1919 British General Election

Following the Armistice with Germany, which ended the First World War, a general election was held in the United Kingdom on Saturday, 14 December 1918.^¹ The governing coalition, under Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sent letters of endorsement to candidates who supported the coalition government.^¹ These were nicknamed Coalition Coupons, and led to the election being known as the "coupon election".^¹ The result was a massive landslide in favour of the coalition, comprising primarily the Conservatives and Coalition Liberals, with massive losses for Liberals who were not endorsed.^¹ Nearly all the Liberal MPs without coupons were defeated, including party leader and former Prime Minister H.^¹ H. Asquith.