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Explain why and in what ways the Conservatives' record in government between 1900 and 1905 made it likely that they would loose the General Election in 1906.
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Explain why and in what ways the Conservatives' record in government between 1900 and 1905 made it likely that they would loose the General Election in 1906. Between 1900 and 1905, the Conservatives' under Lord Salisbury (1900-1902) and then Balfour (1902-1905), steadily lost support and respect from the British public. From a period of political dominance from 1885 to a crushing defeat in 1906, which saw a landslide victory for the Liberals', there were a series of decisions, indecisions and acts passed during the 5 years in question that many historians view as the reason for the Conservative defeat in 1906. In the 1900 election, lord Salisbury with his reforms in the years previous to it, won a convincing victory and 334 seat along with the 68 seats from the Liberal Unionists, who supported the Conservatives' during this time. However another Conservative government would not be in power again until 1922....
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