1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

none December 2024 December 2024 1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 29 October 1924 Scotland parliamentary no 1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1923 List of MPs elected in the 1923 United Kingdom general election 1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1929 All 74 Scottish seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the 1924 United Kingdom general election 75.1% (7.2 pp) Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Stanley Baldwin Unionist Party (Scotland) Conservative Bewdley 16 seats,fn2 31.6% 38fn2 22fn2 688,299fn1 40.1%fn1 8.5 ppfn1 Ramsay MacDonald ggbain 35734.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ramsay MacDonald Labour Party (UK) Seaham 34 seats,fn2 35.9% 26fn2 8 697,146fn1 Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only 41.1%fn1 5.2 ppfn1 Beresford-HH_Asquith_portrait_1923.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 H. H. Asquith Scottish Liberal Party Liberal Paisley (lost seat) 23 seats,fn2 28.4% 9fn2 14fn2 286,540fn1 16.6%fn1 11.8 ppfn1 File:United Kingdom general election 1924 in Scotland.svg On Wednesday 29 October 1924, the 1924 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 It was the third general election to be held in less than two years. Parliament was dissolved on 9 October.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP97-40/RP97-40.pdf Parliamentary Election Timetables 3rd House of Commons Library 25 March 1997 3 July 2022 Following the decision to withdraw the prosecution of Communist John Ross Campbell under the Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797 by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald on 13 August 1924, a motion was passed against the government on 8 October 1924. Despite not being framed as such, this was regarded by the Government as a loss of a motion of no confidence and caused the dissolution of Parliament on 9 October 1924 with new elections being called.Graper Elmer D. 1925 The British Election https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400020955/type/journal_article American Political Science Review en 19 1 84–96 10.2307/2938896 2938896 145751193 0003-0554 subscription It was the first in which party leaders would give political broadcasts over radio during an general election campaign.British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 173 0333197348 1976 Although the election saw an increase of support for Labour by vote share in England, Labour's election loss across the United Kingdom to the Conservative Party, along with a collapse in Liberal support in England and Scotland, brought an end to the first Labour Government. Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1924 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/24 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 61Unionist Party 56Scottish Liberal Party 34Communist Party of Great Britain 2The candidates that stood were Willie Gallacher in Dundee and Alec Geddes in Greenock.Co-operative Party 2The candidates that stood were Andrew Young in Andrew Young and Tom Henderson in Glasgow Tradeston.Scottish Prohibition Party 1Leader Edwin Scrymgeour stood in Dundee.Total 156 Analysis In Scotland the election saw both the Labour Party and the Unionists gain votes at the expense of the Liberals. Labour lost 12 seats to the Unionists, however gained Motherwell from the Unionist Party and three seats from the Liberal Party. The Unionist Party gained 12 seats from the Labour Party, being Stirlingshire West, Renfrewshire East, Dunbartonshire, Lanark, Glasgow Partick, Lanarkshire North, Renfrewshire West, Glasgow Maryhill, Kilmarnock, Midlothian & Peebles North, Linlithgow and Berwick and Haddington. The Co-operative Party, under the Labour Party Whip, lost Glasgow Patrick, with the party retaining Glasgow Tradeston. Labour also gained a further 11 seats from the Liberal Party. Labour were slightly (0.4%) ahead of the Unionists in terms of votes cast, however the Unionists managed to secure 12 more Scottish seats than Labour overal, winning 38 seats in total. The Scottish Liberals saw an 11.8% swing against them and lost more than half their seats to finish third. The Liberals lost Stirling and Falkirk, Paisley and Edinburgh East to Labour. It also lost Banff, East Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire, Aberdeen and Kincardine Central, Forfarshire, Perth, Fife East, Argyll, Edinburgh West, Edinburgh North, Dumfriesshire and Galloway to the Unionist Party. In total, the Scottish Liberals lost 14 seats in Scotland at this election. The only other party represented in parliament from Scotland was the Scottish Prohibition Party, who retained their only seat in Dundee. When combined with results from across the UK, Stanley Baldwin's Conservatives, within a national affiliation with the Unionists at Westminster, obtained a large parliamentary majority of 209. Labour lost 40 seats. The Liberal Party, led by Asquith, lost 118 of their 158 seats which brought about a polarisation of British politics between two parties, the Labour Party and the Conservative Party. 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 (%)   Unionist 38 23 1 22 51.4   Labour (Total) 26 4 12 8 35.1 Labour Party (UK) 25 4 11 7 33.8 Co-operative Party 1 0 1 1 1.4   Liberal 9 0 14 14 12.2   Scottish Prohibition 1 0 0 1.4 Total 74 County and burgh constituency results Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1924 general election in Scotland, excluding the result in the Combined Scottish Universities constituency. +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 2026British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 26Craig 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 (%)   Unionist 36 23 1 22 50.7 688,299 40.7 8.5   Labour (Total) 26 4 12 8 36.6 697,146 41.1 5.2 Labour Party (UK) 25 4 11 7 35.2 673,467 39.7 5.7 Co-operative Party 1 0 1 1 1.4 23,679 1.4 0.5   Liberal 8 0 14 14 11.3 286,540 16.6 11.8   Scottish Prohibition 1 0 0 1.4 29,193 0.9   Communist 0 0 0 — 15,930 0.7 1.7 Total 71 0 100.0 1,717,108 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 2,279,893Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 75.1https://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 7.2 Popular votefn1 #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party 41.1 Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 40.7 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 16.6 Prohibition Scottish Prohibition Party 0.9 Communist Communist Party of Great Britain 0.7 Parliamentary seatsfn2 Combined results for burgh, county and university seats #ddd 600px 410px Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 51.4 Labour Labour Party 35.1 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 12.2 Prohibition Scottish Prohibition Party 1.4 Combined Scottish Universities result The Combined Scottish Universities elected an additional 3 members to the house using the STV voting method. The constituency had not been contested at the previous election in 1923. General election 1924: Combined Scottish Universities Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927 Unionist Party (Scotland) Henry Craik 7,188 40.8 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Dugald Cowan 5,011 28.4 N/A Unionist Party (Scotland) George Andreas Berry 3,781 21.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) John Martin Munro 1,639 9.3 New 2,142 12.2 N/A 17,619 Unionist Party (Scotland) Scottish Liberal Party Unionist Party (Scotland) Notes See also 1924 United Kingdom general election in England 1924 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1924 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland References Politics Scotland United Kingdom Category:1924 in Scotland Category:1920s elections in Scotland 1924 #Scotland