London: 1922 general election results

How London voted at the 1922 general election: the Conservatives won 69 of 98 seats with 45.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

50 for a majority

Con69
Lab16
Nat Lib7
Lib3
Ind Con2
Ind1

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	69	−4	911,958	45.2%	−7.7	84
Labour	16	+13	520,424	25.8%	+9.8	67
National Liberal	7	new	145,335	7.2%	—	21
Liberal	3	0	342,566	17.0%	+5.1	59
Independent Conservative	2	+2	34,607	1.7%	+1.0	6
Independent	1	0	37,571	1.9%	−2.4	5
Others	0	−1	16,906	0.8%	−1.0	5
1 other parties and independents			9,693	0.5%

Change compared with the 1918 general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Battersea North	Lab	2,021	9.0	56.5%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Battersea South	Con	6,635	23.1	65.5%	Con hold
Bermondsey Rotherhithe	Con	46	0.3	63.4%	Con hold
Bermondsey West Bermondsey	Lab	2,325	13.7	64.6%	Lab gain from Lib
Bethnal Green North East	Lib	115	0.7	58.8%	Lib gain from Co Lib
Bethnal Green South West	Lib	1,118	8.8	59.9%	Lib gain from Con
Bromley	Con	7,675	25.0	66.3%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	7,313	35.2	64.0%	Con hold
Camberwell North	Lab	254	1.6	56.7%	Lab gain from Con
Camberwell North West	Nat Lib	3,157	18.8	53.6%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Camberwell Peckham	Con	4,479	17.7	66.1%	Con gain from Co Lib
Chelsea	Con	8,924	49.7	63.1%	Con hold
City of London	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Croydon North	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	6,414	19.8	66.4%	Con hold
Deptford	Lab	1,825	5.2	66.2%	Lab hold
Ealing	Con	8,379	39.2	65.8%	Con hold
East Ham North	Con	468	1.9	69.8%	Con gain from Co Lib
East Ham South	Lab	3,999	18.2	66.3%	Lab gain from Co Lab
Edmonton	Lab	1,709	9.2	62.8%	Lab gain from Con
Essex Romford	Nat Lib	4,103	17.1	59.2%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Finsbury	Con	2,998	14.3	54.3%	Con hold
Fulham East	Con	7,889	36.6	58.0%	Con hold
Fulham West	Con	6,665	28.9	58.4%	Con hold
Greenwich	Con	6,074	21.9	60.4%	Con hold
Hackney Central	Nat Lib	2,970	14.1	60.3%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Hackney North	Con	4,615	21.6	63.5%	Con hold
Hackney South	Con	4,741	20.4	70.0%	Con gain from Ind
Hammersmith North	Con	2,953	16.5	60.0%	Con hold
Hammersmith South	Con	4,480	25.9	56.4%	Con hold
Hampstead	Con	9,014	36.9	63.1%	Con hold
Holborn	Con	5,239	41.1	47.2%	Con hold
Hornsey	Con	2,223	6.4	77.2%	Con hold
Ilford	Con	6,446	20.3	70.5%	Con hold
Islington East	Con	3,847	14.8	59.4%	Con hold
Islington North	Con	5,527	19.2	61.1%	Con hold
Islington South	Con	525	2.4	64.2%	Con hold
Islington West	Con	692	3.7	57.5%	Con hold
Kensington North	Con	6,103	26.3	54.9%	Con hold
Kensington South	Con	10,796	52.1	58.1%	Con hold
Kent Chislehurst	Con	5,545	30.7	63.7%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	7,573	33.4	59.3%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Con	1,968	9.6	52.8%	Con hold
Lambeth Kennington	Con	2,411	11.3	58.4%	Con gain from Co Lib
Lambeth North	Lib	770	4.1	62.2%	Lib hold
Lambeth Norwood	Con	9,868	37.2	61.7%	Con hold
Lewisham East	Con	8,324	28.7	64.0%	Con hold
Lewisham West	Con	7,747	31.4	58.1%	Con hold
Leyton East	Con	1,566	7.7	72.2%	Con gain from Co Lib
Leyton West	Con	4,136	17.3	69.0%	Con hold
Middlesex Acton	Con	4,866	23.8	67.1%	Con hold
Middlesex Brentford and Chiswick	Con	2,346	13.1	64.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Enfield	Con	1,905	8.8	71.8%	Con hold
Middlesex Finchley	Con	1,443	6.5	72.4%	Con hold
Middlesex Harrow	Ind	7,422	32.1	65.1%	Ind gain from Con
Middlesex Hendon	Con	11,752	42.4	75.8%	Con hold
Middlesex Twickenham	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Middlesex Uxbridge	Con	5,099	21.7	73.0%	Con hold
Middlesex Wood Green	Con	12,526	40.0	66.5%	Con hold
Paddington North	Con	4,348	25.2	45.6%	Con hold
Paddington South	Con	4,935	34.1	50.5%	Con hold
Poplar Bow and Bromley	Lab	6,776	28.2	69.9%	Lab gain from Con
Poplar South Poplar	Lab	4,338	17.6	66.5%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Richmond (Surrey)	Ind Con	6,043	25.3	68.8%	Ind Con gain from Con
Shoreditch	Nat Lib	250	1.0	47.4%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Southwark Central	Nat Lib	5,000	31.2	52.7%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Southwark North	Nat Lib	1,112	8.1	56.1%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Southwark South East	Nat Lib	2,280	12.9	58.2%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
St Marylebone	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
St Pancras North	Con	991	4.1	66.0%	Con hold
St Pancras South East	Con	3,144	17.1	60.1%	Con hold
St Pancras South West	Con	2,756	16.4	57.9%	Con hold
Stepney Limehouse	Lab	1,899	10.9	57.8%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Stepney Mile End	Con	795	5.4	64.2%	Con hold
Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lab	428	2.7	64.1%	Lab gain from Lib
Stoke Newington	Con	4,016	25.9	65.0%	Con hold
Surrey Mitcham	Con	5,036	29.9	52.7%	Con hold
Tottenham North	Lab	1,858	8.0	65.4%	Lab gain from Con
Tottenham South	Con	1,662	7.5	63.8%	Con hold
Walthamstow East	Con	2,796	14.3	67.6%	Con hold
Walthamstow West	Lab	2,505	12.4	63.8%	Lab gain from Co Lab
Wandsworth Balham and Tooting	Con	9,195	36.4	61.1%	Con hold
Wandsworth Central	Con	7,050	39.4	61.4%	Con hold
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	8,366	36.9	63.0%	Con hold
Wandsworth Putney	Con	4,183	20.3	61.8%	Con hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	6,799	38.3	63.0%	Con hold
West Ham Plaistow	Lab	5,181	26.6	54.7%	Lab hold
West Ham Silvertown	Lab	7,513	46.3	49.0%	Lab gain from Oth
West Ham Stratford	Lab	1,376	6.4	64.9%	Lab gain from Con
West Ham Upton	Con	2,928	13.2	69.4%	Con hold
Westminster Abbey	Con	11,166	62.0	49.0%	Con hold
Westminster St George'S	Ind Con	3,693	18.4	62.2%	Ind Con gain from Con
Willesden East	Con	1,314	5.5	58.4%	Con hold
Willesden West	Con	799	3.1	66.7%	Con hold
Wimbledon	Con	10,124	43.3	62.0%	Con hold
Woolwich East	Lab	3,906	14.3	80.4%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Con	4,903	20.4	70.1%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1922 general election?

The Conservatives won 69 of the 98 seats in London, with 45.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1922?

98 constituencies.

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