1935 United Kingdom general election in Wales

None 1935 United Kingdom general election in Wales 14 November 1935 Wales parliamentary no 1931 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1931 List of MPs elected in the 1931 United Kingdom general election 1945 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1945 All 36 Welsh seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the 1935 United Kingdom general election 76.4% (2.9 pp) Clement Attlee MP.jpg 122 120 160 0 0 Clement Attlee 25 October 1935 Labour Party (UK) Limehouse 16 seats,fn2 Combined results for county, borough and university seats. 44.1%Figure is for all Welsh candidates in the Labour Opposition in 1931 18fn2 2fn2 395,830fn1 Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only. 45.4%fn1 3.6 ppfn1 Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg 122 120 160 0 0 Stanley Baldwin 23 May 1923 Conservative Party (UK) National Government Bewdley 6 seats,fn2 22.1% 6fn2 204,099fn1 23.4fn1 1.3 ppfn1 Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel.jpg 122 120 160 0 0 Herbert Samuel 4 November 1931 Liberal Party (UK) Darwen (lost seat) 9 seats,fn2 21.1%The seat total and vote share represent the combined seat count and vote share of the reunited Liberal Party in Wales following the Independent Liberals rejoining the party in 1935 within a month after the 1935 United Kingdom general election. 7fn2 2fn2 157,091fn1 18.0%fn1 3.1 ppfn1 Viscount_Simon.jpg 122 120 160 0 0 John Simon 5 October 1931 Liberal National National Government Spen Valley 4 Seats,fn2 7.0% 3fn2 1fn2 36,156fn1Clement Davies in Montgomeryshire ran unopposed. 4.1fn1 2.9 ppfn1 Ramsay MacDonald ggbain 35734.jpg 122 120 160 0 0 Ramsay MacDonald 24 August 1931 National Labour Organisation National Government Seaham (lost seat) 1 seat,fn2 2.2% 1fn2 fn2 16,954fn1 1.9%fn1 0.3 ppfn1 United Kingdom general election 1935 in Wales.svg On Thursday 14 November 1935, the 1935 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 36 constituencies being in Wales. 35 seats represented territorial constituencies contested under the first past the post electoral system, and one additional seat represented the University of Wales which was also contested under the first past the post electoral system.https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04458/ Research Briefing: Voting systems in the UK 10 January 2023 Library of the House of Commons 7 August 2026 When combined with results from across the United Kingdom, the election resulted in a second landslide victory for the three-party National Government, which was led by Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party after the resignation of Ramsay MacDonald due to ill health earlier in the year. It is the most recent general election in United Kingdom to have seen any party or alliance of parties win a majority of the popular vote. This was the last election during the reign of King George V, who died in 1936. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the next general election was not held until 1945. Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1935 general election in Wales, excluding those in the University of Wales constituency.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 23 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/27 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 16 August 2026Craig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49 https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 1st 1977 The Macmillan Press Ltd London and Basingstoke 978-1-349-81467-1 Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 33Conservative Party 14Liberal Party 12Includes those in the Independent Liberals. The Independent Liberals group candidates that stood were Megan Lloyd George in Anglesey, Goronwy Owen in Caernarvonshire, Leader of the Independent Liberals David Lloyd George in Caernarvon Boroughs and Gwilym Lloyd George in Pembrokeshire.Liberal National Party 3The candidates that stood were Henry Morris-Jones in Denbigh, Clement Davies in Montgomeryshire and Lewis Jones in Swansea West.National 2The candidates that stood were Ivor Guest in Brecon and Radnorshire and G C Hutchinson in Gower.National Labour Organisation 1Candidate Ernest Bennett stood in Cardiff Central.Communist Party of Great Britain 1Harry Pollitt, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, contested the seat of Rhondda East. The election in 1935 was the first of three times Pollitt would unsuccessfully run in the seat, going on to run again in 1945 and 1950. Independent Labour Party 1Candidate Claude Stanfield stood in Merthyr.Plaid Cymru 1Canidate John Edward Daniel stood in Caernarvonshire.Total 68 Analysis National Government Although the National Government retained its position as the Government of the United Kingdom following the election, Labour increased its seat count primarily at the expense of the Liberal Party in Wales. The Conservative Party, the largest party in the National Government, gained the seat of Flintshire from the Liberal National Party. This was due to the Liberal Nationals not standing a candidate in the seat. The sitting Member of Parliament Frederick Llewellyn-Jones, who had been elected as part of the Liberal National Party but then subsequently defected to the Liberal Party in 1932, stood down from the election. The Liberal Nationals otherwise retained its seats in Denbigh, Montgomeryshire and Swansea West, but had a reduce vote share. Clement Davies in Montgomeryshire once again ran unopposed. Additionally, the only National Labour Member of Parliament in Wales Ernest Bennett retained Cardiff Central with a reduced vote share. The Conservatives did not stand in the seat of Brecon and Radnorshire, leaving National candidate Ivor Guest under the National Government coalition to win the seat. Another National candidate, who ran in Gower, was unsuccessful. The gain in Brecon and Radnorshire represented a loss in terms of seats from the Conservatives compared to the previous election. Overall, there