United Kingdom general election, 1922
United Kingdom general election, 1922
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All 615 seats to the House of Commons
308 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Andrew Bonar Law |
John Robert Clynes |
| Party |
Conservative |
Labour |
| Leader since |
23 October 1922 |
14 February 1921 |
| Leader's seat |
Glasgow Central |
Manchester Platting |
| Last election |
332 seats, 33.3% |
57 seats, 21.5% |
| Seats won |
344 |
142 |
| Seat change |
12 |
85 |
| Popular vote |
5,294,465 |
4,076,665 |
| Percentage |
38.5% |
29.7% |
| Swing |
6.0% |
8.9% |
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Third party |
Fourth party |
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| Leader |
H. H. Asquith |
David Lloyd George |
| Party |
Liberal |
National Liberal |
| Leader since |
30 April 1908 |
7 December 1916 |
| Leader's seat |
Paisley |
Caernarvon Boroughs |
| Last election |
36 seats, 13.3% |
127 seats, 12.6% |
| Seats won |
62 |
53 |
| Seat change |
26 |
74 |
| Popular vote |
2,601,486 |
1,355,366 |
| Percentage |
18.9% |
9.9% |
| Swing |
5.9% |
2.7% |
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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. Dark red indicates coalition seat.
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The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John Robert Clynes, and a divided Liberal Party.
The Liberal Party were split between the "National Liberals" following David Lloyd George and the "Liberals" following Herbert Henry Asquith. However, some candidates stood calling for a reunited Liberal party whilst others appear to have backed both Asquith and Lloyd George. Few sources are able to agree on exact numbers, and even in contemporary records held by the two groups some MPs were claimed for both sides.
In any case, it was the first election where Labour surpassed the combined strength of both Liberal parties, in votes as well as seats.
Until the previous month the Conservatives had been in coalition with the Lloyd George Liberals - some Lloyd George Liberals were not opposed by Conservative candidates (eg. Winston Churchill, who was defeated at Dundee nonetheless) whilst many leading Conservatives (eg. former leaders Sir Austen Chamberlain and Arthur Balfour, and Lord Birkenhead) were not members of Bonar Law's government, and hoped to hold the balance of power after the election. This was not to be, as Bonar Law won an overall majority.
Results
| UK General Election 1922 |
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Candidates |
Votes |
| Party |
Standing |
Elected |
Gained |
Unseated |
Net |
% of total |
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No. |
Net % |
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Conservative |
482 |
344 |
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+ 12 |
55.9 |
38.5 |
5,294,465 |
+6.0 |
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Labour |
414 |
142 |
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+ 85 |
23.1 |
29.7 |
4,076,665 |
+8.9 |
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Liberal |
334 |
62 |
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+ 26 |
10.1 |
18.9 |
2,601,486 |
+5.9 |
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National Liberal |
151 |
53 |
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- 74 |
8.6 |
9.9 |
1,355,366 |
-2.7 |
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Independent Conservative |
20 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
+ 2 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
116,861 |
+0.5 |
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Independent |
15 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
+ 1 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
114,697 |
-0.2 |
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Nationalist (NI) |
4 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
- 4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
57,641 |
-1.8 |
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Communist |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+ 1 |
0.17 |
0.2 |
30,684 |
N/A |
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Agriculturalist |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.2 |
21,510 |
0.0 |
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Independent Labour |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
0.17 |
0.1 |
18,419 |
-1.0 |
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Constitutionalist |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+ 1 |
0.17 |
0.1 |
16,662 |
N/A |
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Scottish Prohibition |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+ 1 |
0.17 |
0.1 |
16,289 |
+0.1 |
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Independent Liberal |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.17 |
0.1 |
13,197 |
-0.1 |
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Independent Unionist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
9,861 |
N/A |
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Independent Communist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
4,027 |
N/A |
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Anti-Parliamentary Communist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
470 |
N/A |
Total votes cast: 13,748,300. All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists. National Liberals were party formed by Lloyd George's Coalition Liberals after leaving the government. Their net seat change is compared with the Coalition Liberals' number of seats after the 1918 election.
Votes summary
| Popular vote |
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| Conservative |
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38.51% |
| Labour |
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29.65% |
| Liberal |
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18.92% |
| National Liberal |
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9.86% |
| Independent |
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2.01% |
| Nationalist |
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0.42% |
| Communist |
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0.22% |
| Others |
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0.41% |
Seats summary
| Parliamentary seats |
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| Conservative |
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55.93% |
| Labour |
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23.09% |
| Liberal |
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10.08% |
| National Liberal |
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8.62% |
| Independent |
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1.3% |
| Nationalist |
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0.49% |
| Communist |
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0.16% |
| Others |
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0.33% |
References
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