London: 1923 general election results

How London voted at the 1923 general election: the Conservatives won 49 of 96 seats with 39.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

49 for a majority

Con49
Lab33
Lib13
Oth1

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	49	−20	775,312	39.0%	−6.2	88
Labour	33	+17	660,817	33.2%	+7.4	77
Liberal	13	+10	534,906	26.9%	+9.9	73
Others	1	+1	18,907	1.0%	+0.1	2

Change compared with the 1922 general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Battersea North	Lib	186	0.8	61.9%	Lib gain from Lab
Battersea South	Con	1,118	4.0	63.5%	Con hold
Bermondsey Rotherhithe	Lab	3,278	17.4	63.8%	Lab gain from Con
Bermondsey West Bermondsey	Lib	888	5.1	66.1%	Lib gain from Lab
Bethnal Green North East	Lab	625	3.9	59.1%	Lab gain from Lib
Bethnal Green South West	Lib	484	3.7	62.2%	Lib hold
Bromley	Con	883	2.9	64.1%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	1,367	6.7	61.3%	Con hold
Camberwell North	Lab	4,686	28.3	56.9%	Lab hold
Camberwell North West	Lib	80	0.4	61.9%	Lib gain from Nat Lib
Camberwell Peckham	Con	156	0.7	61.4%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	5,414	29.5	63.8%	Con hold
City of London	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Croydon North	Con	7,031	25.9	55.7%	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	4,384	13.9	63.4%	Con hold
Deptford	Lab	8,910	26.0	63.3%	Lab hold
Ealing	Con	5,939	25.5	69.0%	Con hold
Edmonton	Lab	4,792	28.7	54.8%	Lab hold
Essex Romford	Con	476	1.8	61.4%	Con gain from Nat Lib
Finsbury	Lab	1,844	8.8	53.8%	Lab gain from Con
Fulham East	Con	2,074	9.3	58.0%	Con hold
Fulham West	Con	1,278	5.1	62.9%	Con hold
Greenwich	Lab	1,568	5.4	61.8%	Lab gain from Con
Hackney Central	Lib	1,317	5.9	62.8%	Lib gain from Nat Lib
Hackney North	Lib	1,654	8.0	61.2%	Lib gain from Con
Hackney South	Lab	2,821	12.6	65.8%	Lab gain from Con
Hammersmith North	Lab	845	4.3	63.0%	Lab gain from Con
Hammersmith South	Con	1,210	6.4	61.1%	Con hold
Hampstead	Con	3,975	17.2	58.0%	Con hold
Holborn	Con	4,543	34.2	48.8%	Con hold
Hornsey	Con	1,615	4.6	76.6%	Con hold
Ilford	Con	2,171	6.8	64.8%	Con hold
Islington East	Lib	1,632	6.1	60.0%	Lib gain from Con
Islington North	Con	583	2.0	61.6%	Con hold
Islington South	Lab	233	1.1	60.9%	Lab gain from Con
Islington West	Lab	2,126	11.1	57.7%	Lab gain from Con
Kensington North	Con	570	2.4	55.8%	Con hold
Kensington South	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Kent Chislehurst	Con	1,919	11.0	60.5%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	4,873	23.1	53.9%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Lib	1,405	6.9	51.9%	Lib gain from Con
Lambeth Kennington	Lab	510	2.4	57.6%	Lab gain from Con
Lambeth North	Lib	3,527	18.9	59.8%	Lib hold
Lambeth Norwood	Con	4,598	17.8	59.4%	Con hold
Lewisham East	Con	3,956	12.9	62.6%	Con hold
Lewisham West	Con	439	1.8	57.0%	Con hold
Leyton East	Lab	1,411	7.0	69.1%	Lab gain from Con
Leyton West	Con	64	0.3	68.0%	Con hold
Middlesex Acton	Con	2,874	14.4	63.5%	Con hold
Middlesex Brentford and Chiswick	Con	4,820	27.2	62.6%	Con hold
Middlesex Enfield	Lab	1,162	5.6	68.5%	Lab gain from Con
Middlesex Finchley	Lib	2,276	9.5	76.0%	Lib gain from Con
Middlesex Harrow	Oth	4,646	19.8	64.5%	Oth gain from Ind
Middlesex Hendon	Con	5,954	23.3	67.3%	Con hold
Middlesex Twickenham	Con	7,394	31.8	62.0%	Con hold
Middlesex Uxbridge	Con	1,831	8.0	66.6%	Con hold
Middlesex Wood Green	Con	3,369	10.2	69.1%	Con hold
Paddington North	Con	1,767	7.8	59.7%	Con hold
Paddington South	Con	6,032	43.4	46.3%	Con hold
Poplar Bow and Bromley	Lab	8,395	37.7	63.7%	Lab hold
Poplar South Poplar	Lab	6,638	29.6	59.5%	Lab hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	5,410	26.0	59.4%	Con gain from Ind Con
Shoreditch	Lab	3,216	13.1	47.4%	Lab gain from Nat Lib
Southwark Central	Lib	1,986	10.4	60.4%	Lib gain from Nat Lib
Southwark North	Lab	362	2.4	59.7%	Lab gain from Nat Lib
Southwark South East	Lab	1,490	8.6	55.7%	Lab gain from Nat Lib
St Marylebone	Con	8,339	33.1	52.5%	Con hold
St Pancras North	Lab	2,846	11.2	68.2%	Lab gain from Con
St Pancras South East	Lab	692	3.7	61.0%	Lab gain from Con
St Pancras South West	Con	1,776	10.5	56.9%	Con hold
Stepney Limehouse	Lab	6,185	36.9	55.0%	Lab hold
Stepney Mile End	Lab	1,478	9.7	63.8%	Lab gain from Con
Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lab	1,156	8.0	58.3%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington	Lib	1,101	7.0	63.5%	Lib gain from Con
Surrey Mitcham	Con	952	4.6	63.2%	Con hold
Tottenham North	Lab	4,373	17.1	69.3%	Lab hold
Tottenham South	Lab	2,625	12.0	62.5%	Lab gain from Con
Walthamstow East	Con	244	1.2	67.8%	Con hold
Walthamstow West	Lab	1,792	8.5	65.5%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Balham and Tooting	Con	5,218	20.3	61.1%	Con hold
Wandsworth Central	Con	3,480	18.9	62.0%	Con hold
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	3,883	17.5	60.7%	Con hold
Wandsworth Putney	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	3,523	19.9	61.3%	Con hold
West Ham Plaistow	Lab	8,995	49.2	49.9%	Lab hold
West Ham Silvertown	Lab	9,829	62.5	45.9%	Lab hold
West Ham Stratford	Lab	6,023	29.0	61.8%	Lab hold
West Ham Upton	Lab	1,026	4.7	67.2%	Lab gain from Con
Westminster Abbey	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Westminster St George'S	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con gain from Ind Con
Willesden East	Lib	114	0.4	68.1%	Lib gain from Con
Willesden West	Lab	5,748	21.1	69.1%	Lab gain from Con
Wimbledon	Con	8,778	39.5	57.3%	Con hold
Woolwich East	Lab	5,927	23.2	74.4%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Con	1,023	4.3	67.8%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1923 general election?

The Conservatives won 49 of the 96 seats in London, with 39.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1923?

96 constituencies.

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