UK Parliament 1918–1922

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The UK Parliament of 1918–1922 was the post-World War I British legislature elected in the “Khaki Election,” dominated by David Lloyd George’s coalition government and marked by major social, political, and constitutional changes including Irish independence developments and postwar reconstruction.

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UK Parliament 1918–1922 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Khaki Election Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Khaki election
characteristic First UK Parliament elected with near-universal male suffrage ⓘ
First UK Parliament with some women voters ⓘ
First UK Parliament with women MPs ⓘ
context Post-World War I demobilisation ⓘ
Postwar economic adjustment and unemployment ⓘ
Rise of Labour as major political force ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionEvent Carlton Club meeting 1922 ⓘ
linked to: Carlton Club
dominantCoalitionLeader David Lloyd George ⓘ
election 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 1922 ⓘ
followedBy UK Parliament 1922–1923 ⓘ
follows UK Parliament 1910–1918 ⓘ
governmentType Coalition government ⓘ
house House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
legislativeAct Addison Act 1919 (Housing and Town Planning Act 1919) ⓘ
Education Act 1918 (Fisher Act, carried into this Parliament’s term) ⓘ
linked to: Education Act 1918

Emergency Powers Act 1920 ⓘ
Restoration of Order in Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 ⓘ
Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mainGoverningParties Conservative Party ⓘ
Liberal Party (Lloyd George faction) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
meetsIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
monarch George V ⓘ
notableMember Andrew Bonar Law ⓘ
Arthur Henderson ⓘ
Austen Chamberlain ⓘ
Constance Markievicz (elected, did not take seat) ⓘ
H. H. Asquith ⓘ
Nancy Astor ⓘ
Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
oppositionParty Asquithian Liberals ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)

Labour Party ⓘ
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
primeMinisterDuringTerm Bonar Law ⓘ
linked to: Andrew Bonar Law

David Lloyd George ⓘ
reasonForDissolution Collapse of Lloyd George coalition in 1922 ⓘ
significantEvent Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
Partition of Ireland ⓘ
Post-World War I reconstruction ⓘ
Representation of the People Act 1918 (first election under its provisions) ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ

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Horatio Bottomley → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1918–1922 ⓘ
H. A. L. Fisher → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1918–1922 ⓘ
J. R. Clynes → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 1918–1922 ⓘ