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