national unity during World War I ⓘ
residenceOfHeadOfGovernment 10 Downing Street ⓘ
startTime May 1915 ⓘ

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Liberal Government (1905–1915) → followedBy → Coalition Government (1915–1916) ⓘ