United Kingdom general election, 1929

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The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929, and resulted in a hung parliament. It was the first of only three elections under universal suffrage in which a party lost the popular vote but gained a plurality of seats (the others being 1951 and February 1974). In 1929 that party was Ramsay MacDonald's Labour, which won the most seats in the Commons for the first time ever but failed to get a majority. The Liberals led by David Lloyd George regained some of the ground they had lost in the 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 under the age of 30 were allowed to vote. The election was fought against a background of rising unemployment with the memory of the 1926 General Strike still fresh in voters minds. 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".

Contents 1 Results 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Results

UK General Election 1929
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	590	260			- 152		38.1	8,252,527	-8.7
	Labour	569	287			+ 136		37.1	8,048,968	+3.8
	Liberal	513	59			+ 19		23.6	5,104,638	+5.8
	Independent	11	4	3	1	+ 2		0.4	94,742	+0.2
	Communist	25	0	0	1	- 1		0.2	47,554	-0.1
	Scottish Prohibition	1	1	0	0	0		0.1	25,037	+0.1
	Nationalist (NI)	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. All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists.

[edit] References

• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
• United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979

[edit] See also

• MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1929

[edit] External links

• 1929 Conservative manifesto
• 1929 Labour manifesto
• 1929 Liberal manifesto

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