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James Ramsay MacDonald , ( 12 October 18669 November 1937 ) was a British statesman who was the first Labour Party ___MASK47___ , leading Labour governments in 1924 , 1929  1931 and , having been expelled from the party he had helped to found , a National Government from 1931 to 1935 . Stanley Baldwin , 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley , ( 3 August 186714 December 1947 ) was a British Conservative politician , who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars . Three times ___MASK47___ , he is the only ___MASK65___ to have served under three monarchs ( George V , Edward VIII and George VI ). A ___MASK47___ is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government , often in a parliamentary or semi - presidential system . In many systems , the ___MASK47___ selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet , and allocates posts to members within the government . In most systems , the ___MASK47___ is the presiding ___MASK64___ and chairman of the cabinet . In a minority of systems , notably in semi - presidential systems of government , a ___MASK47___ is the official who is appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of the ___MASK79___ . In parliamentary systems fashioned after the Westminster system , the ___MASK47___ is the presiding and actual head of government and head of the executive branch . In such systems , the ___MASK79___ or the ___MASK79___ ' s official representative ( i . e . the monarch , president , or governor - general ) usually holds a largely ceremonial position , although often with reserve powers . Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1937 for the Conservative politician Stanley Baldwin . He was ___MASK77___ from 1923 to 1924 , from 1924 to 1929 and from 1935 to 1937 . Baldwin was made Viscount Corvedale , of Corvedale in the County of Salop , at the same time he was given the earldom . The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large , though reduced , majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin . The greatest number of Members , as before , were Conservatives , while the National Liberal vote held steady . The National Labour vote collapsed , and even its leader Ramsay MacDonald lost his seat . Labour , under what was then regarded internally as the caretaker leadership of Clement Attlee , made large gains over their very poor showing in the 1931 general election . The Liberals continued their slow political collapse and lost further ground , with their leader Sir Herbert Samuel losing his own seat . The Independent Labour Party stood entirely separately from Labour for the first time since 1895 , having stood candidates unendorsed by Labour at the 1931 election and having disaffiliated fully from Labour in 1932 . The Scottish National Party contested their first election , and the Communist Party gained their first parliamentary seat in almost ten years , West Fife . The major election issues were the continuing unemployment problems and the role of the League of Nations , particularly as regarding the Empire of Japan . No general elections were held during the Second World War until Allied victory was assured ; hence the 1935 House sat until 1945 . As a result , this parliament would see two leadership changes . Neville Chamberlain took over as ___MASK47___ and Conservative leader in 1937 . He in turn resigned in 1940 , when the office of ___MASK47___ passed to Winston Churchill , who linked the three main parties in the House of Commons in an all - party unity government for the duration of the Second World War .