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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:politics
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:date
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14 December 1918
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gptkbp:first_woman_elected
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gptkb:Constance_Markievicz
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gptkbp:first_woman_to_take_seat
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gptkb:Nancy_Astor
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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1918 UK general election
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gptkbp:majoritySeats
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354
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gptkbp:nextEdition
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gptkb:1922_UK_general_election
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gptkbp:notable_absentee
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Sinn Féin MPs did not take seats in Westminster
many soldiers still overseas
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gptkbp:notableAchievement
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Irish Parliamentary Party collapse
Labour Party became main opposition
Liberal Party split
Sinn Féin won majority of Irish seats
landslide victory for the coalition government
rise of women MPs
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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start of Irish War of Independence
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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first election after World War I
first election in which all men over 21 could vote
first election in which women could vote
known as the 'Coupon Election'
first election after Representation of the People Act 1918
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gptkbp:number_of_Co-operative_Party_MPs
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1
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gptkbp:number_of_Coalition_Conservative_MPs
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332
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gptkbp:number_of_Coalition_Liberal_MPs
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127
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gptkbp:number_of_Independent_MPs
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6
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gptkbp:number_of_Irish_Parliamentary_Party_MPs
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6
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gptkbp:number_of_Labour_MPs
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57
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gptkbp:number_of_Liberal_MPs_(non-coalition)
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36
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gptkbp:number_of_National_Democratic_and_Labour_Party_MPs
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9
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gptkbp:number_of_Sinn_Féin_MPs
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73
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gptkbp:number_of_Social_Democratic_Federation_MPs
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1
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gptkbp:number_of_Unionist_MPs_(Scotland)
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10
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gptkbp:number_of_women_candidates
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17
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gptkbp:number_of_women_elected
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1
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gptkbp:parliament
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gptkb:31st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:party
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gptkb:Independent_candidates
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkb:Independent_Labour_Party
gptkb:Social_Democratic_Federation
gptkb:Coalition_Conservative
gptkb:Coalition_Liberal
gptkb:Labour_Union
gptkb:National_Democratic_and_Labour_Party
gptkb:Irish_Parliamentary_Party
gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkb:Women's_Party
gptkb:Unionist_Party_(Scotland)
National Party
Co-operative Party
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gptkbp:previousEdition
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gptkb:January_1910_UK_general_election
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gptkbp:primeMinister
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gptkb:David_Lloyd_George
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gptkbp:seatingCapacity
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707
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gptkbp:voterTurnout
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57.2%
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Belfast_North
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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