Conservative Party in the interwar years


	Stanley Baldwin	Election results
	Succeeded in uniting and holding together the party PM 1923; 1924-29; 1935-37 Stupidly called election in Dec 1923 Appealed to the people --> baggy clothes, tweed suits, speeches on radio Opposed Nat Gov Resigned 1937 1924-9 cabinet --> N Chamberlain in Ministry of Health; A Chamberlain as Foreign Secretary; Churchill as Chancellor of E. 1929 campaign --> 'safety first' Appointed Davidson as party organiser 'the unexpected Prime Minister' Churchill --> 'the greatest party manager the Conservatives ever had' Ramsden --> 'first politician ever to become truly familiar with the voting public' 1 of only 3 PMs in 20th c not forced out of office Handled 1926 General Strike and 1936 Abdication Crisis well Abdication crisis --> threatened to resign if Edward VIII didn't call off marriage Survived campaign of Beaverbrook and Rothermere Acted with understanding towards TUs Given seat in House of Lords after he retired Committed to 'binding together of all classes'	1923 --> 258 Tory but 191 Labour and 157 Lib united to prevent a protectionist policy 1924 --> 419 Tory landslide 1929 --> 260 Tory, 288 Lab 1935 --> 432 Tory, 154 Opp. Lab.
	Reasons for dominance	Other information
	Leadership of Baldwin Party loyalty Party organisation Decline of Libs Failure of Labour govs	Tories dominated the Nat Govs. 4 Tories in Nat Gov Cabinet Initially opposed Nat Gov in 1930 as expected to win GE

Succeeded in uniting and holding together the party
PM 1923; 1924-29; 1935-37
Stupidly called election in Dec 1923
Appealed to the people --> baggy clothes, tweed suits, speeches on radio
Opposed Nat Gov
Resigned 1937
1924-9 cabinet --> N Chamberlain in Ministry of Health; A Chamberlain as Foreign Secretary; Churchill as Chancellor of E.
1929 campaign --> 'safety first'
Appointed Davidson as party organiser
'the unexpected Prime Minister'
Churchill --> 'the greatest party manager the Conservatives ever had'
Ramsden --> 'first politician ever to become truly familiar with the voting public'
1 of only 3 PMs in 20th c not forced out of office
Handled 1926 General Strike and 1936 Abdication Crisis well
Abdication crisis --> threatened to resign if Edward VIII didn't call off marriage
Survived campaign of Beaverbrook and Rothermere
Acted with understanding towards TUs
Given seat in House of Lords after he retired
Committed to 'binding together of all classes'

1923 --> 258 Tory but 191 Labour and 157 Lib united to prevent a protectionist policy
1924 --> 419 Tory landslide
1929 --> 260 Tory, 288 Lab
1935 --> 432 Tory, 154 Opp. Lab.

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