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UK general election 1923 results

UK general election held on 6 December 1923: Conservative was the largest party by seats with 258. Turnout was 71.1%.

258Conservative seats
38.0%Largest party’s vote share
71.1%Turnout

Election result

DATEPolling day6 December 1923
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won258
03Vote share38.0%
04Turnout71.1%

Government outcome

Hung Parliament · Labour minority government.

About this result

UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. The party with the largest UK-wide vote share is not necessarily the party with the most seats, so the seat result and vote share should be read separately.

Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.

Detailed results and source data

House of Commons Library: 1923 election data ↗

Seats won by party

PartySeats
Conservative258
Labour191
Liberal158
Other parties8

House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.

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