South East: 1929 general election results

How South East voted at the 1929 general election: the Conservatives won 43 of 52 seats with 50.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

27 for a majority

Con43
Lab4
Lib1

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	43	−5	960,669	50.0%	−13.6	50
Labour	4	+4	434,582	22.6%	+0.7	48
Liberal	1	+1	516,349	26.9%	+12.3	50
Others	0	new	11,782	0.6%	—	2

Change compared with the 1924 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Berkshire Abingdon	Con	2,198	7.4	80.8%	Con hold
Berkshire Newbury	Con	4,196	12.0	78.3%	Con hold
Berkshire Windsor	Con	9,250	25.8	67.6%	Con hold
Bournemouth	Con	10,055	20.2	74.4%	Con hold
Brighton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	66.4%
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury	Con	2,884	6.8	78.7%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Buckingham	Con	4,657	13.0	79.6%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Wycombe	Con	6,302	12.9	71.1%	Con hold
Hampshire Aldershot	Con	9,139	35.8	68.5%	Con hold
Hampshire Basingstoke	Con	4,952	15.1	74.2%	Con hold
Hampshire Fareham	Con	11,126	30.6	68.0%	Con hold
Hampshire New Forest and Christchurch	Con	10,602	26.6	72.6%	Con hold
Hampshire Petersfield	Con	6,271	22.1	68.2%	Con hold
Hampshire Winchester	Con	3,234	8.3	74.6%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	7,924	26.0	73.4%	Con hold
Hythe	Con	6,070	27.0	70.8%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	4,566	10.0	79.0%	Con hold
Kent Ashford	Lib	1,174	3.4	75.3%	Lib gain from Con
Kent Canterbury	Con	9,244	27.3	68.3%	Con hold
Kent Dartford	Lab	10,303	19.4	76.9%	Lab gain from Con
Kent Dover	Con	11,708	31.1	74.4%	Con hold
Kent Faversham	Con	944	2.4	75.5%	Con hold
Kent Gravesend	Con	1,773	5.6	71.8%	Con hold
Kent Isle of Thanet	Con	6,947	16.3	73.3%	Con hold
Kent Maidstone	Con	3,835	11.0	77.0%	Con hold
Kent Sevenoaks	Con	8,923	28.6	71.6%	Con hold
Kent Tonbridge	Con	8,993	23.6	72.3%	Con hold
Middlesex Spelthorne	Con	7,231	18.6	69.0%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	6,057	21.7	72.2%	Con hold
Oxfordshire Banbury	Con	2,644	7.3	78.7%	Con hold
Oxfordshire Henley	Con	7,157	21.9	73.3%	Con hold
Portsmouth Central	Lab	1,525	4.3	74.3%	Lab gain from Con
Portsmouth North	Con	2,877	8.4	70.8%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	4,941	12.1	75.1%	Con hold
Reading	Lab	852	1.6	85.0%	Lab gain from Con
Rochester Chatham	Lab	776	2.5	74.5%	Lab gain from Con
Rochester Gillingham	Con	2,405	8.5	74.0%	Con hold
Southampton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	70.9%
Surrey Chertsey	Con	4,288	11.1	63.5%	Con hold
Surrey Eastern	Con	12,143	37.8	69.9%	Con hold
Surrey Epsom	Con	14,298	33.4	67.7%	Con hold
Surrey Farnham	Con	11,782	33.5	66.9%	Con hold
Surrey Guildford	Con	4,566	10.7	72.1%	Con hold
Surrey Reigate	Con	11,319	29.5	74.8%	Con hold
Sussex (East) East Grinstead	Con	12,222	32.2	68.5%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Eastbourne	Con	9,953	27.3	74.5%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Lewes	Con	7,532	26.5	70.4%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Rye	Con	7,863	24.8	72.2%	Con hold
Sussex (West) Chichester	Con	8,880	20.3	64.9%	Con hold
Sussex (West) Horsham and Worthing	Con	16,967	36.6	66.1%	Con hold

South East at every election →

Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1929 general election?

The Conservatives won 43 of the 52 seats in South East, with 50.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1929?

52 constituencies.

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