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Vote of Confidence

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1924–1994Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1924

Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st21 January 1924

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

The Conservatives are defeated in Parliament

1936

Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st1936

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Votes against Baldwin for lifting sanctions against Italy after it invaded Abyssinia

1993

John Roy Major22 July 1993

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

A tied vote of confidence in Parliament

1994

John Roy Major16 November 1994

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Major threatens to resign if the European Finance Bill is not passed by the Commons

Names involved

John Roy MajorMaurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1stStanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st

Provenance

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