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| 1926 |
| | | Miners go on strike in Britain in protest against employers' attempts to reduce wages | |
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| 1926 |
| | | A general strike begins in Britain in support of the striking miners | |
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| 1926 |
| | | The prime minister Stanley Baldwin uses BBC radio to broadcast a conciliatory message to the workers in Britain's general strike | |
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| 1926 |
| | | The Trades Union Congress calls off Britain's general strike after nine days | |
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| 1926 |
| | | The Balfour Report, by former UK prime minister A.J. Balfour, suggests the way forward for the British Commonwealth of Nations | |
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| 1928 |
| | | The age limit for British women to vote is lowered to 21, finally giving them parity with men | |
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| 1929 |
| | | Labour is the largest party in the UK parliament but still has no overall majority, so Ramsay MacDonald forms his second minority government | |
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| 1931 |
| | | Amid political crisis Labour-leader Ramsay MacDonald forms an all-party National Government in Britain | |
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| 1934 |
| | | The Scottish National Party, or SNP, is founded to campaign for an independent Scotland | |
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| 1935 |
| | | Within the National government Ramsay MacDonald cedes the role of prime minister to the Conservative leader, Stanley Baldwin | |
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