1922 United Kingdom general election

none May 2014 May 2014 1922 United Kingdom general election United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland parliamentary no 1918 United Kingdom general election 1918 List of MPs elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election 1923 United Kingdom general election 1923 All 615 seats in the House of Commons 308 Members elected 15 November 1922 20,874,456 14,392,330 73.0% (15.8 pp) A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_(cropped).jpg 128 123 160 0 0 Bonar Law 23 October 1922 Conservative Party (UK) Glasgow Central 382 seats, 38.7%Including Conservatives and Unionists not elected under the Coalition Coupon. 344 38 5,502,298 38.5% 0.2 pp J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_(cropped).jpg 128 123 160 0 3 J. R. Clynes 14 February 1921 Labour Party (UK) ManchesterPlatting 57 seats, 20.8% 142 85 4,237,349 29.7% 8.9 pp H.H. Asquith in 1910s by Olive Edis (cropped).jpg 128 123 160 0 2 H. H. Asquith 30 April 1908 Liberal Party (UK) Paisley 36 seats, 13.0% 62speaker Figure includes Speaker of the House of Commons John Henry Whitley in Halifax. 26 2,668,143 18.9% 5.9 pp David Lloyd George.jpg 128 123 160 0 4 David Lloyd George 7 December 1916 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) CaernarvonBoroughs 127 seats, 12.6%As Coalition Liberals. 53 74 1,471,317 9.9% 2.7 pp 1922 UK general election map.svg 330px Colours denote the winning party—as shown in Results Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Bonar Law Conservative Party (UK) Bonar Law Conservative Party (UK) File:1922 UK GE Result.svg Composition of the House of Commons following the 1922 general election A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Wednesday 15 November 1922. It was won by the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Bonar Law, which gained an overall majority over the Labour Party, led by J. R. Clynes, and a divided Liberal Party. This election is considered one of political realignment, with the Liberal Party falling to third-party status. The Conservative Party went on to spend all but eight of the next forty-two years as the largest party in Parliament, and Labour emerged as the main competition to the Conservatives. The Labour Party also won the majority of Welsh seats for the first time, a winning streak that would continue until the 2026 Senedd Election. The election was the first not to include Southern Ireland, due to the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, under which Southern Ireland was to secede from the United Kingdom as a Dominion – the Irish Free State – on 6 December 1922. This reduced the size of the House of Commons by nearly one hundred seats when compared to the previous election. none December 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 Background June 2026 The Liberal Party had divided into two factions following the ousting of H. H. Asquith as prime minister in December 1916. From then until October 1922 the Conservatives had been in coalition with a Liberal faction (which later became known as the "National Liberals") led by David Lloyd George. Following the Carlton Club meeting, Lloyd George resigned as Prime Minister and Bonar Law formed a Conservative majority government. Although still leader of the Liberal Party and a frequent public speaker, former prime minister Asquith was no longer a particularly influential figure in the national political debate, and he had played no part in the downfall of the Lloyd George coalition. Most attention was focused on Law and Lloyd George. Asquith's daughter Violet Bonham-Carter, a prominent Liberal Party campaigner, likened the election to a contest between a man with sleeping sickness (Bonar Law) and a man with St Vitus Dance (Lloyd George).Jenkins 1964 495 Some of Lloyd George's National Liberals were not opposed by Conservative candidates (e.g., Winston Churchill, who was defeated at Dundee nonetheless), while many leading Conservatives (e.g., former parliamentary leaders Arthur Balfour and Sir Austen Chamberlain, and former Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead) were not members of Bonar Law's government, and hoped to hold the balance of power after the election (comparisons were made with the Peelite group—the ousted Conservative front bench of the late 1840s and 1850s); this was not to be, as Bonar Law won an overall majority. It was the first election