1924 United Kingdom general election in England

None 1924 United Kingdom general election in England 29 October 1924 England parliamentary no 1923 United Kingdom general election in England 1923 List of MPs elected in the 1923 United Kingdom general election 1929 United Kingdom general election in England 1929 All 492 English seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the 1923 United Kingdom general election 77.4% (6.3 pp) Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Stanley Baldwin Conservative Party (UK) 23 May 1923 Bewdley 227 seats,fn2 Combined results for county, borough and university seats. 39.8% 352fn2 125fn2 6,460,266fn1 47.7%fn1 7.9 ppfn1 Ramsay MacDonald ggbain 35734.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ramsay MacDonald 22 November 1922 Labour Party (UK) Aberavon 138 seats,fn2 29.7% 109fn2 29fn2 4,467,236fn1 Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only. 32.8%fn1 3.1 ppfn1 Beresford-HH_Asquith_portrait_1923.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 H. H. Asquith 30 April 1908 Liberal Party (UK) Paisley (lost seat) 124 seats,fn2 29.9% 20fn2speaker Figure includes Speaker of the House of Commons John Henry Whitley in Halifax. 104fn2 2,388,429fn1 17.6%fn1 12.3 ppfn1 On Wednesday 29 October 1924, the 1924 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 492 constituencies being in England. 485 seats represented territorial constituencies contested under the first past the post electoral system, and seven additional seats represented the university constituencies. Three university constituencies returned two members through the single transferable vote electoral system and one returned one member by the first past the post system. 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 26 August 2026 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 England, excluding those in the university constituencies.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 21 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 CandidatesConservative Party 440Labour Party 406Liberal Party 280speakerConstitutionalist 12Under this category, the candidates that stood were J. Hugh Edwards in Accrington, Henry Hogbin in Battersea North, William Allen in Burslem, Algernon Moreing in Camborne, James E. Davies in Consett, Hamar Greenwood in Walthamstow East, Winston Churchill in Epping, Abraham England in Heywood and Radcliffe, Charles Edgar Loseby in Nottingham West, John Ward in Stoke-on-Trent, Thomas Robinson in Stretford and John Sturrock in Tottenham North.Co-operative Party 8Communist Party of Great Britain 6The candidates that stood were Shapurji Saklatvala in Battersea North, Robert Dunstan in Birmingham West, William Paul in Manchester Rusholme, Tom Mann in Nottingham East, Joe Vaughan in Bethnal Green South West and Alfred M. Wall in Streatham.Independent 5The candidates that stood were W. E. Mashford in Kingston upon Hull East, Kenneth Burke in Manchester Withington, Austin Hopkinson in Mossley, Albert Taylor in Sheffield Ecclesall and J. J. Lynch in Walsall.Nationalist Party 1Candidate T. P. O'Connor stood in Liverpool Scotland.Democratic labour 1Candidate Mary Richardson stood in Acton.Total 1,159 Analysis Major Parties The Conservative Party won the greatest number of seats at the election, having won an overall of 352 with an increase of 125 seat from the previous election, and taking much of its vote share against the collapse in Liberal Party support. The party did suffer some losses, including losing two seats to the Constitutionalist candidates and one seat to an independent in London University seat. It also lost Barrow and Furness, Liverpool West Toxteth, Lincoln, Peckham, Bilston and Birmingham King's Norton in England. The Conservative Party itself only suffered three other losses across the United Kingdom. These were the associated Unionist Party losing Motherwell in Scotland, and the associated Ulster Unionist Party losing both seat in Fermanagh and Tyrone. The Conservatives as a whole were returned to a majority Government at this election, having lose the previous election. The Labour Party, although had also increased its vote share at this election at the expense of the Liberal Party, lost seats. Labour lost a total of 29 seats in England (the majority of its total 40 losses across the United Kingdom) down to 109 seats total in England. The Co-operative Party, which was under the Labour Party Whip retained three of its four existing seats, however once again lost Kettering. The Co-operative Party did gain Bradford South, reaming at four seats. Labour did however, along with its minor seat gains from the Conservative Party, gain seats from the Liberal Party. It gained from the Liberal Party Gateshead, Rochdale, Bermondsey West, Southwark Central, Newcastle upon Tyne East, Newcastle upon