North West: 1923 general election results

How North West voted at the 1923 general election: the Conservatives won 28 of 86 seats with 38.6% of the vote. Every constituency result.

44 for a majority

Con28
Lab24
Lib22
Oth2

North West: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	28	−20	842,476	38.6%	−3.4	76
Labour	24	+4	667,837	30.6%	−1.5	53
Liberal	22	+19	647,643	29.7%	+12.5	55
Others	2	+1	22,697	1.0%	+0.5	4

Change compared with the 1922 general election in North West.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Accrington	Lib	3,188	8.7	86.5%	Lib gain from Lab
Ashton under Lyne	Con	239	1.1	85.3%	Con hold
Barrow in Furness	Con	420	1.4	86.3%	Con hold
Birkenhead East	Lib	6,754	27.1	74.1%	Lib hold
Birkenhead West	Lab	2,611	11.7	72.4%	Lab gain from Con
Blackburn	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	85.0%
Blackpool	Lib	3,072	7.4	84.8%	Lib gain from Con
Bolton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	80.0%
Bootle	Lib	453	1.9	68.1%	Lib hold
Burnley	Lab	2,651	6.0	87.3%	Lab hold
Bury	Con	1,112	4.2	80.8%	Con hold
Carlisle	Lab	276	1.2	87.8%	Lab hold
Cheshire Altrincham	Lib	2,965	8.4	76.6%	Lib gain from Con
Cheshire City of Chester	Con	3,773	17.2	78.6%	Con hold
Cheshire Crewe	Lab	5,894	18.8	82.8%	Lab hold
Cheshire Eddisbury	Con	196	1.1	76.4%	Con hold
Cheshire Knutsford	Con	80	0.3	76.8%	Con hold
Cheshire Macclesfield	Con	3,485	10.7	83.9%	Con hold
Cheshire Northwich	Con	2,070	6.7	76.1%	Con hold
Cheshire Stalybridge and Hyde	Lib	2,374	7.5	72.2%	Lib gain from Con
Cheshire Wirral	Lib	1,840	7.2	71.6%	Lib gain from Con
Cumberland Northern	Con	218	1.2	83.2%	Con hold
Cumberland Penrith and Cockermouth	Con	327	1.8	83.2%	Con gain from Lib
Cumberland Whitehaven	Lab	1,390	5.9	83.1%	Lab hold
Cumberland Workington	Lab	3,515	13.0	83.5%	Lab hold
Eccles	Lab	1,863	6.5	78.2%	Lab hold
Lancashire Chorley	Con	2,536	9.4	74.4%	Con hold
Lancashire Clitheroe	Con	1,529	5.1	88.2%	Con hold
Lancashire Darwen	Lib	2,810	9.6	90.6%	Lib gain from Con
Lancashire Farnworth	Lab	3,724	14.3	73.5%	Lab hold
Lancashire Fylde	Con	3,280	11.0	76.1%	Con hold
Lancashire Heywood and Radcliffe	Lib	1,890	5.8	78.3%	Lib gain from Nat Lib
Lancashire Ince	Lab	11,103	47.0	72.2%	Lab hold
Lancashire Lancaster	Lib	5,500	18.3	80.0%	Lib gain from Con
Lancashire Lonsdale	Lib	1,010	4.7	75.4%	Lib gain from Con
Lancashire Middleton and Prestwich	Con	529	1.9	72.8%	Con gain from Nat Lib
Lancashire Mossley	Oth	375	1.7	54.5%	Oth gain from Ind
Lancashire Newton	Lab	4,117	19.7	78.5%	Lab hold
Lancashire Ormskirk	Con	1,210	6.1	65.7%	Con hold
Lancashire Royton	Lib	2,516	8.4	82.9%	Lib gain from Con
Lancashire Stretford	Lib	4,520	16.5	67.9%	Lib gain from Nat Lib
Lancashire Waterloo	Con	650	3.2	72.6%	Con hold
Lancashire West Houghton	Lab	5,244	20.6	79.3%	Lab hold
Lancashire Widnes	Con	788	2.9	83.0%	Con hold
Leigh	Lab	4,135	12.7	86.5%	Lab hold
Liverpool East Toxteth	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	3,289	13.8	69.9%	Lab gain from Con
Liverpool Everton	Con	1,510	9.0	59.8%	Con hold
Liverpool Exchange	Con	229	1.1	51.9%	Con hold
Liverpool Fairfield	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Liverpool Kirkdale	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Liverpool Scotland	Oth	unopposed	—	—	Oth hold
Liverpool Walton	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Liverpool Wavertree	Lib	649	2.6	71.9%	Lib gain from Con
Liverpool West Derby	Lib	1,990	8.3	63.5%	Lib gain from Con
Liverpool West Toxteth	Con	139	0.6	66.1%	Con hold
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	5,407	20.9	69.3%	Lab hold
Manchester Blackley	Lib	4,922	25.2	75.4%	Lib gain from Con
Manchester Clayton	Lab	4,091	13.5	83.5%	Lab gain from Con
Manchester Exchange	Lib	1,799	7.9	59.4%	Lib gain from Con
Manchester Gorton	Lab	5,378	20.1	74.5%	Lab hold
Manchester Hulme	Con	432	1.5	71.5%	Con hold
Manchester Moss Side	Lib	3,113	14.0	66.4%	Lib gain from Con
Manchester Platting	Lab	2,979	9.6	78.1%	Lab hold
Manchester Rusholme	Lib	2,025	8.1	78.0%	Lib gain from Con
Manchester Withington	Lib	3,918	16.4	78.0%	Lib gain from Con
Nelson and Colne	Lab	6,980	18.8	83.4%	Lab hold
Oldham	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	76.3%
Preston	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	87.2%
Rochdale	Lib	1,562	3.8	87.8%	Lib gain from Lab
Rossendale	Con	1,770	5.9	83.8%	Con hold
Salford North	Lab	567	2.2	73.9%	Lab hold
Salford South	Lab	2,731	10.4	72.2%	Lab gain from Con
Salford West	Lab	116	0.5	76.5%	Lab gain from Con
Southport	Lib	928	3.5	75.9%	Lib gain from Con
St Helens	Lab	3,977	11.0	80.5%	Lab hold
Stockport	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	81.7%
Wallasey	Con	849	3.1	67.2%	Con hold
Warrington	Lab	670	2.3	86.1%	Lab gain from Con
Westmorland	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Wigan	Lab	5,186	15.2	85.0%	Lab hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in North West at the 1923 general election?

The Conservatives won 28 of the 86 seats in North West, with 38.6% of the vote.

How many seats were there in North West in 1923?

86 constituencies.

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