287Labour seats
37.1%Largest party’s vote share
76.3%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day30 May 1929
01Largest party by seatsLabour
02Seats won287
03Vote share37.1%
04Turnout76.3%
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
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative260
Labour287
Liberal59
Other parties9
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”.