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United_Kingdom_general_election,_1923 Tutorials
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| United Kingdom general election, 1923 |
| All 616 seats to the House of Commons |
| 6 December 1923 |
|
First party |
Second party |
Third party |
|
 |
 |
 |
| Leader |
Stanley Baldwin |
Ramsay MacDonald |
H. H. Asquith |
| Party |
Conservative |
Labour |
Liberal |
| Leader since |
23 May 1923 |
21 November 1922 |
30 April 1908 |
| Leader's seat |
Bewdley |
Aberavon |
Paisley |
| Last election |
344 seats, 38.5% |
142 seats, 29.7% |
62 seats, 18.9% |
| Seats won |
258 |
191 |
158 |
| Seat change |
-86 |
+49 |
+96 |
| Popular vote |
5,286,159 |
4,267,831 |
4,129,922 |
| Percentage |
38.0% |
30.7% |
29.7% |
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The United Kingdom general election of 1923 was held on 6 December 1923. The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats, but Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, and H. H. Asquith's reunited Liberal Party gained enough to produce a hung parliament. As the election had been fought on the Conservative proposals for tariff reform it was inevitable that they could not retain office and so the first ever Labour government was formed. Being in a minority it only lasted 10 months and another election was held in October 1924.
Results
| UK General Election 1923 |
|
Candidates |
Votes |
| Party |
Standing |
Elected |
Gained |
Unseated |
Net |
% of total |
% |
No. |
Net % |
| |
Conservative |
536 |
258 |
|
|
- 86 |
41.951 |
38.0 |
5,286,159 |
-0.5 |
| |
Labour |
427 |
191 |
|
|
+ 49 |
31.056 |
30.7 |
4,267,831 |
+1.0 |
| |
Liberal |
457 |
158 |
|
|
+ 96 |
25.691 |
29.7 |
4,129,922 |
+10.8 |
| |
Nationalist (NI) |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.487 |
0.4 |
54,157 |
N/A |
| |
Independent |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
0.325 |
0.3 |
36,802 |
-0.5 |
| |
Communist |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
|
0.2 |
34,258 |
0.0 |
| |
Belfast Labour |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.2 |
22,255 |
N/A |
| |
Independent Labour |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
|
0.2 |
17,331 |
0.0 |
| |
Independent Liberal |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
16,184 |
0.0 |
| |
Constitutionalist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
|
0.1 |
15,500 |
0.0 |
| |
Independent Conservative |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
- 3 |
|
0.1 |
15,171 |
-0.8 |
| |
Scottish Prohibition |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
12,877 |
0.0 |
| |
Christian Pacifist |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
570 |
N/A |
Total number of votes cast: 13,909,017. All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists.
Votes summary
| Popular vote |
|
|
|
|
|
| Conservative |
 
|
38.01% |
| Labour |
 
|
30.68% |
| Liberal |
 
|
29.69% |
| Independent |
 
|
0.61% |
| Others |
 
|
1% |
Seats summary
| Parliamentary seats |
|
|
|
|
|
| Conservative |
 
|
41.95% |
| Labour |
 
|
31.06% |
| Liberal |
 
|
25.69% |
| Independent |
 
|
0.49% |
| Others |
 
|
0.81% |
References
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