conservative dominance

Question 1

reasons for conservative dominance

Answer 1

-Salisbury: intellectually indifferent cabinet, kept personalities like chamberlain together
-middle-class support: was growing as seen as party most resistant to change, villa toryism (drawing up constituency boundaries), 1900 67/75 London seats tory, none in 65
-imperialism: patriotic party, liberals had no consensus, 1900 election one due to success of the Boer war, liberals divided over this
-party org: Captain Middleton led, was good at timing, constituency agents increased

Question 2

1902 conservative dominance

Answer 2

-turning point
-salisbury resigned due to poor health, Balfour came in
-was out of touch and could not keep cabinet together
-split over tariff reform 1903
-little social reform

Question 3

liberal party and conservative dominance

Answer 3

-split over home rule
-1895, unionists had been absorbed into Conservative Party
-divided over social reform: radicals wanted to tackle problem of poverty among working class
-tensions between chamberlain and galdston
-gladstone resigned in 1894, succeeded by Rosenberg bet after defeat in 1895, left without leader until 98