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National Labour Organisation
The National Labour Organisation, also known simply as National Labour, was formed in 1931 by supporters of the National Government in Britain who had come from the Labour Party. Its leaders were Ramsay MacDonald (1931–1937) and his son Malcolm MacDonald (1937–1945). The most prominent member was the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. National Labour sponsored parliamentary candidates, but did not consider itself a political party as it had no policy distinctive from that of the government which it supported. After Ramsay MacDonald's death, the group continued in existence under his son Malcolm until it was wound up on the eve of the 1945 general election; its newsletter ceased publication two years later. History 1931 general election After Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald formed a National Government with the Conservative and Liberal parties to implement spending cuts rejected by the Labour Party, he and his supporters were expelled from the party. He also received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The first two of his governments belonged to the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, where he led a Minority government, minority Labour government for First MacDonald ministry, nine months in 1924 and again between Second MacDonald ministry, 1929 and 1931. In 1931 he formed a National Government (1931–1935), National Government dominated by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party and supported by only a few Labour members, which governed until 1935. MacDonald was expelled from the Labour Party as a result. MacDonald, along with Keir Hardie and Arthur Henderson, was one of the three principal founders of the Labour Party in 1900. He was chairman of the Labour MPs before 1914 and, after an eclipse in his career caused by his opposition to the First World War, he was Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maundy Gregory
Arthur John Maundy Gregory, who later used the name Arthur John Peter Michael Maundy Gregory (1 July 1877 – 28 September 1941) was a British theatre producer and political fixer who is best remembered for selling honours for the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George. He may also have been involved with the Zinoviev letter, the disappearance of Victor Grayson, and the suspicious death of his platonic companion, Edith Rosse. Gregory claimed to be a spy for British intelligence. Early life Gregory was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Francis Maundy Gregory, vicar of St Michael's, Southampton, and Elizabeth Ursula, daughter of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, rector of Southam, Warwickshire, and head of a Cornwall landed gentry family. Gregory attended Banister Court school in Southampton. A classmate was Harold Davidson, later known as the Rector of Stiffkey. He attended Oxford University as a non-collegiate student, but left in 1899, before graduation. Gregory became a teacher, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attlee Ministry
Clement Attlee was invited by King George VI to form the first Attlee ministry in the United Kingdom on 26 July 1945, succeeding Winston Churchill as prime minister of the United Kingdom. The Labour Party (UK), Labour Party had won a landslide victory at the 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 general election, and went on to enact policies of what became known as the post-war consensus, including the establishment of the welfare state and the nationalisation of 20 per cent of the entire economy. The government's spell in office was marked by post-war austerity measures; the crushing of pro-independence and communist movements Malayan Emergency, in Malaya; the grant of Indian Independence Act 1947, independence to India, Pakistan, Ceylon, and Burma; the engagement in the Cold War against Soviet Communism; and the creation of the country's National Health Service (NHS). Attlee went on to win a narrow majority at the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. Attlee was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Deputy Prime Minister during the Churchill war ministry, wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill, and Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition on three occasions: from 1935 to 1940, briefly in 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. He remains the longest serving Labour leader. Attlee was born into an upper middle class family, the son of a wealthy London solicitor. After attending Haileybury College and the University of Oxford, he practised as a Barristers in England and Wales, barrister. The volunteer work he carried out in London's East End exposed him to poverty, and his political views shifted leftwards thereafter. He joined the Independent Labour Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined English Universities (UK Parliament Constituency)
Combined English Universities was a university constituency represented in the United Kingdom Parliament (from 1918 until 1950). It was formed by enfranchising and combining all the English universities, except for Cambridge, Oxford and London which were already separately represented. The constituency effectively represented the red brick universities and Durham University with two members of parliament. Boundaries This university constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The original proposal of the Speaker's Conference, which considered electoral reform before the 1918 legislation was prepared, was to combine all the English and Welsh universities except for Oxford and Cambridge into a three-member constituency. However, during consideration of the legislation, it was agreed that London University alone should continue to return one member. The University of Wales was also given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston (UK Parliament Constituency)
Preston is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of ... since 2000 by Mark Hendrick, Sir Mark Hendrick, a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party and Co-operative Party. History ;1295–1950 The seat was created for the Model Parliament and sent members until at least 1331 until a new (possibly confirmatory) grant of two members to Westminster followed. From 1529 extending unusually beyond the 19th century until the 1950 general election the seat had two-member representation. Political party, Party divisions tended to run stronger after 1931 before which two different parties' candidates frequently came first and second at elections under the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system. In 1929 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, (15 April 1885 – 16 August 1957) was a British Liberal Party, National Labour and then Labour Party politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951. Background and education He was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, the son of Reverend William Jowitt, Rector of Stevenage, by his wife Louisa Margaret Allen. At the age of nine, he was sent to Northaw Place, a preparatory school in Potters Bar, Middlesex, where he first met and was looked after by fellow student Clement Attlee, the future Labour Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From Northaw, he went to Marlborough College, then to New College, Oxford where he studied law. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 15 November 1906 and was called to the Bar on 23 June 1909. Legal and political career (1922–1931) Jowitt became a member of chambers in Brick Court in London. He proved himself a skilled advocate, attracting atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derwent Hall Caine
Sir Derwent Hall Caine, 1st Baronet (12 September 18912 December 1971) was a British actor, publisher and Labour then National Labour politician. Biography Caine was the younger son of British novelist Hall Caine and his wife, Mary Chandler. He was born at Keswick in Cumberland, and so derived his name from nearby Derwent Water. He was a sensitive child with asthma, and attended St Cyprian's School in Eastbourne for his health.Vivien Allen ''Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer'' Continuum International Publishing Group 1997 He became an actor, making his stage debut in 1906 in his father's adaptation of his novel, '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Everton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Liverpool Everton was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. History The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23) was an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1885"). It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that r ... for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Boundaries 1885–1918: Part of the civil parish of Everton. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Everton and Netherfield. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s * Caused by Whitley's death. Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament Constituency)
Birmingham Erdington is a parliamentary constituency in Birmingham, England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2022 by Paulette Hamilton of the Labour Party. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington North, Erdington South, and Washwood Heath, and part of Aston ward. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Bromford, Erdington, and Gravelly Hill. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Gravelly Hill, and Stockland Green. 1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, and Stockland Green. 1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, Kingstanding, and Stockland Green ''(as they existed on 1 June 1994)''. 2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingstanding, Stockland Green, and Tyburn ''(as they existed on 12 April 2005)''. 2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review, which did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kensington North was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency centred on the Kensington district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 general election. Boundaries 1918–1974: The Royal Borough of Kensington wards of Golborne, Norland, Pembridge, and St Charles. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s Election in the 1920s Election in the 1930s Election in the 1940s Elections in the 1950s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr
Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr, (20 June 1900 – 28 January 1976), styled Lord Buckhurst until 1915 (and sometimes nicknamed "Buck De La Warr" after that), was a British politician. He was the first hereditary peer to join the Labour Party and became a government minister at the age of 23. He was later one of the few Labour politicians to follow Ramsay MacDonald in the formation of the National Government and the National Labour Organisation. However, he ended his political career by serving as Postmaster General in the last Conservative administration of Winston Churchill. Background and education De La Warr was the son of Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr, and Muriel Agnes, daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, eldest son of the railway engineer Thomas Brassey. He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. The son of a Conservative father and Liberal mother, he developed trends towards socialism at university. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
