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- Aberavon (constituency), 57–8, 90, 118, 124
 - Aberystwyth, 102
 - Accrington, 101
 - Acland, Francis, 62, 64
 - Adams, R. J. Q., 5
 - Addison, Dr Christopher, 88–9, 91
 - Alexander, Lieutenant Colonel Maurice, 48, 51n6
 - Allen, Ronald, 61–2, 63n4
 - Amery, Leo, 33, 40, 101
 - Anti-Waste, 57
 - Asquith, Herbert Henry, 4–6, 14, 20, 24, 26–7, 32, 34, 41, 43, 47, 50, 54–6, 69, 85, 101–2, 116, 120, 126
 - Ashton under Lyne, 66
 - Astor, Nancy, 96, 121, 122n26
 - Attlee, Clement, 66
 
- Baldwin, Stanley, 4, 74, 102, 125–6
 - Balfour, Lord, 27, 30, 68
 - Balfour, Lady Francis, 68
 - Ball, Stuart, 123
 - Bannerman, Henry Campbell, 19
 - Barnsley, 66, 109
 - Barrow, 66
 - Bath, 66
 - Bearsted, Lord, 71–2
 - Beaverbrook, Lord, 13, 55–9, 61, 69, 104, 109, 115
 - Beddoe Rees, Sir William, 62, 63, 64n7
 - Bedford, 8, 101, 107
 - Benn, Arthur Shirley, 87
 - Bermondsey West (constituency), 57
 - Berwick, 102–3
 - Bethnal Green, 57
 - Betterton, Henry, 97, 98n15
 - Birkenhead, 66
 - Birkenhead, Lord, 13, 27, 58, 72, 101–3, 110
 - Birmingham
 - Handsworth (constituency), 87, 92
 - Ladywood (constituency), 97
 - Blackburn, 66
 - Blake, Robert, 4–5, 29
 - Blair, Tony, 6
 - Bodleian Library, 88
 - Bolshevism, 29
 - Bolton, 66, 102, 117
 - Bonar Law, Andrew, 3, 5–6, 8, 11, 13–4, 23–4, 27, 30–4, 39–42, 47–50, 53–6, 58, 63, 72, 74, 81, 83, 85, 92, 94–5, 102–04, 109–10, 115, 120, 123, 125, 128–9
 - Boscawen, Sir Arthur Griffith, 32, 51, 101
 - Bradford, 66
 - Breese, Charles, 119
 - Brexit, 132
 - Brexit Party, 132
 - Bridgeman, William, 12, 28
 - Bridgeman, Viscountess Caroline, 95
 - Brighton, 102
 - Bristol, 12, 66, 68, 72, 102, 104
 - East (constituency), 86, 95
 - North (constituency, 90
 - South (constituency), 63
 - West (constituency), 72
 - Buckingham Palace, 39
 - Buckrose (constituency), 109
 - Bull, Sir William, 30, 72, 86
 - Burnley, 66
 - Bury (constituency), 66, 109
 
- Caernarvon, 117, 119,
 - Caerphilly (constituency), 42–3
 - Camberwell North-West (constituency), 48
 - Cannes (conference), 9
 - Cardiff, 66
 - Carlisle, 66
 - Carshalton, 49
 - Carlton Club meeting, 6–8, 10–12, 19, 21–4, 27–30, 32–3, 39–40, 50, 53, 55, 58, 73, 86, 123, 129
 - Cave, Lord, 33, 102
 - Caxton Hall, 107
 - Cecil, Hugh, 29
 - Chamberlain, Austen, 9–10, 25–8, 30, 39, 47, 51, 72, 74, 87, 102
 - Chamberlain, Neville, 9,
 - Chamberlain, Mrs Neville, 97
 - Charing Cross, 110
 - Chatfeild-Clarke, Edgar, 89
 - Chatham (constituency), 32
 - Chelsea (constituency), 50
 - Cheltenham (constituency), 94
 - Chesterfield (constituency), 66, 119
 - Churchill, Winston, 13, 47, 54, 58–9, 71, 73–4, 77, 97, 109, 115
 - Coalition (principle), 3, 30, 47, 50
 - Colchester (constituency), 49, 108
 - Coldstream Guards, 87
 - Colne, 66
 - Communism, 14, 97, 108–9
 - Communist International, 54
 - Conservative Party, 2–14 , 19–34, 39–44, 47–51, 53–9, 61–3, 65, 68–9, 71–5, 77–8, 81–2, 83–92, 94–7, 101–5, 108–10, 115–121, 123–6, 127–30, 131–2
 - Conservative Central Office, 9–10
 - Conservative Women’s Organisation, 95
 - diehards, 29, 44, 71–2, 74
 - Scottish Conservatives, 12, 30–31, 32
 - Lancashire Conservatives, 32, 34
 - National Union, 39
 - Cook, Chris, 4, 8, 12, 48, 120
 - Cope, Alfred, 44
 - Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act (1883), 88
 - Coventry, 66
 - Cowling, Maurice, 5, 84
 - Crewe, Lord, 24
 - Criccieth, 102
 - Criterion (restaurant), 111
 - Croydon, 66
 - Curzon, Lord, 13, 33, 56
 
