1931 United Kingdom general election

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The 1931 United Kingdom general election was a landslide contest held during the Great Depression that returned a National Government led by Ramsay MacDonald with an overwhelming Conservative majority.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
causeOfDissolution financial crisis and budget dispute ⓘ
characterizedAs landslide election ⓘ
coalitionPartners Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal National Party ⓘ
National Labour Organisation ⓘ
context collapse of the second Labour government ⓘ
economic crisis ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 27 October 1931 ⓘ
electedBody 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
electorate adult population meeting property and age qualifications in 1931 UK law ⓘ
followedBy 1935 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
follows 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentFormed National Government ⓘ
heldDuring Great Depression ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the largest landslide victories in UK electoral history ⓘ
ledBy Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
legislature House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
mainIssue handling of the Great Depression ⓘ
public spending cuts ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
mainLeader1 Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
mainLeader2 Arthur Henderson ⓘ
mainLeader3 Herbert Samuel ⓘ
mainOppositionParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
mainParty1 National Government ⓘ
mainParty2 Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
mainParty3 Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
majoritySeats 308 ⓘ
monarch George V ⓘ
notableOutcome Liberal Party split over support for the National Government ⓘ
overwhelming Conservative majority within the National Government ⓘ
severe defeat for the Labour Party ⓘ
partOf elections in the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
region Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
result victory for the National Government ⓘ
seatsForElection 615 ⓘ
turnout 76.4% ⓘ
turnoutChange -3.3 percentage points ⓘ
typeOfMajority Conservative-dominated National Government majority ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
year 1931 ⓘ

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1935 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
35th United Kingdom Parliament → dissolutionCause → 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
United Kingdom general election, 1929 → nextElection → United Kingdom general election, 1931 ⓘ
linked to: 1931 United Kingdom general election
National Government (United Kingdom) → significantEvent → 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Flapper election → followedBy → 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
35th Parliament of the United Kingdom → reasonForDissolution → 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