United Kingdom general election, 1924

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1924 election

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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.

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