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1929 general election · Wales

Breconshire and Radnorshire: 1929 general election result

Labour won Breconshire and Radnorshire at the 1929 general election with a majority of 187 (Lab gain from Con). Full result by party, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
LabourLabour
Majority
1870.4% of valid votes
Turnout
87.7%43,017 valid votes
Electorate
49,031
Result
Lab gain from Con
Result
PartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Labour Won14,51133.7%+3.3
Conservative14,32433.3%−5.2
Liberal14,18233.0%+1.9
Valid votes43,017
Majority1870.4%

Change compared with the 1924 general election (same boundaries).

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Questions and answers

Who won Breconshire and Radnorshire at the 1929 general election?

The Labour candidate won with 14,511 votes (33.7%). Result: Lab gain from Con.

What was the majority in Breconshire and Radnorshire in 1929?

187 votes (0.4% of valid votes) over the Conservative.

What was the turnout in Breconshire and Radnorshire in 1929?

87.7% of the 49,031 registered electors cast a valid vote (43,017 votes).

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

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