General Elections in The United Kingdom - 1922-1924

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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