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United Kingdom 1931 general election

What was the result of the 1931 general election in the United Kingdom?

Conservative Party won 470 of 615 seats with 55.0% of the vote.

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  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 470 of 615 seats with 55.0% of the vote.

  • Conservative Party 470 55.0%
  • Labour Party 52 30.7%
  • Liberal Party 32 6.3%
  • National Liberal Party 35 3.7%
  • National Labour Organisation 13 1.6%
  • Nationalist Party 2 0.6%
  • Independent Liberal 4 0.5%
  • Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0.3%
  • National 4 0.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
308 of 615 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 55.0%

    Share of the vote won by Conservative Party

    Conservative Party won 470 of 615 seats. A majority needs 308.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Conservative Party47055.011,905,925
Labour Party5230.76,649,630
Liberal Party326.31,372,595
National Liberal Party353.7809,302
National Labour Organisation131.6341,370
Nationalist Party20.6123,053
Independent Liberal40.5103,528
Communist Party of Great Britain00.374,824
National40.110,093
Other parties (seats only)30.5
Votes by party
  • Conservative Party 11,905,925
  • Labour Party 6,649,630
  • Liberal Party 1,372,595
  • National Liberal Party 809,302
  • National Labour Organisation 341,370
  • Nationalist Party 123,053
  • Independent Liberal 103,528
  • Communist Party of Great Britain 74,824
  • National 10,093
  • 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?

21,656,373 votes were valid.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Conservative Party55.0% of votes76.4% of seats
  • Labour Party30.7% of votes8.5% of seats
  • National Liberal Party3.7% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party6.3% of votes5.2% of seats
  • National Labour Organisation1.6% of votes2.1% of seats
  • Independent Liberal0.5% of votes0.7% of seats
  • National0.1% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Nationalist Party0.6% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 21.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 1.7 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 24.3 points of the vote.

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