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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:coalitionMembers
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gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkb:Liberal_Party_(Lloyd_George_faction)
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gptkbp:date
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14 December 1918
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Coupon Election
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gptkbp:leader
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gptkb:David_Lloyd_George
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:nickname
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named after the 'coalition coupon' letter sent to endorsed candidates
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gptkbp:notableAchievement
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defeat of H. H. Asquith
rise of Labour Party as main opposition
split of the Liberal Party
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gptkbp:notableRelease
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Sinn Féin won majority of Irish seats
Representation of the People Act 1918 expanded electorate
first election after Irish War of Independence began
Sinn Féin MPs abstained from Westminster and formed Dáil Éireann
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gptkbp:notableWinner
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gptkb:David_Lloyd_George
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Bonar_Law
gptkb:H._H._Asquith
gptkb:Arthur_Henderson
Ramsay MacDonald
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:United_Kingdom_general_election_of_1918
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkb:Liberal_Party_(Asquith_faction)
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gptkbp:parliament
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gptkb:31st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:United_Kingdom_general_election,_1910
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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landslide victory for the coalition government
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gptkbp:seatingCapacity
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707
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gptkbp:significance
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first election in which all men over 21 could vote
first election in which women over 30 could vote
first general election after World War I
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:United_Kingdom_general_election,_1922
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gptkbp:votingSystem
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first-past-the-post
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:1918_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkb:1918_general_election
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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