National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom

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broad coalition government government of the United Kingdom political coalition

The National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom were a series of broad coalition administrations formed to address the economic crisis and political instability of the interwar period, dominated by the Conservative Party but including factions from other major parties.

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National Government (1931–1935) 2
National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf broad coalition government ⓘ
government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
political coalition ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dominantParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
economicContext mass unemployment ⓘ
regional depression in industrial areas ⓘ
electoralOutcome landslide victory in 1931 general election ⓘ
large majority in 1935 general election ⓘ
endTime 1940 ⓘ
followedBy Churchill government ⓘ
surface form: Churchill war ministry
hasPart Chamberlain government ⓘ
surface form: Chamberlain war ministry

First Baldwin National Government ⓘ
Second MacDonald government ⓘ
surface form: Second MacDonald ministry
headOfState Edward VIII ⓘ
George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
historicalAssessment criticised for appeasement of fascist powers ⓘ
criticised for austerity policies ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
ideology anti-socialism ⓘ
appeasement policy ⓘ
economic orthodoxy ⓘ
implemented Import Duties Act 1932 ⓘ
Means Test for unemployment benefit ⓘ
Ottawa Agreements ⓘ
surface form: Ottawa Agreements 1932

rearmament programme ⓘ
includedParty Liberal National Party ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)

National Labour Organisation ⓘ
legislativeTerm Parliament of 1931–1935 ⓘ
Parliament of 1935–1945 ⓘ
mainPolicy abandonment of the gold standard ⓘ
budget cuts ⓘ
fiscal retrenchment ⓘ
tariff protection ⓘ
notableEvent abdication crisis of 1936 ⓘ
outbreak of the Second World War ⓘ
policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany ⓘ
oppositionLeader Clement Attlee ⓘ
George Lansbury ⓘ
oppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy Second Labour Government (1929–1931) ⓘ
surface form: Second Labour Government
primeMinister Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
reasonForFormation Great Depression ⓘ
economic crisis ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
startTime 1931 ⓘ

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Liberal National Party → participatedIn → National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Ramsay MacDonald → formedGovernment → National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Government (1931–1935)
Second MacDonald government → cabinetNumber → National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Government (1931–1935)