Tyne West, Burslem, Middlesbrough East, Elland, Keighley, Penistone, Bradford South and Dewsbury. Additionally, former Leader of the Labour Party Arthur Henderson returned to Parliament after having lost two separate seats in 1922 and 1923 United Kingdom general election. Henderson had won Burnley in the 1924 Burnley by-election following the death of the Labour incumbent, and represented no change in seats for the previous election. He would take on the ministerial role of Home Secretary under MacDonald's Government, and later return as Leader of the Labour Party until 1931. He would also hold the seat until 1931. The Liberal Party lost of 109 seats in England at this election, with is vote share dropping by just over 12 per cent. It did gain seats from the Labour Party. These were Walthamstow West, Bristol North, Hackney South, Bradford East and Batley and Morley. It also took one of the two seats in Norwich, having won and held the other from the previous election. However, the party overall nationally along with its losses in Scotland and Wales was reduced to 40 seats. Constitutionalists 12 candidates stood under the label of 'Constitutionalist' at this election. This was a label primarily given to former members and supportes of David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party and National Liberal Party, who wished to reconcile the closer working ties between the Conservative Party and the Liberals. Among the successful candidates under this label was Winston Churchill, who won the seat of Epping unopposed by the Conservative Party. Churchill, who was a member and former Deputy Leader for the National Liberals had previously lost Dundee in Scotland in 1922, and unsuccessfully ran in Leicester West in England in the previous election. Hamar Greenwood also won Walthamstow East, and was also not opposed by the Conservative in the seat. Algernon Moreing in Camborne won his seat in the same manner. Both seat gains by Churchill, Greenwood and Moreing were, however, gains from the Conservative Party when compared to the previous election. Other of such Constitutionalist candidates that took seats at the election include J. Hugh Edwards in Accrington, Abraham England in Heywood and Radcliffe, Thomas Robinson in Stretford and John Ward in Stoke-on-Trent. These candidates were opposed by neither the Conservatives or Liberals, but won seats from the Liberal Party in their incumbency due to switching from the Liberal Party. Accordingly, seven of the 12 Constitutionalists that ran won seats at this election. Minor parties and independents Among the independents, the prior independent-held seat of Harrow was won by Conservative candidate Isidore Salmon from Oswald Mosley. Mosley had joined the Labour Party since the last election, having won the seat in the last election after having left the Conservative Party. Mosley unsuccessfully attempted to run in Birmingham Ladywood against future Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, though came within 100 votes of Chamberlain. Austin Hopkinson retained his seat once again in Mossley, increasing his majority due to a split between the Labour and Liberal vote in his seat. Ernest Graham-Little won the seat at the London University, and would hold the seat until its abolition in 1950. Shapurji Saklatvala won Battersea North. Although once the official candidate in the seat for the Labour Party in 1922 and 1923, Saklatvala stood as a solely Communist candidate in the seat in this election. After having won his seat in 1922, and losing it in 1923, he regained it at this election. This represented seat a loss against the incumbent Liberal Henry Hogbin in the seat, although Hogbin ran as under the Constitutionalist candidate label at this election. Notably, Communist candidate Robert Dunstan stood in Birmingham West against Conservative Member of Parliament and half-brother to Neville Chamberlain, Austen Chamberlain, however Chamberlain retained the seat with a substantially increased majority. Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor once again won Liverpool Scotland unopposed. Seat summary Below is a table summarising the total number of seats, gains and losses for each party in both the territorial county and borough constituencies and the English university constituencies. +PartySeats Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%)   Conservative 352 134 9 125 71.5   Labour (Total) 109 19 48 29 22.2 Labour Party (UK) 105 18 47 29 21.3 Co-operative Party 4 1 1 0.8   Liberal 20speaker 6 110 104 4.1   Constitutionalist 7 7 0 7 1.4   Independent 2 1 1 0.4   Communist 1 colspan="2' Did not stand in 1923 1 0.2   Irish Nationalist 1 0 0 0.2 Total 492 County and borough constituency results Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1924 general election in England, excluding the result in the university constituencies. +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 20–21 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 all (%) Total Of all (%)Adjusted for multi-member constituencies. Difference   Conservative 347 134 8 126 71.5 6,640,266 47.7 7.9   Labour (Total) 109 19 48 29 22.5 4,467,236 32.8 3.1 Labour Party (UK) 105 18 47 29 21.6 4,362,078 32.0 3.0 Co-operative Party 4 1 1 0.8 105,158 0.8 0.1   Liberal 19speaker 6 110 104 3.9 2,388,429 17.6 12.3   Constitutionalist 7 7 0 7 1.4 185,075 1.4 1.3   Communist 1Shapurji Saklatvala in Battersea North. colspan="2" Did not stand in 1923 1 0.2 39,416 0.3   Independent 1Austin Hopkinson in Mossley. 