1929 United Kingdom general election in Wales

None 1929 United Kingdom general election in Wales 30 May 1929 Wales parliamentary no 1924 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1924 List of MPs elected in the 1924 United Kingdom general election 1931 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1931 All 36 Welsh seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the 1929 United Kingdom general election 82.4% (2.4 pp) Ramsay MacDonald ggbain 35734.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ramsay MacDonald 22 November 1922 Labour Party (UK) Seaham 16 seats,fn2 Combined results for county, borough and university seats. 40.6% 25fn2 9fn2 577,554fn1 Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only. 43.9%fn1 3.3 ppfn1 David Lloyd George (3x4).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Lloyd George 14 October 1926 Liberal Party (UK) Caernarvon Boroughs 11 seats,fn2 31.0% 10fn2 1fn2 440,911fn1 33.5%fn1 2.5 ppfn1 Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Stanley Baldwin 23 May 1923 Conservative Party (UK) Bewdley 9 seats,fn2 28.4% 1fn2 8fn2 289,695fn1 22.0%fn1 6.4 ppfn1 United Kingdom general election 1929 in Wales.svg On Thursday 30 May 1929, the 1929 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 36 constituencies being in Wales.British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 27 2006British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 15 0333197348 1976 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 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. 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.British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 173 0333197348 1976 Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1929 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/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 CandidatesConservative Party 35Liberal Party 34Labour Party 33Communist Party of Great Britain 3The candidates that stood were J. R. Wilson in Caerphilly, General Secretary John Ross Campbell in Ogmore and Arthur Horner in Rhondda East.Plaid Cymru 1Founder and Leader of Plaid Cymru Lewis Valentine stood in Caernarvonshire.Total 106 Analysis Overall, the Labour Party under Ramsay MacDonald won the election, winning the most amount of seats in the House of Commons but without an overall majority across the United Kingdom. In Wales, Labour gained Wrexham, Carmarthen and Swansea West from the Liberal Party.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 London and Basingstoke 543, 551, 554 978-1-349-81467-1 It also gained Newport, Brecon and Radnorshire, Llandaff and Barry, Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South from the Conservative Party.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 London and Basingstoke 534-536, 539, 559 978-1-349-81467-1 Much like the rest of the United Kingdom, the Labour party increased its vote share. The party increased its seat count to a total of 25 seats, returning to its status as holding the majority of seats in Wales which it had lost in the previous election.British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 27 2006 This Labour Government would only last until 1931, however, following The Great Depression and lacking cabinet support. This would lead to the 1931 United Kingdom general election. Notably, despite the increase in vote share for Labour at the election, Ramsay MacDonald moved seats from his constituency in Aberavon to the safer seat of Seaham, to avoid a potential highly embarrassing defeat due to the several local issues in the seat.Mr. W. G. Covr, M.P., May Not Stand Again at Wellingborough Northampton Mercury 17 August 1928 24 August 2026 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000317/19280817/003/0001 British Newspaper Archive subscription Chris Howard, "Ramsay MacDonald and Aberavon, 1922–29," Llafur: Journal of Welsh Labour History 7#1 (1996) pp. 68–77 The Labour candidate William Cove, however, retained the seat for the Labour Party with an increased vote share. Cove would hold the seat until 1959. The Liberal party gained Flintshire and Pembrokeshire from the Conservatives.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 London and Basingstoke 555, 570 978-1-349-81467-1 In addition, incumbent Liberal Member of Parliament Ernest Evans for the University of Wales retained his seat. Overall, the Liberals lost one seat in Wales. As a result of the losses to Labour and the Liberal Party, the Conservatives were reduced to one seat in Wales, only retaining Monmouth. This was the first election ever contested by the newly formed Plaid Cymru. The party contested the seat of Caernarvonshire, polling 609 votes in the seat and thus placing fourth in the count.Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections 1885-1974 F.W.S. Craig The Macmillan Press 1349023485 79 1975 It was also the first election in which the Communist Party of Great Britain had stood candidates in Wales, including the General Secretary of the party John Ross Campbell. Notably, the decision to withdraw Campbell's prosecution under the Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797 by Prime Minister MacDonald in 1924 led to the loss of the motion of no confidence, which caused the 1924 United Kingdom general election and ended the first Labour Government. The Communists, however, only received 0.6 per cent of the vote in Wales.Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections 1885-1974 F.W.S. Craig The Macmillan Press 1349023485 19 1975 County and borough constituency results Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1929 general election in Wales, excluding the result in the University of Wales constituency. +PartyCraig 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 978-1-349-81467-1British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 27 2006SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 25 9 0 9 71.4 577,554 43.9 3.3 Liberal Party (UK) 9 0 1 1 25.7 440,911 33.5 2.5 Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 8 8 2.9 289,695 22.0 6.4 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 colspan="3" New — 8,143 0.6 New Plaid Cymru 0 colspan="3" New — 609 0.0 New Total 35 0 100.0 1,316,912 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 1,598,509Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 82.4https://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 2.4 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 43.9 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 33.5 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 22.0 Communist Communist Party of Great Britain 0.6 Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru 0.0 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 71.4 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 25.7 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 2.9 University of Wales result Below is a table summarising the 1929 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 10 out of the possible 36. General election 1929: University of Wales Liberal Party (UK) Ernest Evans 1,712 63.5 +4.1 Labour Party (UK) David W. Richards 671 24.9 New Conservative Party (UK) Courtenay Mansel 314 11.6 New 1,041 38.6 +20.0 2,697 74.4 Liberal Party (UK) See also 1929 United Kingdom general election in England 1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1929 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1929–1931) Notes References Politics Wales United Kingdom Category:1929 in Wales Category:1920s elections in Wales 1929 #Wales