United Kingdom general election, 1929

30 May 1929

All 615 seats to the House of Commons 308 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	76.3%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ramsay MacDonald	Stanley Baldwin	David Lloyd George
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Leader since	21 November 1922	23 May 1923	14 October 1926
Leader's seat	Seaham	Bewdley	Caernarvon Boroughs
Last election	151 seats, 33.3%	412 seats, 46.8%	40 seats, 17.8%
Seats won	287	260	59
Seat change	136	152	19
Popular vote	8,048,968	8,252,527	5,104,638
Percentage	37.1%	38.1%	23.6%
Swing	3.8%	8.7%	5.8%

PM before election

Stanley Baldwin
Conservative

Subsequent PM

Ramsay MacDonald
Labour

1923 election • MPs
1924 election • MPs
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1935 election • MPs

The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on 30 May 1929, and resulted in a 1924 election, and held the balance of power.

The election was often referred to as the "Flapper Election" in that it was the first election in which women over the age of 21 were allowed to vote, under the provisions of the Fifth Reform Act.

The election was fought against a background of rising unemployment with the memory of the 1926 General Strike still fresh in voters' minds. By 1929 the Cabinet was being described by many as "old and exhausted".^[1]

The Liberals campaigned on a comprehensive programme of public works under the title "We Can Conquer Unemployment". The Conservatives campaigned on the theme of "Safety First".

1 Results
- 1.1 Votes summary
- 1.2 Seats summary
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links
5 See also
6 External links

Results

UK General Election 1929
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	590	260			- 152	42.227	38.1	8,252,527	-8.7
	Labour	569	287			+ 136	46.666	37.1	8,048,968	+3.8
	Liberal	513	59			+ 19	9.593	23.6	5,104,638	+5.8
	Independent	11	4	3	1	+ 2	0.650	0.4	94,742	+0.2
	Communist	25	0	0	1	- 1		0.2	47,554	-0.1
	Independent Conservative	8	0	0	0			0.2	46,278
	Scottish Prohibition	1	1	0	0	0		0.1	25,037	+0.1
	Nationalist	4	3	0	0	+ 2		0.1	24,177	+0.1
	Independent Labour	4	1	1	0	+ 1		0.1	20,825	+0.1
	Independent Liberal	2	0	0	0	0		0.1	17,110	+0.1
	National (Scotland)	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	3,313	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	609	N/A

Total votes cast: 21,685,779. Turnout 76.3%.^[2] All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists.

Votes summary

Popular vote

Conservative			38.06%
Labour			37.12%
Liberal			23.54%
Independent			0.83%
Others			0.46%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Conservative			42.28%
Labour			46.67%
Liberal			9.59%
Independent			0.81%
Others			0.16%

References

^ Paul W. Doerr British foreign policy 1919-1939 p.104-5
^ http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-012.pdf

External links

United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979

External links

1929 Conservative manifesto
1929 Labour manifesto
1929 Liberal manifesto

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