East Midlands: 1929 general election results
How East Midlands voted at the 1929 general election: Labour won 19 of 38 seats with 40.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 19 | +10 | 575,418 | 40.8% | +7.4 | ||
| Conservative | 14 | −12 | 484,900 | 34.4% | −8.8 | ||
| Liberal | 3 | +2 | 348,044 | 24.7% | +2.5 | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 533 | 0.04% | |||||
Change compared with the 1924 general election in East Midlands.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daventry | Con | unopposed | — | — | Con hold |
| Derby | 2-member seat: not split by party in the source | — | — | 82.6% | |
| Derbyshire Belper | Lab | 2,955 | 8.0 | 82.7% | Lab gain from Con |
| Derbyshire Chesterfield | Lab | 10,381 | 27.7 | 77.8% | Lab gain from Lib |
| Derbyshire Clay Cross | Lab | 18,425 | 60.3 | 71.8% | Lab hold |
| Derbyshire High Peak | Con | 5,323 | 14.0 | 80.9% | Con hold |
| Derbyshire Ilkeston | Lab | 12,436 | 36.3 | 80.7% | Lab hold |
| Derbyshire North Eastern | Lab | 12,466 | 31.4 | 79.8% | Lab hold |
| Derbyshire Southern | Lab | 7,298 | 13.8 | 83.4% | Lab gain from Con |
| Derbyshire Western | Con | 3,483 | 10.3 | 83.2% | Con hold |
| Gainsborough | Con | 67 | 0.3 | 79.7% | Con hold |
| Grantham | Con | 4,098 | 10.4 | 81.9% | Con hold |
| Holland With Boston | Lib | 3,915 | 8.7 | 81.5% | Lib gain from Con |
| Horncastle | Con | 2,669 | 10.0 | 80.8% | Con hold |
| Kettering | Lab | 2,784 | 6.7 | 85.8% | Lab gain from Con |
| Leicester East | Lab | 8,732 | 19.7 | 81.6% | Lab gain from Con |
| Leicester South | Con | 2,145 | 5.0 | 80.4% | Con hold |
| Leicester West | Lab | 11,944 | 29.2 | 78.3% | Lab hold |
| Leicestershire Bosworth | Lib | 1,800 | 4.4 | 85.9% | Lib gain from Con |
| Leicestershire Harborough | Con | 3,544 | 9.2 | 81.9% | Con hold |
| Leicestershire Loughborough | Lab | 2,644 | 7.1 | 85.2% | Lab gain from Con |
| Leicestershire Melton | Con | 4,563 | 11.6 | 83.2% | Con hold |
| Lincoln | Lab | 3,198 | 9.2 | 88.5% | Lab hold |
| Louth | Con | 439 | 1.4 | 81.8% | Con hold |
| Northampton | Lab | 2,179 | 4.1 | 87.5% | Lab gain from Con |
| Nottingham Central | Con | 2,998 | 8.6 | 77.4% | Con hold |
| Nottingham East | Lib | 2,939 | 8.4 | 78.9% | Lib gain from Con |
| Nottingham South | Lab | 548 | 1.6 | 80.4% | Lab gain from Con |
| Nottingham West | Lab | 10,317 | 30.6 | 79.8% | Lab hold |
| Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw | Lab | 7,011 | 17.4 | 82.0% | Lab gain from Con |
| Nottinghamshire Broxtowe | Lab | 14,789 | 35.5 | 81.2% | Lab hold |
| Nottinghamshire Mansfield | Lab | 17,899 | 36.9 | 81.2% | Lab hold |
| Nottinghamshire Newark | Con | 4,939 | 14.3 | 77.0% | Con hold |
| Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe | Con | 3,076 | 6.7 | 79.5% | Con hold |
| Peterborough | Lab | 525 | 1.4 | 80.6% | Lab gain from Con |
| Rutland and Stamford | Con | 5,204 | 19.6 | 76.7% | Con hold |
| Wellingborough | Lab | 4,045 | 11.2 | 83.3% | Lab hold |
East Midlands at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in East Midlands at the 1929 general election?
Labour won 19 of the 38 seats in East Midlands, with 40.8% of the vote.
How many seats were there in East Midlands in 1929?
38 constituencies.
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