0 1Oswald Mosley in Harrow, though he stood as a Labour Party candidate in Birmingham Ladywood. 1 0.2 19,361 0.1 0.2   Democratic Labour 0 colspan="3" New — 1,775 0.0 New   Irish Nationalist 1T. P. O'Connor in Liverpool Scotland. 0 0 0.2 0 0.0 0.1 Total 485 0 100.0 13,561,558 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 17,471,109Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 77.4https://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 6.3 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 47.7 Labour Labour Party (UK) 32.8 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 17.6 Constitutionalist Constitutionalist (UK) 1.4 Other #777777 0.4 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 71.5 Labour Labour Party (UK) 22.5 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 3.9 Constitutionalist Constitutionalist (UK) 1.4 Other #777777 0.6 University constituency results University results summary Below is a table summarising the seats and vote share of the English university constituencies in the 1924 general election. +PartySeatsFirst preference votes Total Gains Losses Net Total Of all (%) Conservative Party (UK) 5 0 1 1 19,697 58.6 Independent (politician) 1 colspan="2" Did not stand in 1923 1 5,845 17.4 Independent Liberal 0 0 0 3,241 9.6 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 0 2,872 8.5 Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 1,948 5.8 Total 7 33,603 Cambridge University Cambridge University (constituency) The constituency for Cambridge University returned two Members of Parliament using the single transferable vote electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university. General election 1923: Cambridge University (2 seats) 1 John Rawlinson Conservative Party (UK) 38.60 4,569 Geoffrey G. Butler Conservative Party (UK) 34.01 4,026 J. R. M. Butler Independent Liberal 27.38 3,241 1 16,621 11,836 3,946 71.21% Combined English Universities Combined English Universities The Combined English Universities constituency, which represented effectively all red brick universities and Durham University, returned two Members of Parliament using the single transferable vote electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university. General Election 1924: Combined English Universities (2 seats) 2 Martin Conway Unionist Party (UK) 50.4 2,231   H. A. L. Fisher Liberal Party (UK) 30.1 1,333 2,064 Joseph John Findlay Joseph Findlay Labour Party (UK) 19.5 861 885 2 5,655 4,425 1,476 78.2% London University London University (constituency) The constituency for London University returned one Member of Parliament using the First-past-the-post electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university. General election 1924: London University Independent (politician) Ernest Graham-Little 3,202 37.06 +37.06 Unionist Party (UK) John Bradford 2,813 32.55 −17.60 Liberal Party (UK) Albert Pollard 1,539 17.81 −14.40 Labour Party (UK) Frank George Bushnell Frank Bushnell 1,087 12.58 −5.06 389 4.51 N/A 8,641 72.03 +0.75 11,997 Independent (politician) Unionist Party (UK) Oxford University Oxford University (constituency) The constituency for Oxford University returned two Members of Parliament using the single transferable vote electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university. Gilbert Murray, who usually stood as a Liberal candidate in this election, instead stood as an independent in 1924.Craig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49 https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 1st 1977 The Macmillan Press Ltd 683 London and Basingstoke 978-1-349-81467-1 General Election 1924: Oxford University (2 seats) 2 Lord Hugh Cecil Unionist Party (UK) 49.65 4,320   Charles Oman Unionist Party (UK) 19.97 1,738 2,968 Gilbert Murray Independent (politician) 30.38 2,643 2,832 2 10,773 8,701 2,901 80.77% See also 1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1924 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1924 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Notes References Politics England United Kingdom Category:1924 in England Category:1920s in England 1924 #England