# Canonical recap data for 1919 British General Election (1919)
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slug: british-election-1919
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1919/british-election-1919"
title: 1919 British General Election
subtitle: Lloyd George's coalition swept post-WWI Britain, extending the franchise to women over 30 and reshaping Westminster's electoral map amid imperial anxieties.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1918-12-14
datePrecision: day
year: 1919
decade: 1910
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: 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. The governing coalition, under Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sent letters of endorsement to candidates who supported the coalition government. These were nicknamed
summaryLong: 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. The governing coalition, under Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sent letters of endorsement to candidates who supported the coalition government. These were nicknamed Coalition Coupons, and led to the election being known as the "coupon election". 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. Nearly all the Liberal MPs without coupons were defeated, including party leader and former Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1918 United Kingdom general election"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election"
  title: 1918 British general election
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: 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. The gove
wikidataQid: Q3042701
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-10
  label: 1918 British general election
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election"
