Politcal Parties Flashcards
What was the Carlton Club?
A Tory club set up in 1833 in London to encourage voter registration.
What was the 1834 Tamworth Manifesto?
A document in which Peel appealed to the electorate and set out a new Conservatism.
What was the Lichfield House Compact?
An agreement between Whig, Radical and Irish MP’s to bring down Peel’s government. (1835)
What was the Whig equivalent of the Carlton Club?
Reform Club which was set up in 1836.
What happened in 1846 that split the Conservatives?
Peel repealed the Corn Laws, splitting the Conservatives into the Peelites led by Peel and the Conservatives led by Disraeli.
What was founded by the Conservatives in 1867?
Conservative National Union, this united all existing Conservative Working Men’s Clubs.
What did the Liberals found in 1867?
Joseph Chamberlain founded the Birmingham Education League and began to develop the Birmingham Caucus.
Who was John Gorst?
Party Manager for the Conservatives when they Conservative Central Office was established in 1870.
What was the Midlothian Campaign?
A campaign where Gladstone attacked Disraeli’s foreign policy and took issues to the electorate.
What was the Primrose League?
A club which admitted both men and women, it promoted conservatism and supported Conservative candidates.