at which Labour surpassed the combined strength of both Liberal parties in votes and seats. The election was also notable for Labour in that it saw future prime minister Clement Attlee elected as MP for Limehouse. Labour won the most seats in Wales (which had previously been dominated by the Liberals) for the first time.Chris Wrigley, Lloyd George and the challenge of Labour: The post-war coalition, 1918–1922 (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990). It continued to achieve holding the largest number of seats in Wales in every national election in Wales until the 2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom on a United Kingdom scale election, and the 2026 Senedd election at a Wales scale election. Some Liberal candidates stood calling for a reunited Liberal Party, while others appear to have backed both Asquith and Lloyd George. Few sources are able to agree on exact numbers, and even in contemporary records held by the two groups, some MPs were claimed for both sides. By one estimate, there were 29 seats where Liberals stood against one another. This is thought to have cost them at least 14 seats, 10 of them to Labour, so in theory a reunited Liberal Party would have been much closer to, and perhaps even ahead of, Labour in terms of seats. However, in reality the two factions were on poor terms, and Lloyd George was still hoping for a renewed coalition with the Conservatives.Koss 1985 257–258 Neither of the leaders of the two main parties succeeded in enjoying their achievement in the election for very long; within less than a month of the election, Clynes was defeated in a leadership challenge by former Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald, while Bonar Law would only last a little over seven months as prime minister before being forced to step down due to a terminal illness, resulting in Stanley Baldwin succeeding him as both party leader and prime minister. As a result, Bonar Law was the shortest-serving UK prime minister of the twentieth century. Parliament was dissolved on 26 October 1923; Bonar Law died four days later.Parliamentary Election Timetables https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP97-40/RP97-40.pdf House of Commons Library 3rd 25 March 1997 3 July 2022 Party platforms The Conservative Party offered continuity to the electorate. Bonar Law's election address stated:The crying need of the nation have this moment ... Is that we should have tranquility and stability both at home and abroad so that the free scope should be given to the initiative and enterprise of our own citizens, for it is in that way, far more than by any action of the Government that we can hope to recover from the economic and social results of the war.Craig 1970 10 The Labour Party proposed to nationalise the mines and railways, to impose a levy on financial capital, and to revise the peace treaties. It promised a higher standard of living for workers, higher wages, and better housing.Somervell 1936 303 Craig 1970 9–17 Results Summary of seats returned + centre|420px PartyBritish Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 Leader MPs Aggregate votes Of total Of totalAdjusted for multi-member constituencies. Conservative and Unionist Party Bonar Law 344 344 615 1 yes Conservative Party (UK) 5,502,298 38.5% 38.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative PartyResults for England and Wales. Bonar Law 318 318 615 1 yes Conservative Party (UK) 5,014,930 35.4% 35.4 Conservative Party (UK) Unionist Party George Younger 15 15 615 1 yes Unionist Party (Scotland) 379,396 2.6% 2.6 Unionist Party (Scotland) Ulster Unionist Party James Craig 11 11 615 1 yes Ulster Unionist Party 107,972 0.5% 0.5 Ulster Unionist Party Labour Party J. R. Clynes 142 142 615 1 yes Labour Party (UK) 4,237,349 29.7% 29.