522National Government seats
60.7%Largest party’s vote share
76.4%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day27 October 1931
01Largest party by seatsNational Government
02Seats won522
03Vote share60.7%
04Turnout76.4%
Government outcome
National government · majority 492.
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
Conservative / National Government522
Labour52
Liberal36
Other parties5
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”.