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UK general election, 1931 - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Alternative, Alternativity, Anointing, Anointment, Assignment, Assumption, Authorization, Calling, Canonization, Caucus, Choice, Consecration, Coronation, Decision, Delegation |
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The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It gave the Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin a huge majority, although the prime minister of the resulting National Government was still Ramsay MacDonald.
The Liberals lacked the funds to contest their usual number of seats, but won almost as many as Labour, who nonetheless polled 38% of the votes cast.
| Party |
Votes |
Seats |
Loss/Gain |
Share of Vote (%) |
| Conservative |
11,377,022 |
473 |
+ 210 |
55.0 |
| Labour |
6,339,306 |
52 |
- 225 |
38.0 |
| Liberal |
1,346,571 |
33 |
- 27 |
6.5 |
| National Liberals |
761,705 |
35 |
+ 35 |
3.7 |
| National Labour |
316,741 |
13 |
+ 13 |
1.5 |
| Independent Liberal |
103,528 |
4 |
+ 4 |
0.5 |
| "National" |
100,193 |
4 |
+ 4 |
0.5 |
| Irish Nationalist |
72,530 |
2 |
- 1 |
0.4 |
| Communist Party |
69,692 |
0 |
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0.3 |
| New |
36,377 |
0 |
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0.2 |
| National Independent |
33,468 |
2 |
+ 2 |
0.2 |
| National (Scotland) |
20,954 |
0 |
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0.1 |
| Independent Labour |
18,200 |
0 |
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0.1 |
| Scottish Prohibition |
16,114 |
0 |
- 1 |
0.1 |
| Independent |
10,789 |
1 |
- 3 |
0.0 |
| Liverpool Protestant |
7,834 |
0 |
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0.0 |
| Agriculturalist |
6,993 |
0 |
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0.0 |
| Independent Nationalist |
3,134 |
0 |
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0.0 |
| Independent Liberal |
2,578 |
0 |
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0.0 |
| Plaid Cymru |
2,050 |
0 |
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0.0 |
| Common Wealth Land |
1,347 |
0 |
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0.0 |
External links
- 1931 Conservative manifesto (http://www.conservativemanifesto.com/1931/1931-conservative-manifesto.shtml)
- 1931 Labour manifesto (http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1931/1931-labour-manifesto.shtml)
- 1931 Liberal manifesto (http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1931/1931-liberal-manifesto.shtml)
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