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Uk General Election, 1924 | 1923 election | | b>1924 election | | a href="/encyclopedia/UK-general-election,-1929" title="UK general election, 1929">1929 election | The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924. The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin did dramatically better than in the 1923 general election and obtained a large parliamentary majority. Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, lost a few seats, but the big losers were Herbert Henry Asquith's Liberals who lost 118 of their 158 seats. Party> | lign="center"|Votes | align="center"|Seats | align="center"|Loss/Gain | align="center"|Share of Vote (%) | | a href="/encyclopedia/Conservative-Party-(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative | align="right"|7,418,983 | align="center"|412 | align="center"|+ 154 | align="center"|46.8 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Party-(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour | align="right"|5,281,626 | align="center"|151 | align="center"|- 40 | align="center"|33.3 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal | align="right"|2,818,717 | align="center"|40 | align="center"|- 118 | align="center"|17.8 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Constitutionalist" title="Constitutionalist">Constitutionalist | align="right"|185,075 | align="center"|7 | align="center"|+ 7 | align="center"|1.2 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-Great-Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist | align="right"|51,176 | align="center"|1 | align="center"|+ 1 | align="center"|0.2 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Sinn-Fin" title="Sinn Fin">Sinn Fin | align="right"|34,181 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.2 | | ndependent | align="right"|25,206 | align="center"|2 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.2 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Northern-Ireland-Labour-Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">Labour (NI) | align="right"|21,122 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Scottish-Prohibition-Party" title="Scottish Prohibition Party">Scottish Prohibition | align="right"|14,596 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | ndependent Liberal | align="right"|3,241 | align="center"|0 | align="center"|- 1 | align="center"|0.0 | | ndependent Labour | align="right"|1,775 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | ndependent Conservative | align="right"|517 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | rish Nationalist | align="right"|0 | align="center"|1 | align="center"|- 2 | align="center"|0.0 | Total votes cast: 15,856,215. All parties shown. The only Irish Nationalist candidate was elected unopposed. The Conservatives include the Ulster Unionists. External links - 1924 Conservative manifesto
- 1924 Labour manifesto
- 1924 Liberal manifesto
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