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party J. R. Clynes 138 138 615 1 yes Labour Party (UK) 4,110,940 28.8% 28.8 Labour Party (UK) Co-operative Party 4 4 615 1 yes Co-operative Party 126,409 0.9% 0.9 Co-operative Party Liberal Party H. H. Asquith 62speaker 62 615 1 yes Liberal Party (UK) 2,668,143 18.9% 18.9 Liberal Party (UK) National Liberal Party David Lloyd George 53 53 615 1 yes National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) 1,471,317 9.9% 9.9 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) Independent 3 3 615 1 yes Independent (politician) 139,644 1.0% 1.0 Independent (politician) Independent Conservative 3 3 615 1 yes Independent Conservative 100,020 0.7% 0.7 Independent Conservative Nationalist Party Joseph Devlin 2 2 615 1 yes Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 90,053 0.3% 0.3 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Communist Party of Great Britain Albert Inkpin 1 1 615 1 yes Communist Party of Great Britain 33,637 0.2% 0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain Scottish Prohibition Party Edwin Scrymgeour 1 1 615 1 yes Scottish Prohibition Party 32,578 0.1% 0.1 Scottish Prohibition Party Independent Labour 1 1 615 1 yes Independent Labour 18,419 0.1% 0.1 Independent Labour Constitutionalist 1 1 615 1 yes Constitutionalist (UK) 16,662 0.1% 0.1 Constitutionalist (UK) Independent Liberal 1 1 615 1 yes Independent (politician) 13,197 0.1% 0.1 National Government (United Kingdom) Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 1 1 615 1 yes Nationalist Party (Ireland) 12,614 0.1% 0.1 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Full Results centre|500x500px +Results of the November 1922 general election to the House of Commons of the United KingdomPartyCraig 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 978-1-349-81467-1https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/22 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006LeaderCandidatesMPsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%)Adjusted for multi-member constituencies. Change (%)   Conservative Figure includes the Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionist Party under their nation affiliations with the Conservative Party. BonarLaw482 344 82 44 38 55.9 5,502,298 38.5 0.2   Labour (Total) J. R.Clynes 414 142 92 7 85 23.1 4,237,349 29.7 8.9Includes the increase of the Co-operative Party standing with Labour compared to the last election. Labour Party (UK) J. R.Clynes 403 138 88 6 82 22.4 4,110,940 28.8 8.0   Co-operativeParty 11 4 4 1 3 0.7 126,409 0.9 0.3   Liberal H. H.Asquith 334 62speaker 46 20 26 10.1 2,668,143 18.9 5.9   National LiberalThe National Liberal Party was formed by Lloyd George's Coalition Liberals after leaving the Coalition Government. The party's net seat change is compared with the Coalition Liberals' number of seats and vote share after the 1918 election. David LloydGeorge 151 53 8 82 74 8.6 1,471,317 9.9 2.7   Independent 14 3 3 3Includes loss for Coalition Independent. 0.5 139,644 1.0 0.4   IndependentConservative 18 3 3 0 3 0.5 100,020 0.7 0.6   NationalistComparisons made to Irish Parliamentary Party result in 1918. JosephDevlin 2 2 0 5 5 0.3 90,053 0.3 1.9   Communist AlbertInkpin 5 1 colspan=2 New 1 — 33,637 0.2 New   ScottishProhibition EdwinScrymgeour 1 1 1 0 1 0.2 32,578 0.1   IndependentLabour 4 1 0 1 1 0.2 18,419 0.1 0.9   Constitutionalist 1 1 colspan=2 New 1 — 16,662 0.1 New   Farmer'sUnion HarryGerman 3 0 0 0 — 16,267 0.1 0.1   Health 1 0 0 0 — 14,193 0.0 0.1   IndependentLiberal 3 1 1 1 — 13,197 0.1 0.1   IrishNationalist T. P.O'Connor 2 1 colspan=2 Independent from IPP — 12,614 0.1   IndependentUnionist 1 0 0 2 2 — 7,214 0.1 0.4   Agriculturalist 1 0 0 0 — 5,243 0.0   Anti-Conservative 1 0 colspan=3 New — 4,964 0.0 New   IndependentCommunist 1 0 colspan=3 New — 4,027 0.0 New   Agriculturalist 1 0 colspan=3 New — 4,021 0.0 New   Anti-Parliamentary Communist GuyAldred 1 0 colspan=3 New — 470 0.0 New   Other non-contested 0 0 colspan=2 89 73 Sinn Féin seats, 9 Coalition NDP seats, 4 Coalition Labour seats, 2 National Party seats, and 1 National Socialist Party seat. — 0 0.0 Total 1,441 615 92 100.0 14,392,330 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout20,874,456British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 76 0333197348 1976Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 73.0https://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 2026Adjusted for multi-member constituencies. 