British General Election 1935

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(in %)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

47.8

38.0

6.7

3.7

1.5

2.3

Tories

Labor

Liberals

LNP

NLO

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1931

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-7.2

+8.6

+0.2

± 0.0

± 0.0

-1.6

Tories

Labor

Liberals

LNP

NLO

Otherwise.

154

33

21st

20th

387

154 33 21st 20th 387 

A total of 615 seats

• Labor : 154
• LNP : 33
• Liberals : 21
• Otherwise: 20
• Tories : 387

Constituency results

The British general election in 1935 took place on November 14, 1935. The deputies of the lower house (House of Commons) were elected.

It was the last election before World War II . During the war (as in 1914 to 1918) there were no general elections. After the war ended , a new lower house was elected .

Electoral system, new parties

The majority vote was used . There was no threshold clause .

• The Independent Labor Party had been affiliated with the Labor Party for decades. In 1932 she had separated from Labor and was now running completely independently.

Election result

The Conservative Party won the election , although it suffered heavy losses. But it still achieved a clear absolute majority with 387 out of 615 seats. The Labor Party was able to catch up after its defeat in 1931 and increase its share of the vote; Labor won over 100 constituencies more than in 1931.

The new House of Commons elected Stanley Baldwin as the new Prime Minister; this formed a national government .

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Conservative party	10,025,083	47.8	−7.2	387	−83
	Labor Party	7,984,988	38.0	+8.6	154	+108
	Liberal party	1.414.010	6.7	+0.2	21st	−11
	Liberal National Party	784608	3.7	-	33	−2
	National Labor Organization	321.028	1.5	-	8th	−5
	Independent Labor Party	136.208	0.7	−0.5	4th	+1
	National Government	53,189	0.3	−0.2	1	−3
	Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)	50,747	0.3	−0.1	2	-
	Independent Republican	46,715	0.2	+0.2	-	-
	Independent National	33,527	0.2	-	2	-
	Scottish National Party	29,517	0.2	+0.1	-	-
	Independent Conservative	27,721	0.1	-	-	-
	Communist Party of Great Britain	27,117	0.1	−0.2	1	-
	Independent	17.113	0.1	-	2	-
	Independent Labor	14,867	0.0	-	-	-
	Liverpool Protestant Party	6,677	0.0	+0.1	-	-
	Others	18,373	0.1	-	-	-
	total	20,991,488	100.0		615
Eligible voters		31,374,449
voter turnout		71.1%
Source:

See also

• United Kingdom Political System

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} General Election Results 1885–1979 United Kingdom Election Results (English)