- Daily Express, 13, 55–6, 65, 101, 109, 115
 - Daily Herald, 8
 - Daily Mirror, 96, 107
 - Darlington, 66, 101
 - Davies, J. C., 103
 - Decline and Fall of Lloyd George, The, 56, 58, 115
 - Denbigh (constituency), 57, 102
 - Derby, 65–66, 101, 103, 116
 - Derby Daily Telegraph, 81, 120
 - Derby Lord, 10, 12, 26, 32–33, 56, 68, 101–2, 120
 - Derbyshire North East (constituency), 116
 - Derbyshire South (constituency), 81–2, 121
 - Devizes, 102
 - Devon Record Office, 91
 - Devonshire, Duke of, 102, 103
 - Dinnick, Augustus, 58
 - Doncaster, 66
 - Dorset East (constituency), 41–2, 57, 59, 63, 104
 - Dowden, Oliver, 132
 - Downing Street, 7, 26, 109
 - Drury Lane, 92, 95
 - Dudley, 66, 102
 - Dutton, David, 102
 - Dundee (constituency), 47, 54, 97, 102, 109, 117
 
- general elections (other than 1922)
 - 1916 (prospective), 1
 - 1918 (coupon election), 1
 - 1923, 2
 - 1924, 2
 - 1940 (prospective), 1
 - 1945, 1
 - 2019, 132
 - 2024, 132
 - Gateshead, 102
 - George V (king), 11, 39
 - Germany (armies), 20
 - Germany (reparations), 87
 - Gibbs, George, 72
 - Gillingham (constituency), 32
 - Gilmour, John, 30
 - Glasgow, 3, 55, 102–3, 107, 108–110, 120
 - Bridgeton (constituency), 97
 - Cathcart (constituency), 120
 - Central (constituency), 24, 50, 92, 109–10
 - Hillhead (constituency), 47, 50, 92
 - Pollok (constituency), 30
 - Gloucester Citizen, 22
 - Gloucester Journal, 69
 - Gloucestershire, 24, 58
 - Gregory, Henry, 81
 - Green, Sir John, 62
 - Greenwood, Hamar, 115
 - Grey, Lord, 102–3
 - Griffiths, Clare, 124
 - Grimsby, 66
 - Guest, Colonel C. H. C., 90
 - Guest, Freddy, 40–2, 58–9, 63, 115
 - Guiness, Walter, 101–2
 
- Hackney Central (constituency), 48
 - Hackney Empire, 111
 - Halifax, 66, 118
 - Hall Caine, Gordon, 104
 - Hammersmith South (constituency), 30, 86
 - Harrods, 111
 - Haverfordwest, 101
 - Henderson, Arthur, 86, 91, 129
 - Hewart, Sir Gordon, 61, 63n3
 - Hoare, Samuel, 33, 50, 55, 74
 - Hogg, Douglas, 33, 102
 - Hohler, Gerald, 32
 - Hope, Sir Harry, 31
 - Hopkinson, Austin, 118–19
 - Horne, Robert, 27, 31, 7, 50, 51n2, 7, 92, 102
 - Hornsey (constituency), 69
 - Hotel Cecil, 39–40
 - Hotel Victoria, 43
 - House of Commons, 11, 95, 118, 121, 124
 - Howard, Gerald, 118
 - Howard, Stephen, 119, 122n15
 - Huddersfield, 66
 - Hull, 66, 101
 - Hull Daily Mail, 33
 - Hutchinson, Sir Robert, 120
 
