1922 General Election

15 November 1922 · Labour's Rise · 615 seats, 308 for a majority

The Conservatives, having ditched Lloyd George at the Carlton Club, won alone under Bonar Law. Labour became the official opposition for the first time, overtaking the divided Liberals for good.

Prime Minister before

Bonar Law

Conservative

Prime Minister (continued)

Bonar Law

Conservative

Government formed

Conservative

majority of 74

Turnout

73.0%

The result

Conservative
Bonar Law · 38.5%
344
seats
Labour
J. R. Clynes · 29.7%
142
seats
Liberal
H. H. Asquith · 18.9%
62
seats
National Liberal
David Lloyd George · 9.9%
53
seats

14 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.

Turnout by nation

England

72.8%

Wales

79.4%

Scotland

70.4%

N. Ireland

77.2%

United Kingdom

73.0%

The result by constituency

All 595 constituencies on the 1918-1935 boundaries, from the House of Commons Library dataset. Search, filter by country or region, and click any column heading to sort. 49 seats were returned unopposed, with no poll held.

Highest turnout

91.4%

Lancashire Darwen, North West

Lowest turnout

37.4%

Orkney & Shetland, Scotland

Biggest single-party share

77.3%

Conservative, Surrey Eastern

Tightest main-family margin

0.0 pts

Derbyshire North Eastern, East Midlands

London
Conservative 45.2% · most votes in 67Liberal / Lib Dem 17.0% · most votes in 2Labour 25.8% · most votes in 16Other 12.1% · most votes in 12
97
seats · turnout 62.3%
North West
Conservative 42.0% · most votes in 50Liberal / Lib Dem 17.2% · most votes in 3Labour 32.1% · most votes in 22Other 8.7% · most votes in 6
81
seats · turnout 79.4%
Scotland
Conservative 25.6% · most votes in 13Liberal / Lib Dem 21.5% · most votes in 15Labour 32.8% · most votes in 28Other 20.1% · most votes in 14
70
seats · turnout 70.4%
Yorkshire and the Humber
Conservative 29.8% · most votes in 24Liberal / Lib Dem 23.3% · most votes in 9Labour 35.8% · most votes in 21Other 11.1% · most votes in 2
56
seats · turnout 77.2%
South East
Conservative 54.7% · most votes in 47Liberal / Lib Dem 20.3% · most votes in 2Labour 18.6%Other 6.5% · most votes in 1
50
seats · turnout 68.8%
West Midlands
Conservative 43.3% · most votes in 33Liberal / Lib Dem 14.9% · most votes in 3Labour 31.9% · most votes in 9Other 9.9% · most votes in 2
47
seats · turnout 74.1%
South West
Conservative 43.2% · most votes in 29Liberal / Lib Dem 27.9% · most votes in 7Labour 19.0% · most votes in 1Other 9.9% · most votes in 6
43
seats · turnout 77.2%
East Midlands
Conservative 35.3% · most votes in 17Liberal / Lib Dem 21.7% · most votes in 8Labour 31.3% · most votes in 8Other 11.7% · most votes in 4
37
seats · turnout 76.7%
Wales
Conservative 21.4% · most votes in 6Liberal / Lib Dem 8.4% · most votes in 2Labour 40.7% · most votes in 18Other 29.5% · most votes in 9
35
seats · turnout 79.4%
East of England
Conservative 47.6% · most votes in 26Liberal / Lib Dem 17.5% · most votes in 4Labour 26.0% · most votes in 1Other 8.9% · most votes in 2
33
seats · turnout 70.2%
North East
Conservative 28.7% · most votes in 8Liberal / Lib Dem 22.0% · most votes in 3Labour 38.5% · most votes in 17Other 10.9% · most votes in 2
30
seats · turnout 78.7%
Northern Ireland
Conservative 55.7% · most votes in 8Other 44.3% · most votes in 1
9
seats · turnout 77.1%
Show all 13 regions
University
Conservative 54.8% · most votes in 4Liberal / Lib Dem 15.7% · most votes in 1Labour 8.1%Other 21.5% · most votes in 2
7
seats · turnout 65.9%
595 of 595 constituencies
Aberdeen North
Labour
55.7%
Aberdeen South
Conservative
58.0%
Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire Central
Liberal / Lib Dem
60.1%
Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire Eastern
Liberal / Lib Dem
60.5%
Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire Kincardine & Western
Liberal / Lib Dem
62.3%
Accrington
Labour
44.2%
Anglesey
Other
100.0%
Antrim
Conservative
—
Argyll
Other
58.8%
Armagh
Conservative · unopposed
—
Ashton Under Lyne
Conservative
57.6%
Ayr District Of Burghs
Conservative
44.5%

The dataset groups candidates into five party families: Conservative (including Ulster Unionists before February 1974), the Liberal family (Liberal, SDP–Liberal Alliance, Liberal Democrats), Labour, SNP and Plaid Cymru, and all others combined. “Most votes” marks the family with the largest vote in each constituency, not necessarily the seat's winner: the Other column aggregates many parties, and some constituencies elected two or three members in this period.