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Political Parties -1906
- Conservatives
- In 1886 Liberals were split over Home Rule for Ireland,
those who were against it joined the conservatives who
were now known as the Unions.
- Typical Party Members; Great
Landowners Church of England Big
Business Me
- More Working Class Support by 1900 as More
Conservative MP's had backgrounds in industry,
trade and the professions
- Exploited Liberal split to gain votes
- Introduced some reforms to humour the Liberal Unionists - Free
elementary schooling 1891 - Elected County Councils 1888
- Using Unionist majority to frustrate programme - Blocked
Gladstone's renewed attempt to bring in Home Rule for Ireland when
Liberals were in power 1892 and 1895
- Primrose League - Lower Middle Class Workers grew and
aspired to be prperty owners Primrose League allowed lower
classes to have roles in politics and mix with upper classes
- Patriotism and pride in Empire
- Labour
- Represented Trade Unions and Working Class
- Few seats before 1892; Few voted into
parliament Those who were sat with Liberals
and were known as Lib-Labs
- Keir Hardie, first Labour MP
- Labour Representation Committee; Won 2 seats in 1900
Breakthrough winning 29 seats in 1906
- Changed name to Labour Party after break-through
- Limited Party Funding
- Not really a party to begin with...Group of Trade Unions and
Socialist Organisations rather than a party More of a Pressure
Group
- Once changed to Labour Party, began to grow; 2
MPS in 1900 to 42 MPs in December 1910 but still
overshadowed by the Liberals until 1914
- Liberals
- Typical Members; Whig Aristocrats Middle
Classes Nonconformists Radical Working Men
- Multiple divisions in the Party - Primarily over Home Rule
Further Division over Empire Later on division over Boar War
- Supported Free Trade
- Supported Laissez-faire
- Promoted education Defending the rights and
freedom of the individual Pressuring the ruling
class to lessen the effects of priviledge
- Irish Nationalists
- Promoted Home Rule
- Support was predominantly Catholics
- 80 MPS in Parliament
- Division in Party....1891 Charles Stewart Parnell passed
away which divided the party and caused a long leadership
struggle The new leader 1900 was John Redmond