United Kingdom general election, 1935
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The UK general election held on 14th 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.
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.
Due to the Second World War, the 1935 elected House was to sit until 1945.
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[edit] Results
| UK General Election 1935 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Conservative | 515 | 386 | - 83 | 47.8 | 10,025,083 | -7.2 | ||||
| National Liberal | 44 | 33 | - 2 | 3.7 | 784,608 | +0.1 | ||||
| National Labour | 20 | 8 | 1 | 6 | - 5 | 1.5 | 321,028 | 0.0 | ||
| National | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 50,747 | -0.2 | ||||
| National Government (total) | 583 | 430 | 53.3 | 11,181,466 | ||||||
| Labour | 552 | 154 | + 102 | 38.0 | 7,984,988 | +7.4 | ||||
| Liberal | 161 | 21 | - 11 | 6.7 | 1,414,010 | -0.3 | ||||
| Ind. Labour Party | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - 1 | 0.7 | 136,208 | -0.5 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 50,747 | -0.1 | ||
| Independent Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 46,715 | N/A | ||
| National Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 33,527 | N/A | ||
| Scottish National Party | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 29,517 | 0.0 | ||
| Independent Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 27,721 | N/A | ||
| Communist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 27,177 | -0.2 | ||
| Independent | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 17,113 | +0.1 | ||
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 14,867 | 0.0 | ||
| Liverpool Protestant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6,677 | 0.0 | ||
| Ind. Progressive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6,421 | N/A | ||
| Social Credit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,642 | N/A | ||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,534 | 0.0 | ||
| Independent Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,525 | 0.0 | ||
| Agriculturalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,771 | N/A | ||
| Christian Socialist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,480 | N/A | ||
Total votes cast: 20,991,488. All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists. Seats won by the ILP are compared with those won by ILP candidates within Labour in the previous parliament.
[edit] References
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
- United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979
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