Themes: 1906 general election
‘Sane imperialism’
The Liberal Party and the issue of empire at elections, 1880–1914
Report: Landslide for the left
Report of LDHG meeting of September 1996, on the 1906 election, with John Grigg and Andrew Adonis.
The 1906 landslide: the legacy
Introduction to this special issue of the Journal, on the legacy of the 1906 Liberal government.
Problems of continuity
The 1906 general election and foreign policy
The development of the New Liberalism as a philosophy of transition
The philosophy that underpinned the Liberal Party’s revival in the 1906 election.
Blissful Dawn? The 1906 Election
On 7 February 1906, the counting of votes was completed in the 1906 general election, and the Liberal Party had obtained a majority of 132 over all other parties. In addition, for the first time, 29 Labour MPs were elected and shortly afterwards the Parliamentary Labour Party was founded. To mark this anniversary, the Corporation…
1906 Election
In the General Election of January 1906 the Liberals swept to victory in a landslide result, which saw the party win 400 seats. Conservative strongholds such as Bath and Exeter were conquered as Liberal leader, Henry Campbell Bannerman capitalised on the unpopularity of the previous Tory administration, which had been replaced by his new Liberal…
Report: 1906 remembered
Scottish Liberal Club lecture, with Willis Pickard.