15.8 Popular vote Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 38.5 Labour Labour Party (UK) 29.7 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 18.9 National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) 9.9 Others Independent 3.0 Parliament seats Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 55.9 Labour Labour Party (UK) 23.1 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 10.1 National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) 8.6 Others Independent 2.3 Transfers of seats All comparisons are with the 1918 election. In some cases the change is due to the MP defecting to the gaining party. Such circumstances are marked with a *. In other circumstances the change is due to the seat having been won by the gaining party in a by-election in the intervening years, and then retained in 1922. Such circumstances are marked with a †. FromToNo.SeatsLabour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) (HOLD)51Abertillery, Ayrshire South, Bedwellty, Bishop Auckland, Broxtowe, Burnley, Burslem, Caerphilly, Chester-le-Street, Deptford, Derby (one of two), Dundee (one of two), Ebbw Vale, Edinburgh Central, Fife West, Forest of Dean, Gorton, Govan, Gower, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Holland with Boston, Houghton-le-Spring, Ince, Kingswinford, Leeds South East, Leek, Morpeth, Nelson and Colne, Newton, Normanton, Nottingham West, Ogmore, Plaistow, Platting, Pontypool, Preston (one of two), Rhondda East, Rhondda West, Rother Valley, Rothwell, St Helens, Salford North, Smethwick, Wednesbury, Wentworth, West Bromwich, Westhoughton, Wigan, Woolwich East, Workington Liberal Party (UK)1Mansfield National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)1Wellingborough Conservative Party (UK)4Barnard Castle, Bolton (one of two), Clitheroe, OrmskirkCoalition Labour Labour Party (UK)2Cannock, Gorbals Independent (politician)1Norwich (one of two)* Conservative Party (UK)1Stockport (one of two)†Independent Labour Independent Labour1Anglesey Labour Party (UK)1Aberdeen North*Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party Labour Party (UK)8Aberdare, Bradford East, Don Valley, East Ham South, Hanley, Leicester West, Wallsend, Walthamstow West Conservative Party (UK)1Duddeston National Socialist Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)1Silvertown* Co-operative Party Conservative Party (UK)1KetteringSinn Féin Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)1Fermanagh and Tyrone (one of two) (replaced Fermanagh South)abolished72Londonderry City, Tyrone NW, N Donegal, S Donegal, W Donegal, N Monaghan, S Monaghan, E Cavan, W Cavan, Connemara, E Galway, N Galway, S Galway, Leitrim, N Roscommon, S Roscommon, N Sligo, S Sligo, E Mayo, N Mayo, S Mayo, W Mayo, Longford, Louth, King's County, Queen's County, Westmeath, County Carlow, N Meath, S Meath, Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour, Dublin St Patrick's, Dublin St Stephen's Green, N Dublin, S Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin Clontarf, Dublin Pembroke, Dublin St James's, Dublin St Michan's, E Wicklow, W Wicklow, N Kildare, S Kildare, N Kilkenny, S Kilkenny, N Wexford, S Wexford, E Clare, W Clare, E Tipperary, Mid Tipperary, N Tipperary, S Tipperary, Limerick City, E Limerick, W Limerick, E Kerry, N Kerry, S Kerry, W Kerry, Cork (both seats), E Cork, Mid Cork, N Cork, NE Cork, S Cork, SE Cork, W Cork, County WaterfordNationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)2Fermanagh and Tyrone (one of two) (replaced Tyrone North-East)abolished3Armagh South, Belfast Falls, Down SouthIrish Parliamentary Party Nationalist Party (Ireland)1Liverpool Scotlandabolished2East Donegal, Waterford CityLiberal Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)9Stirling and Falkirk, Midlothian South & Peebles, Derbyshire North East, Spennymoor, Seaham, Consett, Leigh, Bermondsey West, Whitechapel and St George's Liberal Party (UK) (HOLD)15Greenock, Paisley, Leith, Edinburgh East, Chesterfield, Belper, Derbyshire West, Kingston upon Hull South West, Lambeth North, Wolverhampton East, Middlesbrough West, Penistone, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, South Molton National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)6Camborne, Western Isles, Kinross and West Perthshire*, Loughborough, Norwich* (one of two), Berwick-upon-Tweed Conservative Party (UK)5Portsmouth Central, Stourbridge, Middlesbrough East, Cardiff East, Norfolk SouthCoalition Liberal Scottish Prohibition Party1Dundee (one of two) Labour Party (UK)37Dunfermline Burghs, Glasgow Cathcart, Renfrewshire East, Renfrewshire West, Rutherglen, Dumbarton Burghs, Glasgow Bridgeton, Crewe, Carlisle, Clay Cross, Ilkeston, Blaydon, Jarrow, Poplar South, Stepney Limehouse, Newcastle upon Tyne East, Newcastle upon Tyne West, Pontefract, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Leeds South, Doncaster, Barnsley, Batley and Morley, Colne Valley, Wrexham, Llanelli, Carnarvonshire, Aberavon, Merthyr, Neath, Pontypridd†, Swansea