UK general election May 1929, government changes
Polling stations closed at 8 pm in the general election in the UK on 30 May 1929. The first result declared was Oxford. The percentage votes for each party were (1924 general election):
Conservative: 55.2 (57.3)
Liberal: 29.4 (32.1)
Labour: 15.4 (10.6)
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Conservative: 25.8 (25.2)
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This result was better than the Conservatives expected and worse than the Liberals hoped. However they did better as more results came in. They gained Great Yarmouth, Manchester Withington, and Nottingham East from Conservative, and Bethnal Green North East, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne East from Labour. But they lost several seats to Labour, which took dozens of seats from Conservative.
The Liberals did better when the results were declared the following day. Among the seats they gained from the Conservatives were: Banffshire, Bedfordshire Mid, Cornwall North, Dumfriesshire, Flintshire, Isle of Ely, Luton, and Pembrokeshire. Also Labour continued taking constituencies from Conservative and Liberal.
It was not until the late afternoon of 31 May that the Tories had a majority of seats in the House of Commons. The number of seats won by each party were as follows (1924 general election):
Conservative: 309 (412)
Labour: 255 (151)
Liberal: 42 (40)
Nationalist: 3 (1)
Independent Labour: 1 (n/a)
Scottish Prohibition: 1 (1)
Independents: 4 (2)
(Constitutionalist: 7)
(Communist: 1)
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Total: 615 (615)
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Because the Speaker was elected as a Conservative, the Conservative majority over all others was only two (308 to 306). Compared with the 1924 general election, the Liberals gained 15 seats from Conservative, two from Labour and one from Constitutionalist, but lost 15 to Labour and one to Independent.
The number of votes for each party were:
Conservative: 9,263,185 (7,854,523)
Labour: 8,063,821 (5,489,087)
Liberal: 5,005,291 (2,928737)
Others: 317, 078 (367,932)
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Total: 22,648. 375 (16,640,229)
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The percentage votes for each party were:
Conservative: 40.9 (47.2)
Labour: 35.6 (33.0)
Liberal: 22.1 (17.6)
Others: 1.4 (2.2)
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Total: 100.0 (100.0)
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On 3 and 4 June, the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, made the following changes to his government:
Winston Churchill from Chancellor of the Exchequer to Foreign Secretary,
Austen Chamberlain from Foreign Secretary to Home Secretary in place of William Joynson-Hicks who resigned,
Neville Chamberlain from Minister of Health to Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland from Minister of Labour to Minister of Health,
Sir John Gilmour from Scotland Secretary to Minister of Labour,
Walter Eliott from Under-Secretary Scottish Office to Scotland Secretary,
Leo Amery from Colonial and Dominion Affairs Secretary to India Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare from Secretary of State for Air to Colonial Secretary,
Viscount Peel from India Secretary to Lord President of the Council in place of Earl Balfour who resigned,
Alfred Duff Cooper from Financial Secretary War Office to Secretary of State for Air,
Anthony Eden appointed Under Secretary Foreign Office in place of Godfrey Locker-Lampson who resigned,
Earl of Plymouth promoted from Under-Secretary Dominion Affairs Secretary to Dominion Affairs Secretary.
I would like to thank @gaitskellitebevanite who suggested the idea in the thread 'Re-run: Lloyd George takes office 1930 or 1931'.
Conservative: 55.2 (57.3)
Liberal: 29.4 (32.1)
Labour: 15.4 (10.6)
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Conservative: 25.8 (25.2)
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This result was better than the Conservatives expected and worse than the Liberals hoped. However they did better as more results came in. They gained Great Yarmouth, Manchester Withington, and Nottingham East from Conservative, and Bethnal Green North East, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne East from Labour. But they lost several seats to Labour, which took dozens of seats from Conservative.
The Liberals did better when the results were declared the following day. Among the seats they gained from the Conservatives were: Banffshire, Bedfordshire Mid, Cornwall North, Dumfriesshire, Flintshire, Isle of Ely, Luton, and Pembrokeshire. Also Labour continued taking constituencies from Conservative and Liberal.
It was not until the late afternoon of 31 May that the Tories had a majority of seats in the House of Commons. The number of seats won by each party were as follows (1924 general election):
Conservative: 309 (412)
Labour: 255 (151)
Liberal: 42 (40)
Nationalist: 3 (1)
Independent Labour: 1 (n/a)
Scottish Prohibition: 1 (1)
Independents: 4 (2)
(Constitutionalist: 7)
(Communist: 1)
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Total: 615 (615)
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Because the Speaker was elected as a Conservative, the Conservative majority over all others was only two (308 to 306). Compared with the 1924 general election, the Liberals gained 15 seats from Conservative, two from Labour and one from Constitutionalist, but lost 15 to Labour and one to Independent.
The number of votes for each party were:
Conservative: 9,263,185 (7,854,523)
Labour: 8,063,821 (5,489,087)
Liberal: 5,005,291 (2,928737)
Others: 317, 078 (367,932)
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Total: 22,648. 375 (16,640,229)
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The percentage votes for each party were:
Conservative: 40.9 (47.2)
Labour: 35.6 (33.0)
Liberal: 22.1 (17.6)
Others: 1.4 (2.2)
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Total: 100.0 (100.0)
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On 3 and 4 June, the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, made the following changes to his government:
Winston Churchill from Chancellor of the Exchequer to Foreign Secretary,
Austen Chamberlain from Foreign Secretary to Home Secretary in place of William Joynson-Hicks who resigned,
Neville Chamberlain from Minister of Health to Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland from Minister of Labour to Minister of Health,
Sir John Gilmour from Scotland Secretary to Minister of Labour,
Walter Eliott from Under-Secretary Scottish Office to Scotland Secretary,
Leo Amery from Colonial and Dominion Affairs Secretary to India Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare from Secretary of State for Air to Colonial Secretary,
Viscount Peel from India Secretary to Lord President of the Council in place of Earl Balfour who resigned,
Alfred Duff Cooper from Financial Secretary War Office to Secretary of State for Air,
Anthony Eden appointed Under Secretary Foreign Office in place of Godfrey Locker-Lampson who resigned,
Earl of Plymouth promoted from Under-Secretary Dominion Affairs Secretary to Dominion Affairs Secretary.
I would like to thank @gaitskellitebevanite who suggested the idea in the thread 'Re-run: Lloyd George takes office 1930 or 1931'.
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