Home General Elections 30 May 1929

UK Polling History: Election of 30 May 1929

The map below is experimental, as the geographic locations and boundaries of historical constituencies are not readily available. For an alphabetical table of constituencies, click here.

Election result map

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Other Communist
Total seats 279 250 56 4
Total votes 8,080,357 8,272,227 5,124,299 215,519 48,388
Seats gained +132 -132 +22 -1 -1
Votes gained +2,451,792 +477,895 +1,193,291 +8,103 -21,219
Share of votes 37.2% 38.1% 23.6% 1.0% 0.2%
Share of eligible voters 28.2% 28.9% 17.9% 0.8% 0.2%
Gain in share of votes +3.7% -8.6% +5.8% +0.3% -0.1%
Gain in share of eligible voters +3.6% -5.5% +4.8% +0.3% -0.0%
Total votes: 21,735,008
Electorate: 28,651,391
Turnout: 75.9%
Swing: 7.2% Liberal from Conservative