Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 12th December 2026

Time: 11am

Venue: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

Description: After the signing of the Armistice in November 1918, Lloyd George and the Conservative leader Andrew Bonar Law agreed to continue their wartime coalition and, by jointly endorsing candidates for the general election, ensure that Lloyd George’s Liberal supporters and Conservatives candidates did not compete against each other. In Swansea West this strategy imploded when Lloyd George’s nominee was declared ‘not a fit and proper person to represent any British constituency’ by the local Conservative Association, who proceeded to put forward their own candidate. With Labour also standing, the three-way election battle that ensued was, in the view of The Times newspaper, “assuredly the bitterest contest of the General Election”.

How to book: No booking required

Price: Free

Email: historyliz1565@yahoo.com

Organiser: Swansea Branch

Lecturer: Ray Collier

Comments: Born and brought up in London, for the last thirty years Ray Collier has lived in Tonna. On retiring in 2015, he completed a part-time honours degree in history at Swansea University in 2020 and a master’s degree in modern history in 2023. Ray is a commit

Region: Wales

Branch: Swansea