A Gallup Poll in Britain in June 1945 recorded the following result in a question about voting intention: Labour 45%, Conservative 32%, Liberal 15%, Others 7%. (1)
In this TL the Liberal Party polls close to that amount in the general election in July, instead of 9.0% in OTL.
But first there is a minor POD that by the close of nominations on 25 June 1935 the Liberals had managed to find 345 candidates compared to 306 in OTL. The Liberals could theoretically win an overall majority of the 640 MPs in the House of Commons. Also Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, the daughter of Herbert Asquith, was nominated as Liberal candidate for Barnstaple, which elected a Liberal in 1935. While Mark Bonham-Carter, Asquith's grandson, was nominated as Liberal candidate for the Conservative held seat of Wells. In OTL the candidates were reversed.
The result of the general election was as follows:
Labour: 402 seats
Conservative and allies: 188 seats
Liberals: 25 seats
ILP: 3 seats
Communists: 2 seats
Irish Nationalists: 2 seats
Commonwealth Party: 1 seat
Independents: 17 seats
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Total: 640 seats
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Compared with the 1935 general election the Liberals gained four seats. In OTL only 12 Liberals were elected in 1945. Among the Liberals elected were Sir Archibald Sinclair, their leader; William Beveridge and Lady Violet Bonham-Carter. But Mark Bonham-Carter was unsuccessful in Wells.
(1) See British Political Facts 1900-1979.
In this TL the Liberal Party polls close to that amount in the general election in July, instead of 9.0% in OTL.
But first there is a minor POD that by the close of nominations on 25 June 1935 the Liberals had managed to find 345 candidates compared to 306 in OTL. The Liberals could theoretically win an overall majority of the 640 MPs in the House of Commons. Also Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, the daughter of Herbert Asquith, was nominated as Liberal candidate for Barnstaple, which elected a Liberal in 1935. While Mark Bonham-Carter, Asquith's grandson, was nominated as Liberal candidate for the Conservative held seat of Wells. In OTL the candidates were reversed.
The result of the general election was as follows:
Labour: 402 seats
Conservative and allies: 188 seats
Liberals: 25 seats
ILP: 3 seats
Communists: 2 seats
Irish Nationalists: 2 seats
Commonwealth Party: 1 seat
Independents: 17 seats
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Total: 640 seats
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Compared with the 1935 general election the Liberals gained four seats. In OTL only 12 Liberals were elected in 1945. Among the Liberals elected were Sir Archibald Sinclair, their leader; William Beveridge and Lady Violet Bonham-Carter. But Mark Bonham-Carter was unsuccessful in Wells.
(1) See British Political Facts 1900-1979.
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