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Government would be free to draw upon the talents of members of all parties, so that it would represent the nation as a whole rather than being a coalition of parties like those which had existed between 1915 and 1922. However, as the main body of the Labour Party refused to co-operate, the government comprised members from MacDonald's small group of
453:) taking office. David Lloyd George had been expected to join the government after recovering from surgery following an operation on his prostate as he was still the official leader of the Liberal party. However, he refused to support the calling of a general election, and persuaded his supporters to leave the government and go into opposition.
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The new
Ministry was formed on 24 August 1931, when MacDonald was re-appointed Prime Minister. A smaller-than-usual cabinet was appointed the following day. The King persuaded MacDonald that it was his duty to form a new government to address the financial crisis. The original idea was that the
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National Government had not originally been intended to fight a general election, but under Conservative pressure one was soon called. The Samuelite Liberal Party was opposed to a general election but found it could not prevent one. Parliament was dissolved on 8 October 1931.
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National Government. MacDonald reconstructed his government on 5 November 1931, establishing the
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As a National Government, it was dominated by members of the
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MacDonald's Party: Labour Identities and Crisis, 1922–1931
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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C.L. Mowat, "Ramsay MacDonald and the Labour party." in
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Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions
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1216:Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
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2029:(1932) for very detailed history; pp. 62–116.
2005:Eccleshall; Walker, Robert, eds. (June 2002).
1895:Pybus later joined the Liberal National Party.
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1175:Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
27:1st National Government of the United Kingdom
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559:– Dominions Secretary and Colonial Secretary
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950:Secretary of State for the Home Department
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1948:(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1971) pp.129–151.
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908:Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
327:Great Depression in the United Kingdom
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1981:(2nd ed., Aldershot: Macmillan 1986)
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1034:Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
872:14 September 1931 – 12 November 1931
1357:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
902:3 September 1931 – 12 November 1931
887:3 September 1931 – 12 November 1931
857:3 September 1931 – 12 November 1931
335:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2072:Britain between the Wars: 1918–1945
2065:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3815737
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2086:The National Government. 1931–40
1930:The Huntington Library Quarterly
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520:– Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1756:Craigie Mason Aitchison
1694:Marquess of Londonderry
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18:First National ministry
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1979:1931 Political Crisis
1961:(1932) pp. xi to xv;
1932:(1944) 7#4: 353–386.
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2686:Douglas-Home
2630:
2626:MacDonald II
2543:Gladstone IV
2538:Salisbury II
2523:Gladstone II
2488:Palmerston I
2463:Melbourne II
2326:Rockingham I
2169:
2144:
2130:
2120:
2101:
2085:
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2036:
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1816:Goronwy Owen
1659:
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1498:Noel Skelton
1457:Graham White
1422:
1403:George Tryon
1306:
1286:Samuel Hoare
1283:
1264:Ernest Simon
1241:
1157:
1114:
1074:Lord Amulree
1059:
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954:
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912:
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863:Alec Glassey
769:
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480:
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451:Goronwy Owen
424:
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401:
378:
370:Alec Glassey
351:
343:Labour Party
318:
312:
253:
250:Lord Parmoor
239:
222:Labour Party
210:
207:
204:
29:
2716:Thatcher II
2616:MacDonald I
2528:Salisbury I
2518:Disraeli II
2513:Gladstone I
2448:Melbourne I
2413:Portland II
2391:(1801–1922)
2296:Newcastle I
2291:Short-lived
2239:(1707–1801)
1342:Milner Gray
707:Lord Sankey
557:J.H. Thomas
500:Lord Sankey
292:Predecessor
199:(coalition)
74:Date formed
2820:Categories
2781:Johnson II
2761:Cameron II
2711:Thatcher I
2621:Baldwin II
2503:Russell II
2175:1931–1935
1972:References
1869::273) and
1600:John Pybus
1580:Isaac Foot
398:since 1929
374:John Pybus
153:of members
96:1931-10-27
81:1931-08-24
2776:Johnson I
2746:Blair III
2706:Callaghan
2611:Baldwin I
2473:Russell I
2423:Liverpool
2398:Addington
2351:Shelburne
2321:Grenville
2256:Townshend
1903:Footnotes
1606:Liberal
869:Liberal
750:Earl Peel
383:Formation
302:Successor
133:1929–1935
2741:Blair II
2731:Major II
2548:Rosebery
2483:Aberdeen
2433:Goderich
2418:Perceval
2281:Carteret
1822:Liberal
1646:Liberal
1586:Liberal
1545:Liberal
1484:Liberal
1463:Liberal
1389:Liberal
1368:Liberal
1348:Liberal
1270:Liberal
1207:Liberal
1144:Liberal
964:Liberal
921:Liberal
418:and the
404:George V
358:Liberals
196:Majority
113:George V
2796:Starmer
2736:Blair I
2726:Major I
2558:Balfour
2468:Peel II
2428:Canning
2403:Pitt II
2336:Grafton
2331:Chatham
2276:Walpole
2053:(1973)
664:Office
654:are in
652:Cabinet
477:Cabinet
267:History
254:in the
240:in the
109:Monarch
94: (
79: (
2771:May II
2593:
2458:Peel I
2385:
2361:Pitt I
2251:Harley
2233:
2151:
2137:
2125:online
2109:
2092:
2067:online
2055:online
2043:
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2015:
2000:online
1990:online
1985:
1963:online
1934:online
1660:vacant
1423:vacant
1307:vacant
1060:vacant
673:Dates
670:Party
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149:Total
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2786:Truss
2766:May I
2751:Brown
2696:Heath
2341:North
1853:Notes
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