UK general election 1918

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Coupon_Election
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 14 December 1918
gptkbp:firstWomanElected gptkb:Constance_Markievicz
gptkbp:firstWomanElectedParty gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkbp:firstWomanToTakeSeat gptkb:Nancy_Astor
gptkbp:firstWomanToTakeSeatParty gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:UK_general_election_1922
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UK general election 1918
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:first_election_after_Parliament_Act_1911_reforms
Sinn Féin won majority of Irish seats
first election after World War I
start of Irish War of Independence
first election after Representation of the People Act 1918
first election with university constituencies using STV
first election in which Labour became main opposition party
first election after end of World War I armistice
first election with Irish republican abstentionism
first election with all men over 21 voting
first election with expanded franchise
first election with soldiers voting from abroad
first election with women candidates
first election with women voters
first election with proportional representation in some constituencies
first election with plural voting for business owners and university graduates
gptkbp:numberOfWomenCandidates 17
gptkbp:numberOfWomenElected 1
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:31st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:UK_general_election_1910
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:David_Lloyd_George
gptkbp:result gptkb:Liberal-Conservative_coalition_victory
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 707
gptkbp:stateElectorate 21.4 million
gptkbp:voterTurnout 57.2%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
single transferable vote (in some constituencies)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Islington_North_constituency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7