United Kingdom general election, 1935
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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. Dark red indicates coalition/national seat.
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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 MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady. The National Labour vote collapsed, and even 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 demise and lost further ground, with their leader Sir Herbert Samuel losing his own seat (see Liberal Party section).
The Independent Labour Party stood separately from Labour for the first time since 1895, while 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 World War II 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 Conservative Prime Minister in 1937. He in turn resigned in 1940, passing the title to Winston Churchill, who linked the House of Commons in an all-party unity government for World War II.
[edit] Results
| UK General Election 1935 |
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Candidates |
Votes |
| Party |
Standing |
Elected |
Gained |
Unseated |
Net |
% of total |
% |
No. |
Net % |
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Conservative |
515 |
386 |
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- 83 |
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47.8 |
10,025,083 |
-7.2 |
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Labour |
552 |
154 |
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+ 102 |
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38.0 |
7,984,988 |
+7.4 |
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Liberal |
161 |
21 |
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- 11 |
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6.7 |
1,414,010 |
-0.3 |
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Liberal National |
44 |
33 |
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- 2 |
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3.7 |
784,608 |
+0.1 |
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National Labour |
20 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
- 5 |
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1.5 |
321,028 |
0.0 |
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Ind. Labour Party |
17 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
- 1 |
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0.7 |
136,208 |
-0.5 |
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National |
4 |
3 |
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1 |
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0.3 |
53,189 |
-0.2 |
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Nationalist (NI) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.2 |
50,747 |
-0.1 |
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Independent Republican |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.2 |
46,715 |
N/A |
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Independent National |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.2 |
33,527 |
N/A |
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SNP |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.2 |
29,517 |
0.0 |
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Independent Conservative |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
27,721 |
N/A |
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Communist |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
27,177 |
-0.2 |
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Independent |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
17,113 |
+0.1 |
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Independent Labour |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
14,867 |
0.0 |
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Liverpool Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
6,677 |
0.0 |
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Independent Progressive |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
6,421 |
N/A |
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Social Credit |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
3,642 |
N/A |
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Plaid Cymru |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
2,534 |
0.0 |
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Independent Liberal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
2,525 |
0.0 |
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Agriculturalist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
1,771 |
N/A |
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Christian Socialist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
1,480 |
N/A |
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National Government (total) |
583 |
430 |
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53.3 |
11,181,466 |
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Total votes cast: 20,991,488. All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists. Seats won by the Independent Labour Party (ILP) are compared with those won by ILP candidates within Labour in the previous parliament.
[edit] Constituency Results
These are available on the Political Science Resources Elections Database, a link to which is given below.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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