Constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election

33rd Parliament (1923)
34th Parliament (1924)
35th Parliament (1929)
36th Parliament (1931)
37th Parliament (1935)
Results of the election by constituency

This is a complete alphabetical list of constituency election results to the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1929 general election, held on 30 May 1929.

Notes

  • Change in % vote and swing is calculated between the winner and second place and their respective performances at the 1924 election. A plus denotes a swing to the winner and a minus against the winner.

England

Main article: England constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election

Wales

Main article: Wales constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election

Scotland

Main article: Scotland constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election

Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election

Universities

Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Unionist John James Withers 39.8 6,356  
Unionist Godfrey Wilson 31.7 5,069 6,046
Liberal Hubert Henderson 19.4 3,099 3,131
Labour Alexander Wood 9.1 1,463 1,480
Electorate: 23,978   Valid: 15,987   Quota: 5,330   Turnout: 66.7  
Combined English Universities (2 seats)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Unionist Martin Conway 26.8 2,679 4,321
Independent Eleanor Rathbone 33.3 3,331 3,394
Liberal Robert Seymour Conway 22.3 2,231 2,281
Unionist Amherst Selby-Bigge 17.6 1,762 eliminated
Electorate: 13,775   Valid: 10,003   Quota: 3,335   Turnout: 72.6  
Combined Scottish Universities (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Unionist John Buchan 39.7 9,959  
Unionist George Andreas Berry 22.9 5,755 9,262
Liberal Dugald Cowan 26.7 6,698
Labour James Kerr 10.7 2,691 2,867
Electorate: 43,192   Valid: 25,103  
London University
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ernest Graham-Little 5,869 53.5 +16.4
Liberal Walter Layton 2,923 26.6 +8.8
Unionist John William Gilbert 2,179 19.9 −12.7
Majority 2,946 26.8 +22.3
Turnout 10,971 70.5 −1.5
Independent hold Swing n/a
Oxford University (2 seats)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Unionist Hugh Cecil 52.4 6,012  
Unionist Charles Oman 19.0 2,174 4,112
Liberal Gilbert Murray 28.6 3,277 3,529
Electorate: 15,770   Valid: 11,463   Quota: 3,822   Turnout: 72.7%  
Queen's University of Belfast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Thomas Sinclair Unopposed n/a n/a
UUP hold Swing n/a
University of Wales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ernest Evans 1,712 63.5 +4.1
Labour D Richards 671 24.9 n/a
Unionist Courtenay Mansel 314 11.6 n/a
Majority 1,041 38.6 +20.0
Turnout 74.4
Liberal hold Swing n/a

Notes

References

  1. ^ The Times, 11 June 1929
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