- Labour Party, 1–6, 9–10, 12–14 19–28, 32–4, 40, 42–4, 47–51, 54, 56, 58, 61–2, 65, 67–9, 73–4, 81, 84–94, 96–7, 104–110, 115–121, 123–5, 127–30, 132
 - Labour Press Bureau, 89–91
 - Labour Speakers Handbook, 90–91
 - Lampson, Oliver Locker, 87, 92, 98n17
 - Lancashire, 3, 12, 26, 32, 34, 53, 61, 68, 101, 103–4, 118, 120
 - League of Nations, 87, 131
 - Leeds, 7–8, 12, 33, 40, 49–51, 67, 116
 - Central (constituency), 51
 - North (constituency), 51, 119
 - North East (constituency), 51
 - South (constituency), 51, 119
 - South East (constituency), 51
 - West (constituency), 51, 119
 - Leicester, 61–62, 67, 102, 111
 - East (constituency), 61
 - Leigh, 67, 102
 - Leith, Sir Alex, 9
 - Leventhal, F. M., 86
 - Lever, Arthur, 48, 51n6
 - Liberal Party
 - Asquith, 6, 14, 20, 24, 26–7, 32, 34, 41, 43, 47–8, 50, 54–6, 61–2, 69, 78, 82, 84–5, 87–9, 103, 109, 116–19, 125–6, 128–9
 - Lloyd George/Coalition/National, 3–10, 11, 12–14, 19–22, 24–34, 40–4. 47–51, 53–9, 61–3, 65, 68–9, 71–5, 77–8, 81–2, 83–90, 92, 94–5, 97, 101–4, 107, 109–110, 115–121, 124–6, 127–9, 131–2
 - Liberal Unionists, 28, 132
 - Lincoln, 67, 86
 - Liverpool, 30, 67, 96, 125
 - Liverpool Exchange (constituency), 30
 - Lloyd George, David, 3–14, 19–20, 22–34, 39–44, 47–51, 53–6, 58, 62, 63, 72–4, 77–8, 81–4, 86–8, 92, 95, 101–4, 107, 110, 115–120, 125, 127–9, 131–2
 - Lloyd George, Meghan, 107
 - Lloyd George Archive, 7
 - London, 22, 41, 48, 54, 57–8, 68, 77–8, 91, 95, 98, 110–11
 - Long, Lord 102
 - Lorimer, Henry, 81, 121, 122n24
 - Ludlow (constituency), 78
 - Lyle-Samuel, Alexander, 118, 122n13
 
- Maclain, John, 118
 - MacDonald, James Ramsay, 4, 6, 58, 90, 118, 124, 130
 - McHugh, Declan, 125
 - Maldon (constituency), 123
 - Manchester, 3, 4, 10, 32, 50–51, 65, 67, 102–3, 108, 111, 116, 125
 - manifestos, 83–5
 - housing, 85, 93
 - capital levy, 13, 88
 - disarmament, 91
 - maternity, 91
 - pensions, 91
 - reparations, 91
 - taxation, 91, 104
 - Marconi, 110–111
 - Marquand, David, 6, 90, 124
 - McCurdy, Charles, 40, 44, 71–4, 76
 - McKibbin, Ross, 6
 - Melba, Nellie, 98
 - Merthyr Tydfil, 67
 - Metropole Hotel, 111
 - Middle East, 57, 88
 - Middlesborough, 67
 - Middleton, 101
 - Midland Bank, 85
 - Midlands, 33
 - Mitcham, 49–50
 - Mond, Sir Alfred, 7, 58
 - Montagu, Edwin, 115
 - Moore-Brabazon, John 32
 - Moreing, Algernon, 63, 64n9
 - Morris, Harold, 86–7, 95, 98n12
 - Morrison, Herbert, 68
 - Mossley (constituency), 118
 - Morgan, Kenneth, 5, 12, 115
 - Mowat, Charles Loch, 4
 
