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1918 general election

University seats: 1918 general election results

How University seats voted at the 1918 general election: the Conservatives won 2 of 15 seats with 54.6% of the vote. Every constituency result.

University seats: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Conservative2new21,92154.6%—7
Sinn Féin1new1,7624.4%—2
Coalition Liberal1new1,6984.2%—2
Labour0new5,23913.1%—6
Coalition Labour0new3,4998.7%—1
Independent0new2,1545.4%—2
Others0new8852.2%—1
Irish Parliamentary Party0new8132.0%—1
Independent Unionist0new7932.0%—1
Liberal0new7421.9%—1
Independent Conservative0new3660.9%—1
Independent Nationalist0new2570.6%—1

Change compared with the previous general election in University seats.

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
Cambridge University2-member seat: not split by party in the source——62.4%
Combined English Universities2-member seat: not split by party in the source——84.6%
Combined Scottish Universities3-member seat: not split by party in the source——47.0%
Dublin University2-member seat: not split by party in the source——65.1%
London UniversityCon6699.969.0%
National University of IrelandSF83133.864.3%
Oxford University2-member seat: not split by party in the source——70.4%
Queen'S University of BelfastCon1,36985.378.7%
University of WalesCo Lib56361.585.8%

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Questions and answers

Who won in University seats at the 1918 general election?

The Conservatives won 2 of the 15 seats in University seats, with 54.6% of the vote.

How many seats were there in University seats in 1918?

15 constituencies.

Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data