London: 1929 general election results

How London voted at the 1929 general election: Labour won 53 of 98 seats with 39.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

50 for a majority

Lab53
Con41
Lib2

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	53	+27	1,300,662	39.2%	+2.5	94
Conservative	41	−25	1,333,708	40.2%	−7.6	97
Liberal	2	−2	668,433	20.1%	+7.2	86
2 other parties and independents			17,307	0.5%

Change compared with the 1924 general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Battersea North	Lab	2,432	6.9	69.7%	Lab gain from Com
Battersea South	Lab	418	1.0	72.5%	Lab gain from Con
Bermondsey Rotherhithe	Lab	10,070	42.3	65.9%	Lab hold
Bermondsey West Bermondsey	Lab	8,366	38.1	66.6%	Lab hold
Bethnal Green North East	Lib	589	2.4	71.7%	Lib gain from Lab
Bethnal Green South West	Lib	1,260	7.1	64.1%	Lib hold
Bromley	Con	7,077	13.1	73.1%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	5,700	18.5	72.1%	Con hold
Camberwell North	Lab	7,823	34.7	63.1%	Lab hold
Camberwell North West	Lab	2,405	8.7	66.8%	Lab gain from Con
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	5,505	17.1	67.0%	Lab hold
Chelsea	Con	8,835	33.4	63.1%	Con hold
City of London	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	45.2%
Croydon North	Con	12,484	23.9	69.8%	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	9,465	20.0	67.4%	Con hold
Deptford	Lab	12,016	24.7	68.2%	Lab hold
Ealing	Con	11,410	30.3	73.4%	Con hold
East Ham North	Lab	2,164	6.5	72.0%	Lab gain from Con
East Ham South	Lab	10,102	29.0	73.8%	Lab hold
Edmonton	Lab	5,511	18.6	69.5%	Lab hold
Essex Romford	Lab	8,520	12.3	70.1%	Lab gain from Con
Finsbury	Lab	8,944	28.1	66.0%	Lab hold
Fulham East	Con	1,705	5.0	66.8%	Con hold
Fulham West	Lab	2,211	6.1	71.3%	Lab gain from Con
Greenwich	Lab	3,618	8.2	70.4%	Lab gain from Con
Hackney Central	Lab	1,648	4.9	70.0%	Lab gain from Con
Hackney North	Con	866	2.8	68.6%	Con hold
Hackney South	Lab	7,368	24.2	69.2%	Lab gain from Lib
Hammersmith North	Lab	3,857	12.3	70.0%	Lab gain from Con
Hammersmith South	Lab	412	1.4	67.3%	Lab gain from Con
Hampstead	Con	14,897	37.1	62.8%	Con hold
Holborn	Con	5,563	31.3	54.1%	Con hold
Hornsey	Con	9,511	19.0	75.2%	Con hold
Ilford	Con	3,147	5.5	73.6%	Con hold
Islington East	Lab	1,558	3.9	66.4%	Lab gain from Con
Islington North	Lab	3,065	7.0	68.0%	Lab gain from Con
Islington South	Lab	4,319	14.7	66.2%	Lab hold
Islington West	Lab	6,847	27.4	60.2%	Lab hold
Kensington North	Lab	4,190	10.3	68.5%	Lab gain from Con
Kensington South	Con	20,479	48.8	59.5%	Con hold
Kent Chislehurst	Con	7,884	25.1	69.6%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	12,008	31.1	68.9%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Con	4,163	13.1	62.4%	Con hold
Lambeth Kennington	Lab	3,149	11.3	60.1%	Lab gain from Con
Lambeth North	Lab	542	2.1	66.2%	Lab gain from Lib
Lambeth Norwood	Con	8,239	21.6	65.6%	Con hold
Lewisham East	Con	402	0.7	71.5%	Con hold
Lewisham West	Con	9,872	23.3	69.3%	Con hold
Leyton East	Lab	2,420	9.3	72.6%	Lab gain from Con
Leyton West	Lab	2,153	6.3	74.8%	Lab gain from Con
Middlesex Acton	Lab	469	1.5	75.5%	Lab gain from Con
Middlesex Brentford and Chiswick	Con	3,047	10.5	72.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Enfield	Lab	258	0.8	78.5%	Lab gain from Con
Middlesex Finchley	Con	4,855	12.5	77.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Harrow	Con	6,782	12.9	74.3%	Con hold
Middlesex Hendon	Con	16,324	26.9	72.0%	Con hold
Middlesex Twickenham	Con	5,966	13.7	69.8%	Con hold
Middlesex Uxbridge	Con	1,348	3.1	72.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Wood Green	Con	9,826	18.8	73.0%	Con hold
Paddington North	Con	528	1.6	69.0%	Con hold
Paddington South	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Poplar Bow and Bromley	Lab	11,267	38.9	66.1%	Lab hold
Poplar South Poplar	Lab	12,511	41.1	63.6%	Lab hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	13,628	34.5	70.6%	Con hold
Shoreditch	Lab	7,571	19.0	64.3%	Lab hold
Southwark Central	Lab	7,062	27.8	64.3%	Lab hold
Southwark North	Lab	432	2.1	65.2%	Lab hold
Southwark South East	Lab	8,761	39.2	58.9%	Lab hold
St Marylebone	Con	15,287	35.8	57.3%	Con hold
St Pancras North	Lab	3,115	8.7	76.0%	Lab gain from Con
St Pancras South East	Lab	2,630	9.6	66.8%	Lab gain from Con
St Pancras South West	Lab	1,779	6.8	62.0%	Lab gain from Con
Stepney Limehouse	Lab	7,288	29.4	64.6%	Lab hold
Stepney Mile End	Lab	4,088	16.7	70.4%	Lab hold
Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lab	9,180	42.3	60.3%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington	Con	1,072	4.5	70.0%	Con hold
Surrey Mitcham	Con	7,197	17.0	70.2%	Con hold
Tottenham North	Lab	9,653	25.0	73.8%	Lab hold
Tottenham South	Lab	4,722	15.2	67.5%	Lab gain from Con
Walthamstow East	Lab	1,374	4.9	73.1%	Lab gain from Const
Walthamstow West	Lab	6,580	22.2	73.3%	Lab gain from Lib
Wandsworth Balham and Tooting	Con	4,682	11.6	70.6%	Con hold
Wandsworth Central	Lab	300	1.1	69.5%	Lab gain from Con
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	3,636	11.2	67.3%	Con hold
Wandsworth Putney	Con	8,521	27.7	62.1%	Con hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	10,833	32.5	68.9%	Con hold
West Ham Plaistow	Lab	16,784	55.1	63.2%	Lab hold
West Ham Silvertown	Lab	19,548	71.5	60.7%	Lab hold
West Ham Stratford	Lab	8,647	30.4	66.0%	Lab hold
West Ham Upton	Lab	5,022	16.8	70.8%	Lab gain from Con
Westminster Abbey	Con	11,789	47.9	50.7%	Con hold
Westminster St George'S	Con	16,154	56.2	53.3%	Con hold
Willesden East	Con	3,113	7.4	69.3%	Con hold
Willesden West	Lab	7,804	19.8	73.4%	Lab hold
Wimbledon	Con	11,978	29.2	68.8%	Con hold
Woolwich East	Lab	8,541	26.4	75.6%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Con	332	0.9	76.8%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1929 general election?

Labour won 53 of the 98 seats in London, with 39.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1929?

98 constituencies.

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