1918 United Kingdom general election

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The 1918 United Kingdom general election was the first post-World War I "Khaki election," notable for its expanded electorate under the Representation of the People Act and the landslide victory of David Lloyd George's coalition government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coupon election ⓘ
Khaki election ⓘ
coalitionPartner Coalition Liberal Party ⓘ
Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electionDate 1918-12-14 ⓘ
electorateExpandedTo all men over 21 years of age meeting residence requirements ⓘ
men over 19 years of age who had served in the armed forces ⓘ
women over 30 years of age meeting property or educational qualifications ⓘ
endDate 1918-12-28 ⓘ
firstElectionWith partial female suffrage in the United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentAfterElection Lloyd George Coalition Government ⓘ
governmentBeforeElection Lloyd George Coalition Government ⓘ
heldDuring Irish War of Independence (early phase) ⓘ
legalBasis Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act 1918 ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainLeader Andrew Bonar Law ⓘ
David Lloyd George ⓘ
H. H. Asquith ⓘ
William Adamson ⓘ
mainParty Coalition Liberal Party ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Party (Asquithian) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)

Sinn Féin ⓘ
majoritySeats 354 ⓘ
nextElection 1922 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
nicknameReason coalition endorsement letters known as 'coupons' issued to candidates ⓘ
large number of candidates associated with wartime military service ⓘ
notableFor first United Kingdom general election after World War I ⓘ
first general election held after the Representation of the People Act 1918 ⓘ
landslide victory for David Lloyd George's coalition government ⓘ
massive expansion of the electorate ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 707 ⓘ
parliamentElected 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previousElection December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection David Lloyd George ⓘ
resultedIn overwhelming victory for coalition candidates with the 'coupon' ⓘ
significantOutcome electoral collapse of the Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
landslide victory for Sinn Féin in most Irish constituencies ⓘ
severe reduction in representation of Asquithian Liberals ⓘ
startDate 1918-12-14 ⓘ
tookPlaceShortlyAfter Armistice of 11 November 1918 ⓘ
voteCountingCompletedOn 1918-12-28 ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
wonBy Coalition government ⓘ

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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor → electedIn → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Swansea West → establishedFor → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: Swansea West constituency
December 1910 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Austin Stack → electedIn → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Constance Markievicz → election → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party → majorDefeat → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Fourth Reform Act → cameIntoForceBefore → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
David Lloyd George ministry → election → United Kingdom general election, 1918 ⓘ
linked to: 1918 United Kingdom general election
Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 → firstElectionAffected → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Margery Corbett Ashby → candidateIn → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency) → firstElection → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
C. B. Fry → wasCandidateIn → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
UK Parliament 1918–1922 → election → 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