Independent Liberal Party (UK, 1918)

[2] The issuing of the Coalition Coupon to some Liberals, but not to others, led Asquith's followers to form a Parliamentary Liberal Party in opposition to them, so that in most constituencies the election of 1918 saw a three-way contest between the Coalition Government, the Independent Liberal Party, and the Labour Party.

[3] After the 1918 election, the party remained in existence in parliament until 1922, although greatly weakened.

Only 28 were returned, and even Asquith himself lost his East Fife seat.

Between 1918 and 1922, there were twenty-four three-cornered parliamentary by-elections, but in each of them the Independent Liberal candidates polled only between 24 and 28 per cent of the votes.

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