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United Kingdom general election, 1935
	; ;
	; ← outgoing members; ; ; elected members →;
; All 615 seats in the House of Commons; 308 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.1%, 5.3%
	; ; Colours denote the winning party—as shown in § Results; ;
; Prime Minister before election; Stanley Baldwin; National; ;	; Appointed Prime Minister ; Stanley Baldwin; National; ;

The 1935 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 14 November 1935 and resulted in a large, albeit reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party. The greatest number of members, as before, were Conservatives, while the National Liberal vote held steady. The National Labour vote also held steady, but the resurgence in the main Labour vote caused over a third of their MPs, including party leader Ramsay MacDonald, to lose their seats.

Labour, under what was then regarded internally as the caretaker leadership of Clement Attlee following the resignation of George Lansbury slightly over a month before the election, made large gains over their very poor showing at the 1931 general election, and registered their highest-ever share of the vote up until this point. The party made a net gain of more than one-hundred seats, thus reversing much of the ground that it had lost in 1931. The Liberals continued their slow political collapse and lost further ground, with their leader, Sir Herbert Samuel, losing his own seat.

The Independent Labour Party stood entirely separately from Labour for the first time since 1895, having stood candidates unendorsed by Labour at the 1931 general election and having disaffiliated fully from Labour in 1932. The Scottish National Party contested their first general election, and the Communist Party gained the West Fife seat, their first in ten years.

The major election issues were the continuing unemployment problems and the role of the League of Nations, particularly as regarding the Empire of Japan.

No general elections were held during the Second World War until Allied victory was assured; hence the 1935 House sat until 1945. As a result, this Parliament would see two leadership changes. Neville Chamberlain took over from Baldwin as Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party in 1937. Chamberlain in turn resigned in 1940, when the office of Prime Minister passed to Winston Churchill, who linked the three main parties in the House of Commons in an all-party unity government for the duration of the war.

Results

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387	154	33	21	20
Conservative	Labour	LN	Lib	O

UK General Election 1935
			Candidates						Votes
Party		Leader	Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
National Government
	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin	515	387	5	88	−83	62.9	47.8	10,025,083	−7.2
	Liberal National	John Simon	44	33	5	7	−2	5.4	3.7	784,608	0.0
	National Labour	Ramsay MacDonald	20	8	1	6	−5	1.3	1.5	321,028	0.0
	National	N/A	4	1	1	4	−3	0.2	0.3	53,189	−0.2
	National Government (total)	Stanley Baldwin	583	429	12	139	−125	69.8	51.8	11,183,908	−15.4
Opposition
	Labour	Clement Attlee	552	154	105	3	+102	25.0	38.0	7,984,988	+7.4
	Liberal	Herbert Samuel	161	21	3	18	−11	3.4	6.7	1,414,010	−0.3
	Ind. Labour Party	James Maxton	17	4	4	0	+4	0.7	0.7	136,208	N/A
	Nationalist	Thomas J. Campbell	2	2	0	0	0	0.3	0.2	50,747	−0.1
	Independent Republican	N/A	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	46,715	N/A
	Independent National	N/A	2	2	0	0	0	0.3	0.2	33,527	N/A
	SNP	Alexander MacEwan	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	29,517	0.0
	Ind. Conservative	N/A	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	29,475	N/A
	Communist	Harry Pollitt	2	1	1	0	0	0.2	0.1	27,177	−0.2
	Independent	N/A	5	2	1	0	0	0.3	0.1		+0.1
	Independent Labour	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	14,867	0.0
	Liverpool Protestant	Harry Longbottom	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	6,677	0.0
	Independent Progressive	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	6,421	N/A
	Social Credit	John Hargrave	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	10,376	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Saunders Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2,534	0.0
	Independent Liberal	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2,525	0.0
	Agriculturalist	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,771	N/A
	Christian Socialist	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,480	N/A

Votes summary

Popular vote

National Government			53.3%
Conservative			47.8%
Labour			38%
Liberal			6.7%
Liberal National			3.7%
National Labour			1.5%
Independent Labour			0.7%
Others			1.3%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

National Government			69.9%
Conservative			62.8%
Labour			25%
Liberal National			5.4%
Liberal			3.4%
National Labour			1.3%
Independent Labour			0.7%
Others			1%

Transfers of seats

All comparisons are with the 1931 election.
- In some cases the change is due to the MP defecting to the gaining party. Such circumstances are marked with a *.
- In other circumstances the change is due to the seat having been won by the gaining party in a by-election in the intervening years, and then retained in 1935. Such circumstances are marked with a †.

From			No.	Seats
	Communist	Conservative	1	Fife West
	Independent Labour	Conservative	1	Camlachie
	Labour	Liberal	11	Edinburgh East, South Shields, Durham, Bethnal Green North-East†, Lambeth North†, Whitechapel and St Georges, Middlesbrough East, Dewsbury, Colne Valley, Wrexham, Carmarthen
		National Labour	6	Ilkeston, Seaham, Forest of Dean, Finsbury, Tottenham South, Bassetlaw
		Liberal National	7	Western Isles, Dunfermline Burghs, Bishop Auckland, Consett, Shoreditch, Barnsley, Burnley
		National Independent	2	Southwark Central, Burslem¹
		Conservative	79	Aberdeen North, Stirling and Falkirk, Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, Stirlingshire West, Kirkcaldy Burghs, Maryhill, Motherwell, Bothwell, Coatbridge, Springburn, Tradeston, Ayrshire South, Linlithgow, Whitehaven, Derbyshire North East, Chesterfield, Blaydon, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield, East Ham S, Leyton West, Romford, Upton†, Bristol South, Hull Central, Hull East, Ashton-under-Lyne, Farnworth, Ardwick, Clayton, Gorton, Platting, Rochdale, Everton, West Toxteth, Newton, St Helens, Brigg, Battersea North, Camberwell North, Deptford, Hackney Central , Hackney South, Hammersmith North†, Islington South, Islington West, Rotherhithe, Southwark South East, Mile End, Willesden West, Edmonton, Tottenham North, Morpeth, Nottingham West, Cannock, Hanley, Kingswinford, Leek, Stoke, Wednesbury†, West Bromwich, Nuneaton, Shipley, Wakefield†, Sheffield Park, Rotherham†, Bradford Central, Keighley, Pontefract, Hillsborough, Attercliffe, Brightside, Penistone, Leeds South, Doncaster, Batley and Morley, Nelson and Colne
Labour gains:			105
	Liberal	Conservative	3	Cumberland North, Barnstaple, Berwick-upon-Tweed
	National Labour	Liberal	1	Leicester West
	Liberal National	Liberal	1	Walsall*
	Liberal National	Conservative	2	Sunderland (one of two), Oldham (one of two)
National Liberal gains:			3
	National Independent	Conservative	1	Brecon and Radnor
	Conservative	Liberal	4	Orkney and Shetland, Banff, Bodmin, Darwen
	Conservative	Liberal National	1	Flintshire²
Conservative gains:			5

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¹ Sitting MP had defected to National Liberals

² Sitting MP had defected to Liberals

Constituency results

These are available on the Political Science Resources Elections Database, a link to which is given below.

Notes

^ All parties shown. Conservatives include the Ulster and Scottish Unionists.

References

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Manifestos

1935 Conservative manifesto

1935 Labour manifesto

1935 Liberal manifesto

[2] All parties shown. Conservatives include the Ulster and Scottish Unionists.

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Ykhjuy

1935 United Kingdom general election

Contents

Results

Votes summary

Seats summary

Transfers of seats

Constituency results

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

Manifestos

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