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 (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 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, 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 → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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United Kingdom general election, October 1924 → nextElection → United Kingdom general election, 1929 ⓘ
35th United Kingdom Parliament → election → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Representation of the People Act 1928 → inForceAtTimeOf → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Ruth Dalton → wasElectedIn → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Second Labour Government (1929–1931) → formedAfterElection → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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1931 United Kingdom general election → follows → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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1931 United Kingdom general election → precededBy → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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34th Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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37th Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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35th Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Margery Corbett Ashby → candidateIn → 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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