The Peers, the Parties and the People : the General Elections of 1910

Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Unionist Hegemony 1886–1902....Pages 3-23 The End of the Hegemony 1902–6....Pages 24-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Winter 1908–9....Pages 45-67 The Budget of Lloyd George....Pages 68-84 The Coming of the First Election....Pages 85-102 The First Campaign....Pages 103-129 Forecasts, Results and First Reactions....Pages 130-144 The Months Between....Pages 145-168 The Second Campaign....Pages 169-194 Winter 1910–11....Pages 195-206 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 The Parties and their Candidates....Pages 209-233 The Containment of Labour....Pages 234-265 Party Organisation....Pages 266-288 Party Finance....Pages 289-300 Publicising the Issues....Pages 301-329 The Interests, the Suffragettes, and the Churches....Pages 330-353 Front Matter....Pages 355-355 The Electoral System....Pages 357-376 The Results....Pages 377-415 Back Matter....Pages 417-548