United Kingdom 1918 general election
What was the result of the 1918 general election in the United Kingdom?
Conservative Party won 332 of 707 seats with 32.5% of the vote.
United Kingdom- Held:
- Final result
- ParlGov, read 5 October 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 332 of 707 seats with 32.5% of the vote.
- Conservative Party 332 32.5%
- Labour Party 57 20.8%
- Coalition Liberal 127 12.6%
- Liberal Party 36 13.0%
- Conservative Party 50 5.9%
- Sinn Féin 73 4.6%
- Nationalist Party 7 2.2%
- National Democratic and Labour Party 9 1.4%
- National Party 2 0.9%
- Coalition Labour 4 0.5%
- Seats won
- Share of the vote
354 for a majority
- Conservative Party332
- Coalition Liberal127
- Sinn Féin73
- Labour Party57
- Conservative Party50
- Liberal Party36
- National Democratic and Labour Party9
- Other parties (seats only)8
- Nationalist Party7
- Coalition Labour4
- National Party2
- Independents1
- Unnamed party with one seat1
Key numbers
32.5%
Share of the vote won by Conservative Party
Conservative Party won 332 of 707 seats. A majority needs 354.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 332 | 32.5 | 3,472,738 |
| Labour Party | 57 | 20.8 | 2,245,777 |
| Coalition Liberal | 127 | 12.6 | 1,396,590 |
| Liberal Party | 36 | 13.0 | 1,388,784 |
| Conservative Party | 50 | 5.9 | 671,454 |
| Sinn Féin | 73 | 4.6 | 497,107 |
| Nationalist Party | 7 | 2.2 | 238,197 |
| National Democratic and Labour Party | 9 | 1.4 | 156,834 |
| National Party | 2 | 0.9 | 94,389 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 1 | 0.3 | 57,785 |
| Coalition Labour | 4 | 0.5 | 53,962 |
| Independents | 1 | 0.1 | 9,274 |
| Other parties (seats only) | 8 |
Votes by party
- Conservative Party 3,472,738
- Labour Party 2,245,777
- Coalition Liberal 1,396,590
- Liberal Party 1,388,784
- Conservative Party 671,454
- Sinn Féin 497,107
- Nationalist Party 238,197
- National Democratic and Labour Party 156,834
- National Party 94,389
- Unnamed party with one seat 57,785
- Coalition Labour 53,962
- Independents 9,274
- Other parties (seats only)
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
How many people voted?
10,786,818 votes were valid.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Conservative Party32.5% of votes47.0% of seats
- Coalition Liberal12.6% of votes18.0% of seats
- Sinn Féin4.6% of votes10.3% of seats
- Labour Party20.8% of votes8.1% of seats
- Conservative Party5.9% of votes7.1% of seats
- Liberal Party13.0% of votes5.1% of seats
- National Democratic and Labour Party1.4% of votes1.3% of seats
- Nationalist Party2.2% of votes1.0% of seats
- Coalition Labour0.5% of votes0.6% of seats
- National Party0.9% of votes0.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.3 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 11.7 points of the vote.
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