How Did The Constitutional Crisis Affect The Unionist Alliance?

To consider how the Constitutional Crisis affected the Unionist Alliance, exploration is needed on the reasons why the Conservatives rejected the Budget, how different opinions to the Budget caused disharmony within the party, the effect of the Parliament Act becoming law and Balfour's reaction. Many Unionist peers were against the People's Budget for many reasons. One reason was that due to an agricultural depression in the 19th century land prices had declined. Also landowners had …

…party more confidence, which made them into a more worthwhile opponent to the Liberals. <Tab/>The Constitutional Crisis troubled the Unionist Alliance greatly as it brought out the hidden tensions between many peers, which could have resulted in disaster. Balfour's resignation could have potentially left the party in a dire state. However Bonar Law's new approach to leadership did wonders for the party's confidence and managed to save them from failure.