1922-1924
In the years after the secession of the Irish Free State, the Conservatives led the House of Commons, followed by a surging Labour Party and a declining Liberal Party. The Communist Party of Great Britain also enjoyed their most prolonged period of success, though still failed to have more than 1 MP at any time.
| Party | 1924 | 1923 | 1922 | |||
| % Popular vote | Seats | % Popular vote | Seats | % Popular vote | Seats | |
| Agricultural Party | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0 |
| Belfast Labour Party | 0.2 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Communist | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Constitutionalist | 1.2 | 7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Conservative | 46.8 | 412 | 38.0 | 258 | 38.5 | 344 |
| Independent | 0.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Independent Conservative | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Independent Labour | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Independent Liberal | - | - | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Independent Nationalist | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0 |
| Irish Nationalist | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 |
| Labour Party | 33.3 | 151 | 30.7 | 191 | 29.7 | 142 |
| Labour Party (Northern Ireland) | 0.1 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Liberal Party | 17.8 | 40 | 29.7 | 158 | 18.9 | 62 |
| National Liberal | - | - | - | - | 9.9 | 53 |
| Scottish Prohibition | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Sinn Féin | 0.2 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
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