East, Wansbeck, Cornwall North, Battersea North Liberal Party (UK)13Orkney and Shetland, East Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine, Galloway, South Shields, Bethnal Green North-East, Leeds West*, Huddersfield, Spen Valley, Combined Scottish Universities (one of three)*, Eye*, Banff, Kilmarnock National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) (HOLD)45Combined English Universities (one of two), University of Wales, Caithness and Sutherland, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Moray and Nairn, Montrose Burghs, Argyll, Partick, Kirkcaldy Burghs, Roxburgh & Selkirk, Berwick & Haddington, Stockport (one of two), Stockton-on-Tees, Romford, Bristol East, Bristol North, Bristol South, Blackburn (one of two), Bolton (one of two), Heywood and Radcliffe, Middleton & Prestwich, Oldham (one of two), Stretford, Leicester East, Camberwell North-West, Hackney Central, Shoreditch, Southwark Central, Southwark North, Southwark South East, Northampton, Lichfield, Stoke, Shipley, Denbigh, Flintshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthen, Pembrokeshire, Carnarvon, Brecon and Radnor, Swansea West, Norfolk South West, Sheffield Park Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)1Halifax* Conservative Party (UK)28St Ives, Perth, Bedford, Luton, Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, Derbyshire South, Barnstaple, Sunderland (one of two), Leyton East, East Ham North, Stroud, Thornbury, Southampton (both seats), Buckrose, Bosworth, Kennington, Peckham, Banbury, The Wrekin, Lowestoft, Sudbury, Pudsey and Otley, Leeds North, Leeds Central, Newport (Monmouthshire)†, Saffron Walden Independent Conservative1Dorset East Constitutionalist (UK)1Dartford Independent (politician)1Mossley* Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK)1Hackney South† Independent Unionist Conservative Party (UK)1SowerbyCoalition Independent Labour Party (UK)1Norfolk North Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) Liberal Party (UK)1Penrith and CockermouthIndependent Liberal Labour Party (UK)1Newcastle-under-Lyme*Conservative Party (UK) Communist Party of Great Britain1Motherwell Labour Party (UK)32Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, Stirlingshire West, Lanarkshire North, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Camlachie, Bothwell†, Coatbridge, Glasgow Springburn, Glasgow Tradeston, Glasgow St. Rollox, Glasgow Shettleston, Linlithgow, Durham, Sedgefield, Gateshead, Stratford, Accrington, Eccles, Farnworth, Manchester Ardwick, Oldham (one of two), Rochdale, Bow and Bromley, Camberwell North†, Edmonton, Tottenham North, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Elland, Bradford Central, Keighley, Dewsbury, Whitehaven Liberal Party (UK)30Aberdeen and Kincardine Central†, Forfarshire, Fife East, Edinburgh West, Dumfriesshire, Bedfordshire Mid, Birkenhead East, Derby (one of two), Tavistock, Dorset North, The Hartlepools, Harwich, Isle of Wight, Worcester, Holderness, Kingston upon Hull Central†, Preston (one of two), Bootle, Grantham, Horncastle, Bethnal Green South-West, Great Yarmouth, Nottingham Central, Oxford, Taunton, Chippenham, Westbury, Bradford South, Louth†, Bodmin† Independent Liberal1Cambridge University (one of two) Independent (politician)1Harrow* Conservative Party (UK) (HOLD)289Cambridge University (one of two), Combined English Universities (one of two), Oxford University (both seats), London University, Combined Scottish Universities (two of three), Aberdeen South, Ayr Burghs, Ayrshire N & Bute, Glasgow Central, Hillhead, Pollok, Kelvingrove, Dunbartonshire, Lanark, Edinburgh South, Midlothian N, Edinburgh North, Abingdon, Newbury, Reading, Windsor, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Wycombe, Cambridge, Huntingdonshire, Altrincham, Birkenhead West, Chester, Eddisbury, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich, Stalybridge and Hyde, Wallasey, Wirral, Penryn and Falmouth, Cumberland North, Westmorland, High Peak, Exeter, Honiton, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Drake, Plymouth Sutton, Tiverton, Torquay, Totnes, Dorset South, Dorset West, Darlington, Sunderland (one of two), Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping, Essex SE, Ilford, Maldon, Leyton West, Southend, Walthamstow E, Upton, Bristol Central, Bristol West, Cheltenham, Cirencester and Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Aldershot, Basingstoke, Fareham, New Forest & Christchurch, Petersfield, Portsmouth North, Portsmouth South, Winchester, Hereford, Leominster, Bewdley, Dudley, Evesham, Kidderminster, Hitchin, St Albans, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Ealing, Hornsey, Twickenham, Wood Green, Finchley, Brentford and Chiswick, Hendon, Spelthorne, Uxbridge, Willesden East, Acton, Enfield, Tottenham South, Willesden West, Howdenshire, Kingston upon Hull East, Kingston upon Hull North West, Ashford, Bromley, Canterbury, Chatham, Chislehurst, Dover, Faversham, Gillingham, Gravesend, Hythe, Isle of Thanet, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn (one of two), Blackpool, Chorley, Darwen, Fylde, Lancaster, Lonsdale, Rossendale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Clayton, Manchester Exchange, Hulme, Moss Side, Rusholme, Withington, Royton, Salford South, Salford West, E Toxteth, Edge Hill, Everton, Liverpool Exchange, Fairfield, Kirkdale, Walton, Wavertree, West Derby, West Toxteth, Southport, Warrington, Waterloo, Widnes, Harborough, Leicester South, Melton, Brigg, Gainsborough, Grimsby, Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford, Balham and Tooting, Chelsea, Clapham, Dulwich, Fulham East, Hampstead, Holborn, Lewisham East, Lewisham West, Kensington South, Hackney North, Brixton, Fulham West, Hammersmith South, Islington North, Kensington North, Battersea South, Greenwich, Islington East, Hammersmith North, Finsbury, Islington South, Islington West, City of London (both seats), Mile End, Stoke Newington, Norwood, Paddington North, Paddington South, Putney, Rotherhithe, St Marylebone, St Pancras North, St Pancras South East, St Pancras South West, Streatham, Wandsworth Central, Westminster Abbey, Woolwich West, King's Lynn, Norfolk East, Daventry, Peterborough, Hexham, Newcastle upon Tyne North, Tynemouth, Bassetlaw, Nottingham South, Nottingham East, Rushcliffe, Newark, Henley, Ludlow, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Bath, Bridgwater, Frome, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Burton, Stafford, Stone, Tamworth, Bilston, Wolverhampton West, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Woodbridge, Chertsey, Croydon North, Croydon South, Epsom, Farnham, Guildford, Kingston upon Thames, Mitcham, Reigate, Surrey East, Wimbledon, Brighton (both seats), Chichester, East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Hastings, Horsham and Worthing, Lewes, Rye, Nuneaton, Coventry, Aston, Deritend, Erdington, King's Norton, Ladywood, Yardley, Sparkbrook, Birmingham West, Edgbaston, Handsworth, Moseley, Rugby, Warwick and Leamington, Devizes, Salisbury, Swindon, York, Cleveland, Richmond (Yorks), Scarborough and Whitby, Thirsk and Malton, Barkston Ash, Ripon, Ecclesall, Hallam, Skipton, Leeds North East, Sheffield Central, Bradford North, Wakefield, Rotherham, Monmouth, Llandaff & Barry, Cardiff C, Cardiff S Independent Conservative2Westminster St George's, Richmond (Surrey) Ulster Unionist Labour AssociationThe Ulster Unionist Labour Association was an adjunctive party of the Irish Unionist Party.abolished3Shankill, St Anne's, VictoriaIrish Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party11Antrim (both seats) (replaced South Antrim and Antrim Mid), Armagh (replaced Armagh North), Belfast East (replaced Belfast Pottinger), Belfast North (replaced Belfast Duncairn), Belfast South (replaced Belfast Ormeau), Belfast West (replaced Belfast Woodvale), Down (both seats) (replaced Down East and Down North), Londonderry (replaced Londonderry North), Queen's University of Belfast.abolished11Antrim East, Antrim North, Armagh Mid, Belfast Cromac, Down Mid, Down West, Londonderry South, Fermanagh North, Tyrone South, Dublin Rathmines, Dublin University (one of two) Independent Unionistabolished1Dublin University (one of two)National Party (UK, 1917) Liberal Party (UK)1WalsallConservative Party (UK)1Bournemouth*Independent (politician)1Hertford†1 †1 MP elected as an Anti-Waste League candidate at a 1921 by-election, but moved to the Conservatives for the 1922 election See also List of MPs elected in the 1922 United Kingdom general election 1922 United Kingdom general election in England 1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1922 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Notes note References Sources Craig F. 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