1935 General Election - History Learning Site

The 1935 election led to the second national government following on from 1931 national government.

England

C* 8,997,348 votes (49.4%) 329 MP’s elected

Nat* 13,250 votes (0.1%) 0 MP elected

NL* 673,597 votes (3.4%) 22 MP’s elected

N Lab* 303,742 votes (1.6%) 6 MP’s elected

L 1,108,971 votes (6.3%) 11 MP’s elected

Lab 7,054,050 votes (38.5%) 116 MP’s elected

ILP 18,681 votes (0.1%) 0 MP elected

Others 103,396 vote (0.6%) 1 MP elected

Wales

C* 204,099 votes (23.4%) 6 MP’s elected

Nat* 35,318 votes (4.1%) 1 MP elected

NL* 36,156 votes (4.2%) 3 MP’s elected

N Lab* 16,954 votes (1.9%) 1 MP’s elected

L 157,091 votes (18.0%) 6 MP’s elected

Lab 395,830 votes (45.4%) 18 MP’s elected

Comm 13,655 votes (1.6%) 0 MP elected

ILP 9,640 votes (1.1%) 0 MP’s elected

PC 2,534 votes (0.3%) 0 MP elected

Scotland

C* 962,595 votes (42.0%) 35 MP’s elected

Nat* 4,621 votes (0.2%) 0 MP elected

NL* 149,072 votes (6.7%) 7 MP’s elected

N Lab* 19,115 votes (0.9%) 1 MP elected

L 174,235 votes (6.7%) 3 MP’s elected

Lab 863,789 votes (36.8%) 20 MP’s elected

Comm 13,462 votes (0.6%) 1 MP elected

ILP 111,256 vote (5.0%) 4 MP’s elected

SNP 25,652 votes (1.1%) 0 MP elected

N Ireland

C* 292,840 votes (64.9%) 10 MP’s elected

N 101,494 votes (18.3%) 2 MP’s elected

Rep 56,833 votes (16.8%) 0 ’s elected

Universities

C* 39,418 votes (50.7%) 7 MP’s elected

NL* 7,529 votes (9.6%) 1 MP elected

L 2,796 votes (3.6%) 1 MP elected

Lab 11,822 vote (15.2%) 0 MP elected

SNP 3,865 votes (5.0%) 0 MP elected

Others 12,348 vote (15.9%) 3 MP’s elected

Total UK

C* 10,496,300 votes (47.8%) 387 MP’s elected

Nat* 53,189 votes (0.3%) 1 MP elected

NL* 866,354 vote (3.7%) 33 MP’s elected

N Lab* 339,811 votes (1.5%) 8 MP’s elected

Total* 11,755,654 votes (53.3%) 429 MP’s elected

L 1,443,093 votes (6.7%) 21 MP’s elected

Lab 8,325,491 votes (38.0%) 154 MP’s elected

Comm 27,117 votes (0.1%) 1 MP elected

ILP 139,577 votes (0.7%) 4 MP’s elected

N 101,494 votes (0.3%) 2 MP’s elected

PC 2,534 votes (0.0%) 0 MP elected

Rep 56,833 vote (0.2%) 0 MP elected

SNP 29,517 votes (0.1%) 0 MP elected

Others 115,744 votes (0.6%) 4 MP’s elected

* = Members of the National Government

C = Conservatives

L = Liberals

Lab = Labour

NL = National Liberals

N Lab = National Labour

PC = Plaid Cymru

SNP = Scottish National Party

Comm = Communist Party

ILP = Independent Labour Party

Nat = National Party

Rep = Republican Party

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