1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

none August 2020 May 2014 1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland Scotland parliamentary no 1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1924 List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1924 1931 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1931 All 74 Scottish seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1929 30 May 1929 73.5% (1.6 pp) Ramsay MacDonald ggbain 35734.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ramsay MacDonald 22 November 1922 Labour Party (UK) Seaham 26 seats,fn2 Combined results for burgh, county and university seats 41.1% 36fn2 10fn2 937,300fn1 42.3%fn1 Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only 1.2 ppfn1 Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Stanley Baldwin 23 May 1923 Unionist Party (Scotland) Conservative Bewdley 38 seats,fn2 40.7% 22fn2 16fn2 792,063fn1 35.9%fn1 4.8 ppfn1 David_Lloyd_George (3x4).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Lloyd George 14 October 1926 Scottish Liberal Party Liberal Carnarvon Boroughs 9 seats,fn2 16.6% 14fn2 5fn2 407,081fn1 18.1%fn1 1.5 ppfn1 United Kingdom general election 1929 in Scotland.svg On Thursday 30 May 1929, the 1929 United Kingdom general election was held in Scotland, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 74 seats being in Scotland. 71 seats (32 burgh constituencies and 38 county constituencies)One burgh seat, Dundee, was represented by two members of parliament. represented territorial constituencies. There was also one university constituency, which elected an additional 3 members using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) method.https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04458/ Research Briefing: Voting systems in the UK 10 January 2023 Library of the House of Commons 26 November 2024 As a result of the election across the United Kingdom, the Labour Party held the most seats in the House of Commons for the first time, but without an overall majority in its own right. Ramsay MacDonald returned as Prime Minister at the head of the new minority Labour Government. The Liberal Party also regained several seats from its losses in the 1924 general election and held the balance of power. These results followed a general swing towards Labour at this election.William Kenefick (2007). Red Scotland!: The Rise and Fall of the Radical Left, C. 1872–1932. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 202–203. 978-0-7486-2517-8. The general election was the first in which women aged 21–29 had the right to vote (owing to the Representation of the People Act 1928). Women over 30, with some property qualifications, had been able to vote since the 1918 general election, but the 1929 poll was the first general election with universal suffrage for adults over 21, which was then the age of majority. Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1929 general election in Scotland, excluding those in the Combined Scottish Universities 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 25 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/25 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 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 66Includes 2 Co-operative Party candidates, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.Unionist Party 65Scottish Liberal Party 45Communist Party of Great Britain 10National Party of Scotland 2The candidates that stood were John MacCormick in Glasgow Camlachie and Roland Muirhead in West Renfrewshire.Independent Labour 2The candidates that stood were Charles Oman in Caithness and Sutherland and Neil Maclean in Glasgow Govan.Scottish Prohibition Party 1Leader Edwin Scrymgeour stood in Dundee.Scottish Protestant League 1Leader Alexander Ratcliffe stood in Stirling and Falkirk.Total 192 Analysis As a result of the election, Labour across the United Kingdom obtained the highet vote share national, however did not gain the greatest number of seats. It stands as the fourth of six instances under the secret ballot, and the first of three under universal suffrage, in which a party has lost on the popular vote but won the highest number (known as "a plurality") of seats versus all other parties. This also occurred in 1874, January 1910 and December 1910 previously, and would occur again 1951 and February 1974. The Labour Party won Stirlingshire West, Dunbartonshire, Lanark, Partick, Lanarkshire North, Renfrewshire West, Maryhill, Kilmarnock, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow and Berwick and Haddington from the Unionist Party. Neil Maclean was elected as member for Glasgow Govan standing under the Independent Labour label, but would subsequently go on to take the Labour whip in Parliament.British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 28 His gain, however, was one from the Labour Party in this election in comparison to 1924. Furthermore, the Scottish Liberal Party gained Banff, Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine, Fife East, Dumfriesshire and Galloway from the Unionists. Edwin Scrymgeour, standing for the Scottish Prohibition Party, retained his Dundee seat with an increased majority. All other seats were won by official candidates for the three major parties. The election was the first general election in which the National Party of Scotland (a forerunner of the Scottish National Party) stood candidates. Seat summary Below is a table summarising the total number of seats, gains and losses for each party in both the territorial county and burgh constituencies and the Combined Scottish Universities constituency. +PartySeats Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Labour Party (UK) 36 1 11 10 48.6 Unionist Party (Scotland) 22 0 16 16 29.7 Liberal Party (UK) 14 5 0 5 18.9 Scottish Prohibition Party 1 0 0 1.4 Independent Labour 1 colspan="2" Did not stand in 1924 1 1.4 Total 74 County and burgh constituency results Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1929 general election in Scotland, excluding the result in the Combined Scottish Universities constituency. +PartyBritish Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 27Craig 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 (%)Adjusted for multi-member constituencies. Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 36 11 1Neil Maclean re-contested and won Glasgow Govan, but not as an official candidate of the Labour Party. 10 50.7 937,300 42.3 1.2 Unionist Party (Scotland) 20 0 16 16 28.2 792,063 35.9 4.8 Scottish Liberal Party 13 5 0 5 18.3 407,081 18.1 1.5 Scottish Prohibition Party 1 0 0 1.4 50,073 1.1 0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 — 27,114 1.1 0.4 Independent Labour 1Neil Maclean in Glasgow Govan. colspan="2" Did not stand in 1924 1 1.0 19,095 0.9 Scottish Protestant League 0 colspan="3" New — 6,902 0.3 New National Party of Scotland 0 colspan="3" New — 3,313 0.2 New Total 71 0 100.0 2,242,941 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 2,940,456Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 73.5https://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 1.6 Popular votefn1 #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour Party 42.3 Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 35.9 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 18.1 Prohibition Scottish Prohibition Party 1.1 Communist Communist Party of Great Britain 1.1 Other #777777 1.5 Parliamentary seatsfn2 #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour Party 48.6 Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 29.7 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 18.9 Prohibition Scottish Prohibition Party 1.4 Ind. Labour Independent Labour 1.4 Combined Scottish Universities result The Combined Scottish Universities elected an additional 3 members to the house using the STV voting method. General election 1929: Combined Scottish Universities (3 seats)The Times, 11 June 1929 2 John Buchan Unionist Party (Scotland) 39.7 9,959   Dugald Cowan Scottish Liberal Party 26.7 6,698   George Berry Unionist Party (Scotland) 22.9 5,755 9,262 James Kerr Labour Party (UK) 10.7 2,691 2,867 2 43,192 25,103 6,276 25,103 Notes See also 1929 United Kingdom general election in England 1929 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1929 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland References Politics Scotland United Kingdom Category:1929 in Scotland Category:1920s elections in Scotland 1929 #Scotland