United Kingdom general election, 1929

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The United Kingdom general election of 1929 was a national parliamentary election that resulted in a hung parliament and led to the formation of Ramsay MacDonald's second Labour government.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election
parliamentary election
campaignTheme Liberal "We Can Conquer Unemployment" programme
ConservativeLeader Stanley Baldwin
ConservativePopularVote 8,656,944
ConservativePopularVoteShare 38.1%
ConservativeSeatChange -152
ConservativeSeatsWon 260
country United Kingdom
electoralType parliamentary
electorateExpansion included women voters aged 21 to 29 on same terms as men
endDate 1929-05-30
forOffice Members of the House of Commons
franchiseChange Representation of the People Act 1928
surface form: Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928
governmentFormed minority Labour government
historicalContext held months before the onset of the Great Depression
historicalSignificance first time Labour became the largest party in the House of Commons
LabourLeader Ramsay MacDonald
LabourPopularVote 8,389,512
LabourPopularVoteShare 37.1%
LabourSeatChange +136
LabourSeatsWon 287
largestPartyBySeats Labour Party (UK)
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
LiberalLeader David Lloyd George
LiberalPopularVote 5,308,950
LiberalPopularVoteShare 23.4%
LiberalSeatChange +19
LiberalSeatsWon 59
mainIssue unemployment
majoritySeats 308
monarch George V
nextElection 1931 United Kingdom general election
surface form: United Kingdom general election, 1931
nickname Flapper election
outcome formation of Ramsay MacDonald's second Labour government
parliamentNumber 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom
previousElection United Kingdom general election, October 1924
surface form: United Kingdom general election, 1924
primeMinisterAfterElection Ramsay MacDonald
primeMinisterAfterParty Labour Party (UK)
primeMinisterBeforeElection Stanley Baldwin
primeMinisterBeforeParty Conservative Party (UK)
reasonForNickname first UK general election after extension of the franchise to women aged 21–29
result hung parliament
secondLargestPartyBySeats Conservative Party (UK)
startDate 1929-05-30
supportForGovernment informal support from the Liberal Party (UK)
thirdLargestPartyBySeats Liberal Party (UK)
totalSeats 615
turnoutChange +3.3 percentage points from 1924 election
voterTurnout 76.3%

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Second Baldwin government endedAfter United Kingdom general election, 1929
33rd Parliament of the United Kingdom dissolutionCause United Kingdom general election, 1929
this entity surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election
United Kingdom general election, October 1924 nextElection United Kingdom general election, 1929
35th United Kingdom Parliament election United Kingdom general election, 1929
this entity surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election
Representation of the People Act 1928 inForceAtTimeOf United Kingdom general election, 1929
this entity surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election
Ruth Dalton wasElectedIn United Kingdom general election, 1929
this entity surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election
Second Labour Government (1929–1931) formedAfterElection United Kingdom general election, 1929
this entity surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection United Kingdom general election, 1929
this entity surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election