100 Years Ago

27 NOVEMBER 1923 There were 1,440 parliamentary candidates contesting the 1923 General Election. The Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, speaking in

26 NOVEMBER 1923 Nominations were due in for the General Election, with 53 MPs looking like they’d be elected unopposed,

25 NOVEMBER 1923 Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, said at his formal adoption meeting for Bewdley that he was confident

24 NOVEMBER 1923 Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, speaking at Tenbury in Worcestershire, appealed for a working majority to carry

23 NOVEMBER 1923 Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed female unionists in London, said that tariffs must increase

22 NOVEMBER 1923 Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, spoke in Reading that the Unionist programme was the only constructive programme

21 NOVEMBER 1923 Herbert Asquith, the former Prime Minister, launched his election campaign in Paisley. The German ex-Crown Prince formally

20 NOVEMBER 1923 Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, talking at the Queen’s Hall in London, replied to speeches of Winston

19 NOVEMBER 1923 David Lloyd George, speaking in Northampton, said that Protectionists and Socialists were both smashers and appealed to

18 NOVEMBER 1923 David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, opened his campaign in the election when he spoke at