- Paisley, 101–2
 - Pall Mall Gazette, 68
 - Parliament Acts
 - Parliament Act (1911), 1
 - Representation of the People Act (1918), 21, 127
 - Peel, Lord, 102
 - Pennines, 50
 - Penryn and Falmouth (constituency), 97
 - Perth (constituency), 120
 - Peterborough, 54
 - Picadilly Circus, 110–111
 - Plymouth, 67
 - Plymouth Drake (constituency), 88
 - Poplar (constituency), 97
 - Portsmouth, 67, 102, 111
 - Powell, David, 4
 - Prescott-Decie, Cyril, 71
 - Preston, 67, 102
 - Price, Emyr, 120
 - Price, Ernest, 89
 - Pugh, Martin, 5
 
- Saffron Walden, 108
 - Salford, 67
 - Salisbury, 102
 - Salisbury, Lord, 29, 101
 - Sammuels, Sammy, 71–2
 - St Helens, 67
 - St Pancras, 8, 107
 - Sanders, Robert, 40–42, 45n8
 - Sassoon, Sir Philip, 110
 - Scotland, 3, 12, 30, 32–4, 53, 57, 68, 104, 107–8, 120, 130
 - Scotsman, The, 65, 68, 107
 - Scott, Alexander MacCallum, 97
 - Scott, Sir Leslie, 30, 96
 - Scovell, G. J. S., 7, 44, 73, 129
 - Seeley, J. E. B., 47–48, 103
 - Shakespeare, Geoffrey, 116
 - Sheffield, 3–4, 8, 65, 67, 78, 102
 - Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 54, 78, 81, 119
 - Shoreditch (constituency), 88, 91, 96
 - Sinclair, Archibald, 115
 - Sinn Fein, 11
 - Smethwick (constituency), 67
 - Socialism, 3, 13, 21–2, 24, 29, 31, 34, 54, 68, 73, 84, 87, 96, 104, 120–21, 127, 131
 - Southampton (constituency), 50, 67, 97, 102, 117
 - Southend-on-Sea (constituency), 67, 108
 - Southport (constituency), 102
 - South Shields (constituency), 67
 - Southwark South-East (constituency), 48
 - Sparkes, Herbert, 91
 - Spenn Valley (constituency), 101
 - Stockport, 102
 - Stoke-on-Trent, 67
 - Stanley, Luke, 7
 - Stirling (constituency), 31
 - Sunday Post, 34
 - Sunderland, 68, 116–17
 - Surrey, 49, 111
 - Sutherland, Duke of, 49–50
 - Swansea, 58, 68, 101
 - Swindon, 68, 102
 
- tariffs (Tariff Reform), 13, 33, 55–6, 83, 126, 131
 - Taunton (constituency), 32
 - Tennant, Winnifred Combe, 48, 58
 - Thackeray, David, 6, 127
 - Thurtle, Dorothy, 96
 - Thomas, J. H., 101–3
 - Times, The, 10, 49, 53, 56, 71, 78, 86, 116–17
 - Tiverton (constituency), 63, 91
 - Trafalgar Square, 110–11
 - Tregidga, Gary, 126
 - Trocadero (restaurant), 111
 - Truman, Samuel, 81, 121
 - Twickenham (constituency), 81
 - Turkey (Anglo-Turkish War), 9, 13, 25, 28, 59
 - turnout (voter), 1–2, 21, 48, 107, 110
 
- Wakefield (constituency), 109
 - Wales, 32, 57, 65, 120, 130
 - Walker, William, 97
 - Wallasey (constituency), 109
 - Wallsall, 109
 - Wellingborough, 8
 - Westminster, 11, 20, 33–4, 42, 57, 77, 89, 92, 104, 110
 - Wigan, 68
 - Winteringham, Margaret, 121
 - Western Daily Press, 53
 - Western Mail, 42
 - Western Morning News, 65, 74
 - Westminster St Georges (constituency), 57
 - Weymss, Maynard Colchester, 23–4, 116, 121
 - Whitley, John, 108, 122n12
 - Williams, Francis, 6
 - Wilson, Leslie, 7, 10, 13, 26–8
 - Wilson, Trevor, 5
 - Windsor, Lord, 78
 - Wolverhampton, 68
 - women
 - candidates, 96, 121
 - women’s vote, 1, 2, 54, 91–7, 104, 107–8, 110, 121, 130
 - Worcester, 68
 - Wrexham (constituency), 57
 - Wrigley, Chris, 61
 - Woodhouse, Sir Percy, 9
 - Worthington-Evans, Sir Laming, 49, 108, 112n11