Labour Party in the interwar years


	Ramsey MacDonald	Election results
	PM 1923-4; 1929-35 Seen as a traitor by large proportion of Labour Party after he became PM of a Nat Gov in 1931 MacDonald went to George V to resign as he knew that his party wouldn't support May's proposed cuts --> came out as PM of Nat Gov First secretary of LRC from 1900 Seen as prisoner of Conservative Party by 1931 GE Accused of abandoning w-c, putting his career first and giving in to capitalism Proposed Nat Gov to his party as a means to ensure 'equal financial sacrifices' from all classes Appointed first female minister 1929	Dec 1923 --> 191 votes, combined with Libs 157 against protectionism 1929 --> 288 vs Tory 260 1935 --> 154 Opp Lab, 437 Tory 1931 --> 13 Nat Lab, 52 Opp Lab, 473 Nat Tory
	Development	Other information
	Wall Street Crash of 1929 disrupted 2nd minority gov Relied on support of Libs --> 2x minority govs. May Committee proposed cuts in gov spending, public services and military --> went against Lab values Only 3 members of M's cabinet joined him in Nat Gov Education in 1st gov --> proposed raising school leaving age to 15 Snowden as C of E 1924 Campbell Case and Zinoviev letter Increase old age pensions and unemployment benefits Had to be more moderate because they were a minority gov Henderson as Home Secretary	Clement Attlee became party leader in 1935

PM 1923-4; 1929-35
Seen as a traitor by large proportion of Labour Party after he became PM of a Nat Gov in 1931
MacDonald went to George V to resign as he knew that his party wouldn't support May's proposed cuts --> came out as PM of Nat Gov
First secretary of LRC from 1900
Seen as prisoner of Conservative Party by 1931 GE
Accused of abandoning w-c, putting his career first and giving in to capitalism
Proposed Nat Gov to his party as a means to ensure 'equal financial sacrifices' from all classes
Appointed first female minister 1929

Wall Street Crash of 1929 disrupted 2nd minority gov
Relied on support of Libs --> 2x minority govs.
May Committee proposed cuts in gov spending, public services and military --> went against Lab values
Only 3 members of M's cabinet joined him in Nat Gov
Education in 1st gov --> proposed raising school leaving age to 15
Snowden as C of E
1924 Campbell Case and Zinoviev letter
Increase old age pensions and unemployment benefits
Had to be more moderate because they were a minority gov
Henderson as Home Secretary

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