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The 1929 UK general election was held on 30th 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.
[edit] Results
| UK General Election 1929 |
| Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net Gain/Loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/- |
| |
Conservative |
260 |
|
|
- 152 |
|
38.1 |
8,252,527 |
|
| |
Labour |
287 |
|
|
+ 136 |
|
37.1 |
8,048,968 |
|
| |
Liberal |
59 |
|
|
+ 19 |
|
23.6 |
5,104,638 |
|
| |
Independent |
4 |
3 |
1 |
+ 2 |
|
0.4 |
94,742 |
|
| |
Communist |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
|
0.2 |
47,554 |
|
| |
Scottish Prohibition |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
25,037 |
|
| |
Irish Nationalist |
3 |
0 |
0 |
+ 2 |
|
0.1 |
24,177 |
|
| |
Independent Labour |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+ 1 |
|
0.1 |
20,825 |
|
| |
Independent Liberal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
17,110 |
|
| |
National (Scotland) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
3,313 |
|
| |
Plaid Cymru |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
609 |
|
Total votes cast: 21,685,779. All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists.
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