South East: 1922 general election results

How South East voted at the 1922 general election: the Conservatives won 45 of 52 seats with 54.7% of the vote. Every constituency result.

27 for a majority

Con45
Lib2
Oth1

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	45	0	637,047	54.7%	−8.5	49
Liberal	2	+1	236,023	20.3%	+10.9	27
Others	1	+1	20,796	1.8%	+1.1	2
Labour	0	0	216,330	18.6%	+0.8	30
Independent Conservative	0	0	28,513	2.5%	+1.8	4
National Liberal	0	new	18,231	1.6%	—	2
Independent	0	0	8,516	0.7%	−0.7	1

Change compared with the 1918 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Berkshire Abingdon	Con	540	2.6	77.1%	Con hold
Berkshire Newbury	Con	3,178	14.8	69.7%	Con hold
Berkshire Windsor	Con	10,417	42.4	65.7%	Con hold
Bournemouth	Con	5,509	18.4	79.8%	Con hold
Brighton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	70.1%
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury	Con	571	2.2	71.4%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Buckingham	Con	6,408	23.0	76.9%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Wycombe	Con	4,473	14.3	69.2%	Con hold
Hampshire Aldershot	Con	5,656	34.8	64.8%	Con hold
Hampshire Basingstoke	Con	5,734	25.7	66.9%	Con hold
Hampshire Fareham	Con	10,763	46.3	67.4%	Con hold
Hampshire New Forest and Christchurch	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Hampshire Petersfield	Con	5,564	28.3	65.7%	Con hold
Hampshire Winchester	Con	6,638	30.6	63.8%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	7,499	36.6	71.2%	Con hold
Hythe	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Lib	1,582	4.7	75.4%	Lib gain from Con
Kent Ashford	Con	8,661	38.3	64.2%	Con hold
Kent Canterbury	Con	8,315	42.4	56.8%	Con hold
Kent Dartford	Oth	1,918	5.7	71.2%	Oth gain from Co Lib
Kent Dover	Con	10,097	34.6	77.6%	Con hold
Kent Faversham	Con	2,579	10.4	61.7%	Con hold
Kent Gravesend	Con	986	4.9	63.0%	Con hold
Kent Isle of Thanet	Con	5,890	22.4	68.4%	Con hold
Kent Maidstone	Con	33	0.1	78.5%	Con hold
Kent Sevenoaks	Con	5,196	27.5	60.9%	Con hold
Kent Tonbridge	Con	7,132	25.5	72.5%	Con hold
Middlesex Spelthorne	Con	5,834	29.4	53.9%	Con hold
Oxford	Lib	3,806	18.0	83.8%	Lib gain from Con
Oxfordshire Banbury	Con	4,606	17.2	76.4%	Con gain from Co Lib
Oxfordshire Henley	Con	1,341	6.2	69.6%	Con hold
Portsmouth Central	Con	7	0.0	77.9%	Con gain from Lib
Portsmouth North	Con	7,360	29.0	71.9%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	10,880	37.5	73.7%	Con hold
Reading	Con	1,760	4.7	83.6%	Con hold
Rochester Chatham	Con	653	3.0	69.8%	Con hold
Rochester Gillingham	Con	3,481	16.3	72.3%	Con hold
Southampton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	68.5%
Surrey Chertsey	Con	4,853	20.8	58.2%	Con hold
Surrey Eastern	Con	8,831	54.6	64.5%	Con hold
Surrey Epsom	Con	9,678	42.4	65.3%	Con hold
Surrey Farnham	Con	9,245	46.5	56.8%	Con hold
Surrey Guildford	Con	10,531	41.2	65.4%	Con hold
Surrey Reigate	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Sussex (East) East Grinstead	Con	9,454	42.0	58.2%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Eastbourne	Con	5,051	20.9	77.2%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Lewes	Con	6,017	36.1	64.6%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Rye	Con	3,434	18.7	62.4%	Con hold
Sussex (West) Chichester	Con	12,742	48.6	57.9%	Con hold
Sussex (West) Horsham and Worthing	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1922 general election?

The Conservatives won 45 of the 52 seats in South East, with 54.7% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1922?

52 constituencies.

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