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The United Kingdom has had several coalition governments throughout its history: Aberdeen ministry, the British government under Lord Aberdeen (1852–1855) Asquith coalition ministry, the British government under H. H. Asquith (1915–1916) Lloyd George ministry, the British government under David Lloyd George (1916–1922)
A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a government by political parties that enter into a power-sharing arrangement of the executive. [1] Coalition governments usually occur when no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election .
If a coalition collapses, a confidence vote is held or a motion of no confidence is taken. For the purposes of this list, coalitions can come in two forms. The first is produced by two or more parties joining forces after fighting elections separately to form a majority government.
The all-party coalitions of H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George in the First World War were sometimes referred to as National Governments at the time, but are now more commonly called Coalition Governments. [citation needed] The term "National Government" was chosen to dissociate itself from negative connotations of the earlier coalitions.
N. National Government (1931–1935) National Government (1935–1937) National Government (1937–1939) National Government (United Kingdom) Executive of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly
A Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government held office from 2010 until 2015, the first coalition since 1945. [3] The coalition ended following parliamentary elections on 7 May 2015 , in which the Conservative Party won an outright majority of seats, 330 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, while their coalition partners lost ...
This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Cameron–Clegg coalition was formed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg when Cameron was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, after the general election on 6 May. It was the UK's first coalition government since the Churchill caretaker ministry in 1945.