London: 1918 general election results

How London voted at the 1918 general election: the Conservatives won 73 of 98 seats with 52.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.

50 for a majority

Con73
Co Lib15
Lab3
Lib3
Co Lab2
Ind1
Oth1

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	73	new	719,878	52.8%	—	82
Coalition Liberal	15	new	112,490	8.3%	—	18
Labour	3	new	217,548	16.0%	—	53
Liberal	3	new	162,232	11.9%	—	50
Coalition Labour	2	new	15,302	1.1%	—	2
Independent	1	new	58,004	4.3%	—	23
Others	1	new	25,145	1.9%	—	10
National	0	new	34,204	2.5%	—	12
Independent Conservative	0	new	9,299	0.7%	—	4
Independent Labour	0	new	8,752	0.6%	—	5

Change compared with the previous general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Battersea North	Co Lib	5,597	33.2	43.7%
Battersea South	Con	12,287	53.5	53.4%
Bermondsey Rotherhithe	Con	1,750	15.5	45.1%
Bermondsey West Bermondsey	Lib	1,262	12.0	45.5%
Bethnal Green North East	Co Lib	2,136	27.1	31.2%
Bethnal Green South West	Con	2,299	28.3	41.6%
Bromley	Con	12,501	59.0	52.0%
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	8,820	57.8	50.2%
Camberwell North	Con	3,833	37.0	39.2%
Camberwell North West	Co Lib	3,039	27.8	36.5%
Camberwell Peckham	Co Lib	4,214	26.6	43.0%
Chelsea	Con	6,740	58.2	46.6%
City of London	Con	unopposed	—	—
Croydon North	Con	9,426	39.9	54.1%
Croydon South	Con	10,807	43.5	55.0%
Deptford	Lab	4,362	16.9	50.2%
Ealing	Con	10,100	58.3	60.4%
East Ham North	Co Lib	2,688	16.6	47.3%
East Ham South	Co Lab	2,311	12.4	57.5%
Edmonton	Con	3,316	23.8	48.2%
Essex Romford	Co Lib	5,256	29.3	48.4%
Finsbury	Con	3,801	27.6	39.5%
Fulham East	Con	7,359	49.8	40.8%
Fulham West	Con	7,747	41.3	46.9%
Greenwich	Con	8,105	38.5	48.1%
Hackney Central	Co Lib	unopposed	—	—
Hackney North	Con	5,754	41.1	50.2%
Hackney South	Ind	8,315	59.5	55.4%
Hammersmith North	Con	3,243	26.1	46.7%
Hammersmith South	Con	6,037	46.1	46.8%
Hampstead	Con	9,747	51.5	58.1%
Holborn	Con	5,783	72.6	39.1%
Hornsey	Con	unopposed	—	—
Ilford	Con	11,249	47.4	58.3%
Islington East	Con	3,384	17.7	51.7%
Islington North	Con	10,183	49.2	49.6%
Islington South	Con	1,002	7.9	44.1%
Islington West	Con	2,380	21.6	42.1%
Kensington North	Con	9,523	56.6	44.2%
Kensington South	Con	5,387	33.7	51.8%
Kent Chislehurst	Con	5,807	53.7	40.4%
Kingston upon Thames	Con	11,094	60.2	51.7%
Lambeth Brixton	Con	6,261	38.8	42.8%
Lambeth Kennington	Co Lib	1,132	10.2	29.7%
Lambeth North	Lib	2,885	24.5	40.9%
Lambeth Norwood	Con	6,183	31.7	48.5%
Lewisham East	Con	unopposed	—	—
Lewisham West	Con	unopposed	—	—
Leyton East	Co Lib	200	1.7	45.3%
Leyton West	Con	5,668	34.9	49.9%
Middlesex Acton	Con	7,430	46.7	53.9%
Middlesex Brentford and Chiswick	Con	6,457	49.8	49.1%
Middlesex Enfield	Con	2,114	12.9	54.8%
Middlesex Finchley	Con	8,709	50.6	59.7%
Middlesex Harrow	Con	10,952	64.6	50.4%
Middlesex Hendon	Con	11,272	57.3	59.4%
Middlesex Twickenham	Con	11,192	66.5	48.2%
Middlesex Uxbridge	Con	3,563	21.5	55.9%
Middlesex Wood Green	Con	14,678	55.0	58.1%
Paddington North	Con	1,730	10.0	46.5%
Paddington South	Con	unopposed	—	—
Poplar Bow and Bromley	Con	861	5.3	48.9%
Poplar South Poplar	Co Lib	4,125	23.8	48.1%
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	4,749	26.9	53.8%
Shoreditch	Co Lib	6,118	35.9	37.3%
Southwark Central	Co Lib	4,934	44.1	40.4%
Southwark North	Co Lib	2,071	22.9	40.4%
Southwark South East	Co Lib	4,490	45.2	36.1%
St Marylebone	Con	unopposed	—	—
St Pancras North	Con	1,664	9.5	51.9%
St Pancras South East	Con	1,290	10.0	47.2%
St Pancras South West	Con	2,440	20.1	45.2%
Stepney Limehouse	Co Lib	3,390	34.6	33.4%
Stepney Mile End	Con	3,633	38.1	43.1%
Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lib	503	5.8	37.0%
Stoke Newington	Con	3,089	28.3	54.4%
Surrey Mitcham	Con	2,683	21.3	43.6%
Tottenham North	Con	4,598	24.0	55.7%
Tottenham South	Con	853	5.5	45.3%
Walthamstow East	Con	4,211	26.7	55.6%
Walthamstow West	Co Lab	3,163	22.3	47.0%
Wandsworth Balham and Tooting	Con	8,819	42.4	51.7%
Wandsworth Central	Con	4,389	31.0	50.8%
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	6,706	41.3	46.9%
Wandsworth Putney	Con	3,709	27.2	43.4%
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	9,040	57.5	58.6%
West Ham Plaistow	Lab	11,499	89.7	37.8%
West Ham Silvertown	Oth	2,712	20.1	42.3%
West Ham Stratford	Con	3,677	27.6	42.3%
West Ham Upton	Con	5,627	39.1	46.8%
Westminster Abbey	Con	unopposed	—	—
Westminster St George'S	Con	9,313	80.3	39.9%
Willesden East	Con	7,103	36.0	50.9%
Willesden West	Con	3,286	16.9	53.3%
Wimbledon	Con	10,573	63.2	46.1%
Woolwich East	Lab	unopposed	—	—
Woolwich West	Con	5,260	25.6	60.0%

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1918 general election?

The Conservatives won 73 of the 98 seats in London, with 52.8% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1918?

98 constituencies.

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