On Thursday 14 November 1935, the 1935 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 492 constituencies being in England. 485 seats represented territorial constituencies contested under the first past the post electoral system, and seven additional seats represented the university constituencies. Three university constituencies returned two members through the single transferable vote electoral system and one returned one member by the first past the post system.
When combined with results from across the United Kingdom, the election resulted in a second landslide victory for the three-party National Government, which was led by Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party after the resignation of Ramsay MacDonald due to ill health earlier in the year. It is the most recent general election in United Kingdom to have seen any party or alliance of parties win a majority of the popular vote.
This was the last election during the reign of King George V, who died in 1936. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the next general election was not held until 1945.
Candidates
Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1935 general election in England, excluding those in the university constituencies.
Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 452Conservative Party 423Liberal Party 132Liberal National Party 31National Labour Organisation 18Independent Labour Party 5Independent Conservative 2Independent 2National Dividend 2National Independent 1Independent Labour 1National 1Liverpool Protestant Party 1Independent Progressive 1People's Peace 1Social Credit Party 1Independent Liberal 1Agricultural Defence League 1Christian Socialist 1Radical Reform 1Total 1,078
Seat summary
Below is a table summarising the total number of seats, gains and losses for each party in both the territorial county and borough constituencies and the English university constituencies.
+PartySeats Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) National Government (Total) 361 7 87 80 72.9 333 3 73 70 67.3 Liberal National 22 3 4 1 4.4 6 1 6 5 1.2 0 0 4 4 — Labour 116 87 0 87 23.4 Liberal 11 3 11 8 2.2 National Independent 2 0 0 0.4 Independent 2 1 0 1 0.4 Total 492
County and borough constituency results
Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1935 general election in England, excluding the result in the university constituencies.
The seat and vote share change for the National Government coalition reflects on the parties that remained part of it in the election, and does not include the Liberal Party's change in seats and vote share or the outcome of the party leaving the National Government in 1932 and going into complete opposition in 1933.
+PartySeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference National Government (Total) 357 7 86 79 73.6 9,987,937 54.5 8.8 329 3 72 69 67.8 8,997,348 49.4 8.4 Liberal National 22 3 4 1 4.5 673,597 3.4 6 1 6 5 1.2 303,742 1.6 0.1 National 0 0 4 4 0.2 13,250 0.1 0.5 Labour 116 87 0 87 23.9 7,054,050 38.5 8.3 Liberal 11 3 11 8 2.3 1,108,971 6.3 0.5 Ind. Conservative 0 colspan="3" — 27,721 0.2 National Independent 1 0 0 0.2 24,569 0.1 Ind. Labour Party 0 colspan="3" — 18,681 0.1 Independent Labour 0 0 0 — 14,867 0.1 National Dividend 0 colspan="3" — 6,734 0.0 Liverpool Protestant 0 0 0 — 6,677 0.0 Independent Progressive 0 colspan="3" — 6,421 0.0 People's Peace 0 colspan="3" — 3,763 0.0 Social Credit 0 colspan="3" — 3,642 0.0 Independent 0 0 0 — 2,775 0.0 Independent Liberal 0 0 0 — 2,525 0.0 Agricultural Defence 0 colspan="3" — 1,771 0.0 Christian Socialist 0 colspan="3" — 1,480 0.0 Radical Reform 0 colspan="3" — 451 0.0 Total 485 0 100.0 18,273,035 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 25,618,571 70.7 5.4
Popular vote
Parliament seats
University constituency results
University results summary
Below is a table summarising the seats and vote share of the English university constituencies in the 1935 general election.
+PartySeatsFirst preference votes Total Gains Losses Net Total Of all (%) National Government (Total) 4 0 1 1 23,687 51.4 4 0 1 1 23,687 51.4 Liberal National 0 colspan="3" 0 0.0 0 colspan="3" 0 0.0 0 colspan="3" 0 0.0 Independent 2 1 0 1 3,390 7.4 National Independent 1 0 0 8,958 19.4 Labour Party 0 colspan="3" 10,054 21.8 Total 7 46,089
Cambridge University See also: Cambridge University (constituency)
The constituency for Cambridge University returned two Members of Parliament using the single transferable vote electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university.
Combined English Universities See also: Combined English Universities
The Combined English Universities constituency, which represented effectively all red brick universities and Durham University, returned two Members of Parliament using the single transferable vote electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university.
London University See also: London University (constituency)
The constituency for London University returned one Member of Parliament using the First-past-the-post electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university.
Oxford University See also: Oxford University (constituency)
The constituency for Oxford University returned two Members of Parliament using the single transferable vote electoral system. The electorate consisted of graduates of the university.
See also 1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1935 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1935 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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