Why were there so many general elections in 1920s UK?

by _DeanRiding

So I was looking at some historian online and at the bottom of his page it said he ran for general elections in three consecutive years 1923/4/5 and I was wondering what on Earth was happening at the time to warrant it

I tried searching online and I couldn't find anything on it so any help would be appreciated

CorporealTom

A mix of reasons.

The (Conservative) Prime Minister (Bonar-Law) resigned and then died a year after the election of 1922, being replaced by Stanley Baldwin.

This was a time of great upheaval and Baldwin looking to introduce Tariffs on imports from non-empire countries. This had been a divisive issue for at least a couple of decades, not just in the country but also within the Conservative party itself. So for a mandate Baldwin called an election he thought he'd win to establish himself.

Except he didn't get his majority, but instead a hung parliament (258 Conservative, 191 Labour, 158 Liberal). This parliament struggled on for a year, with the Labour party trying to make a minority government work with Liberal support (but certainly not alliance or coalition).

So they had a third general election in less than 2 years, with a Conservative majority the result.