Who was Stanley Baldwin?

Baldwin’s implementation of social reforms, a stable form of government and the spread of an anti-socialist mindset was popular among the people of Britain, especially the middle classes, and allowed his government to win over 50% of the vote during the 1935 General Election, remaining the last to achieve the feat. Baldwin’s downfall began when he called for a second general election, in the hopes that it would produce a mandate that would help him to introduce tariffs, reduce unemployment and secure the home market for domestic manufacturers. However, he ended up losing his comfortable majority in the Commons, losing seats to the Labour and Liberal parties.