1935 United Kingdom general election

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United Kingdom general election parliamentary election

The 1935 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote that returned Stanley Baldwin’s National Government to power in the final pre–World War II election.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
category 1935 elections in the United Kingdom ⓘ
General elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
November 1935 events ⓘ
context final United Kingdom general election before World War II ⓘ
held during the Great Depression ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 14 November 1935 ⓘ
electionResult Labour Party made significant gains and became main opposition ⓘ
Liberal Party representation further reduced ⓘ
National Government majority reduced but retained large overall majority ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
endDate 14 November 1935 ⓘ
governmentAfterElection National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
governmentBeforeElection National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
leadingPartyAfterElection Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
leadingPartyBeforeElection Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
mainLeader1 Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
mainLeader1Party Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
mainLeader2 Clement Attlee ⓘ
mainLeader2Party Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
mainLeader3 Herbert Samuel ⓘ
mainLeader3Party Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
majoritySeats 308 ⓘ
monarchAtTime George V ⓘ
nextElection 1945 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentElected 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
previousElection 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
significance confirmed continued support for the National Government coalition ⓘ
marked recovery of the Labour Party after 1931 defeat ⓘ
startDate 14 November 1935 ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 615 ⓘ
typeOfVote popular vote for Members of Parliament ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangePercentagePoints +5.3 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 71.1 ⓘ

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38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → 1935 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1945 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 1935 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Third Baldwin government → formedAfter → 1935 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1935 United Kingdom general election ⓘ