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This is the first UK general election in which women have an equal franchise with men and they form a majority of the electorate. 7 June – The Conservatives concede power rather than risk courting Liberals for a fragile majority. 8 June – Ramsay MacDonald forms a new Labour government. [3]
The Great Depression of 1929–32 broke out at a time when the United Kingdom was still far from having recovered from the effects of the First World War. Economist Lee Ohanian showed that economic output fell by 25% between 1918 and 1921 and did not recover until the end of the Great Depression, [3] arguing that the United Kingdom suffered a twenty-year great depression beginning in 1918.
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from AD 1900 until AD 1929. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of the British Isles .
1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 929th year ...
The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 30 May 1929, and resulted in a hung parliament. Ramsay MacDonald 's Labour Party won the most seats in the House of Commons for the first time despite receiving fewer votes than the Conservative Party , led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin .
Every major currency left the gold standard during the Great Depression. The UK was the first to do so. Facing speculative attacks on the pound and depleting gold reserves, in September 1931 the Bank of England ceased exchanging pound notes for gold and the pound was floated on foreign exchange markets. Japan and the Scandinavian countries ...
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Pages in category "1929 in England" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.