was no change seat count for the Conservative Party or the National Government coalition in Wales as a whole. Labour and Independent Labour The Labour Party gained Wrexham and Carmarthen from the Liberal Party. The party also retained Merthyr which it had won from the Independent Labour Party in the 1934 Merthyr by-election after the death of R. C. Wallhead. Wallhead remained part of the Labour Party despite his membership of the Independent Labour Party. Before his death, however, Wallhead resigned from the Independent Labour Party and rejoined the Labour in 1933. Overall, the Labour Party gained two seats at this election, holding 18 seats. Nevertheless, this was the first general election in the United Kingdom since 1985 in which the Independent Labour Party stood candidates separately from the Labour Party itself. The Independent Labour Party disaffiliated itself from Labour in 1932 and ran a candidate; however, its candidate Claude Stanfield running in Merthyr was unsuccessful. Liberals and Independent Liberals Due to the policy caused by the government negotiating the Ottawa Accords,Ramsay MacDonald Resignation letter by Liberal ministers to Ramsay MacDonald 28 September 1932 Samuel papers SAM/A/89/84 the Liberal Party left the National Government in 1932. The party then went from supporting the National Government to going into full opposition in 1933. The four Independent Liberals, led by former Prime Minister David Lloyd George, stood and retained their constituencies in Wales. These were Caernarvon Boroughs, Anglesey, Pembrokeshire and Caernarvonshire. The four candidates in the group did not stand as Liberal Party candidates, despite the Liberal Party having fully left the National Government, where the Liberal Party's decision under Herbert Samuel to be a member of the coalition had been the reason for the creation of the group in 1931. However, the Independent Liberals would go onto rejoin the Liberal Party the month following the election, and participated in the election of Archibald Sinclair as the new Leader of the Liberal Party following Samuel losing his seat in this election. As the Liberal Party itself retained its seat in the University of Wales constituency but lost its seats in Carmarthen and Wrexham, the party was left with only three seats in Wales, and therefore had fewer than Lloyd George's group. County and borough constituency results Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1935 general election in Wales, excluding the result in the University of Wales constituency. The seat and vote share change for the National Government coalition reflects on the parties that remained part of it in the election, and does not include the Liberal Party's change in seats and vote share or the outcome of the party leaving the National Government in 1932 and going into complete opposition in 1933. +Partyhttps://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 22-23 8 August 2026Craig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49 https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 1st 1977 The Macmillan Press Ltd London and Basingstoke 978-1-349-81467-1SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%)   Labour 18 2 0 2 51.4 395,830 45.4 3.6   National Government (Total) 11 2 2 31.4 292,527 33.6 2.3 Conservative Party (UK) 6 1 1 17.1 204,099 23.4 1.3   Liberal National 3 0 1 1 8.6 36,156 4.1 2.9   National 1Ivor Guest in Brecon and Radnorshire. colspan="2" New 1 2.9 35,318 4.1 New National Labour Organisation 1 0 0 2.9 16,954 1.9 0.3   Liberal 6Includes 4 Independent Liberals MPs. 0 2 2 17.1Includes 11.4% for the Independent Liberals. 157,091Includes 65,128 for the Independent Liberals. 18.0Includes 7.5% for the Independent Liberals. 3.1Includes 0.9% for the Independent Liberals.   Communist 0 0 0 — 13,655 1.6   Ind. Labour Party 0 colspan="3" Newly independent — 9,640 1.1   Plaid Cymru 0 0 0 — 2,534 0.3 0.2 Total 35 0 100.0 871,277 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 1,669,793Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 76.4https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 8 August 2026 2.9 Popular vote Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 45.4 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 23.4 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 18.0 Liberal National National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) 4.1 National National Government (United Kingdom) 4.1 National Labour National Labour Organisation 1.9 Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru 0.3 Other #777777 2.7 Popular vote (coalitions) #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 45.4 National Gov. #000000 33.6 Ind. Liberals Liberal Party (UK) 18.0 Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru 0.3 Other #777777 2.7 Parliament seats Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 51.4 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 17.1 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 17.1 Liberal National National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) 8.6 National Labour National Labour Organisation 2.9 National National Government (United Kingdom) 2.9 Parliament seats (coalitions) #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 51.4 National Gov. #000000 31.4 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 17.1 University of Wales result Below is a table summarising the 1935 constituency results for seat of the University of Wales constituency. The Liberal Party retained the seat, bringing the total seats of the Liberal Party to three out of the possible 36. General election 1935: University of Wales Liberal Party (UK) Ernest Evans 2,796 61.3 -14.1 Labour Party (UK) Ithel Davies 1,768 38.7 New 1,028 22.6 -28.2 4,564 62.3 +0.9 Liberal Party (UK) See also 1935 United Kingdom general election in England 1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1935–1945) Notes References Politics Wales United Kingdom Category:1935 in Wales Category:1930s elections in Wales 1935 #Wales