Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 7 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 45 members in total.

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CENTENARY OF 1906 GENERAL ELECTION

That this House notes the centenary of the final counting of the votes on 7th and 8th February 1906, cast in the general election of that year and records the fact that the Liberal Party and its allies won an overwhelming victory with 399 members of this House; further notes that this resounding result confirmed in office the Liberal government led by Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman who headed an administration that included some of the great figures of the 20th century, most notably HH Asquith, David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, who together laid the foundations of the modern welfare state by sweeping away most of the vestiges of the poor law by such measures as free school meals, old age pensions, labour exchanges, minimum wages, restrictions on hours worked, sick pay and unemployment pay; further notes that the 1906 government also boosted democracy and the rights of workers by protecting trade unions, introducing payment of hon. Members and restricting the powers of the House of Lords; and believes that the record of this government justifies its place as one of the great reforming ministries of the UK.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1587 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Charles Kennedy

Colin Breed

Andrew George

Martin Horwood

Adrian Sanders

Subjects

Anniversaries General elections Liberal

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk