The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924. The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin did dramatically better than in the 1923 general election and obtained a large parliamentary majority. Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, lost a few seats, but the big losers were Herbert Henry Asquith's Liberals who lost 118 of their 158 seats.
| Party
| Votes
| Seats
| Loss/Gain
| Share of Vote (%)
|
| Conservative
| 7,418,983
| 412
| + 154
| 46.8
|
| Labour
| 5,281,626
| 151
| - 40
| 33.3
|
| Liberal
| 2,818,717
| 40
| - 118
| 17.8
|
| Constitutionalist
| 185,075
| 7
| + 7
| 1.2
|
| Communist
| 51,176
| 1
| + 1
| 0.2
|
| Sinn Féin
| 34,181
| 0
|
| 0.2
|
| Independent
| 25,206
| 2
|
| 0.2
|
| Labour (NI)
| 21,122
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| Scottish Prohibition
| 14,596
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| Independent Liberal
| 3,241
| 0
| - 1
| 0.0
|
| Independent Labour
| 1,775
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Independent Conservative
| 517
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Irish Nationalist
| 0
| 1
| - 2
| 0.0
|
Total votes cast: 15,856,215. All parties shown. The only Irish Nationalist candidate was elected unopposed. The Conservatives include the Ulster Unionists.
External links
- 1924 Conservative manifesto (http://www.conservativemanifesto.com/1924/1924-conservative-manifesto.shtml)
- 1924 Labour manifesto (http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1924/1924-labour-manifesto.shtml)
- 1924 Liberal manifesto (http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1924/1924-liberal-manifesto.shtml)
