Introduction : The Labour Party , Electoral Success , and Failure
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Within a quarter of a century, however, the Labour Party had taken the Liberal Party’s place in the British two-party system, and in 1924, under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald, the Party briefly formed its first minority government. This administration was only to survive for a few months, but in 1929 Labour was again able to form a minority government which lasted until 1931. In an attempt to cope with the crisis of the Depression, however, MacDonald defected from Labour in 1931 to lead the Conservative dominated National Coalition government.
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