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[[File:Frederick Hall 1906.jpg|thumb|right|Frederick Hall was elected for the Labour Party.]]The '''1922 United Kingdom general election''' took place on 15 September 1922. The election saw the end of the wartime Conservative-Liberal-Labour coalition, replaced with a Conservative government under Andrew Bonar-Law, though with a reduced majority. The Liberal Party was fractured and MPs directly campaigned against one another, allowing Labour to become the second-largest party.
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[[File:Frederick Hall 1906.jpg|thumb|right|Frederick Hall was elected for the Labour Party.]]The '''1922 United Kingdom general election''' took place on 15 November 1922. The election saw the end of the wartime Conservative-Liberal-Labour coalition, replaced with a Conservative government under Andrew Bonar-Law, though with a reduced majority. The Liberal Party was fractured and MPs directly campaigned against one another, allowing Labour to become the second-largest party.
   
 
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== Campaign ==
   
=== Liberal campaign ===
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=== National-Liberal campaign ===
Wary of the Labour Party's growing strength, the other parties agreed to form a unified front with a compromise candidate. The Liberal Party was absent in the election, with the National Liberal Party instead taking its place. They agreed with the Conservative Party to make Ernest George Bearcroft their candidate. Bearcroft's campaign was anti-strike and pro-business in order to satisfy more traditionalist voters, though supported the concept of a union.<ref>Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 10 November 1922</ref> Other than opposing apparent Communist elements in the area, Bearcroft was totally against Labour's "Capital Levy" policy of taxing income between either £1000 or £5000 (£29,057.70 and £145,288.50 in 1920 Pounds, respectively).<ref>Leeds Mercury - Saturday 04 November 1922.
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Wary of the Labour Party's growing strength, the other parties agreed to form a unified front with a compromise candidate. The Liberal Party was absent in the election, with the National Liberal Party instead taking its place. The Normanton Conservative Association and the Castleford Unionist Association both chose against picking a candidate, and instead entered talks with the National Liberals to pick an opponent to Labour they would find mutually acceptable.<ref>''Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer'' - Wednesday 15 November 1922: "The Conservative vote in the Normanton Division."
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Bearcroft's campaign was anti-strike and pro-business in order to satisfy more traditionalist voters, though supported the concept of a union.<ref>Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 10 November 1922</ref> Other than opposing apparent Communist elements in the area, Bearcroft was totally against Labour's "Capital Levy" policy of taxing income between either £1000 or £5000 (£29,057.70 and £145,288.50 in 1920 Pounds, respectively).<ref>Leeds Mercury - Saturday 04 November 1922.
 
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 16 September 2018

Frederick Hall 1906

Frederick Hall was elected for the Labour Party.

The 1922 United Kingdom general election took place on 15 November 1922. The election saw the end of the wartime Conservative-Liberal-Labour coalition, replaced with a Conservative government under Andrew Bonar-Law, though with a reduced majority. The Liberal Party was fractured and MPs directly campaigned against one another, allowing Labour to become the second-largest party.

Campaign[]

National-Liberal campaign[]

Wary of the Labour Party's growing strength, the other parties agreed to form a unified front with a compromise candidate. The Liberal Party was absent in the election, with the National Liberal Party instead taking its place. The Normanton Conservative Association and the Castleford Unionist Association both chose against picking a candidate, and instead entered talks with the National Liberals to pick an opponent to Labour they would find mutually acceptable.[1]

Bearcroft's campaign was anti-strike and pro-business in order to satisfy more traditionalist voters, though supported the concept of a union.[2] Other than opposing apparent Communist elements in the area, Bearcroft was totally against Labour's "Capital Levy" policy of taxing income between either £1000 or £5000 (£29,057.70 and £145,288.50 in 1920 Pounds, respectively).[3]

Results[]

General Election 1922: Normanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Frederick Hall 16,040 73.3 n/a
National Liberal Ernest George Bearcroft 5,855 26.7 n/a
Majority 10,185 46.6 n/a
Turnout 21,895 68.3 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a

Sources[]

  1. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 15 November 1922: "The Conservative vote in the Normanton Division."
  2. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 10 November 1922
  3. Leeds Mercury - Saturday 04 November 1922.