East Midlands: 1931 general election results
How East Midlands voted at the 1931 general election: the Conservatives won 27 of 38 seats with 49.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 27 | +13 | 694,495 | 49.8% | +15.4 | ||
| Labour | 3 | −16 | 467,798 | 33.5% | −7.3 | ||
| National Labour | 3 | new | 67,575 | 4.8% | — | ||
| National Liberal | 2 | new | 68,912 | 4.9% | — | ||
| Liberal | 1 | −2 | 69,963 | 5.0% | −19.7 | ||
| National | 0 | new | 26,009 | 1.9% | — | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 689 | 0.05% | |||||
Change compared with the 1929 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 | — | — | 84.5% | |
| Derbyshire Belper | Con | 7,911 | 20.4 | 82.0% | Con gain from Lab |
| Derbyshire Chesterfield | Con | 5,980 | 14.9 | 80.0% | Con gain from Lab |
| Derbyshire Clay Cross | Lab | 9,552 | 29.2 | 74.6% | Lab hold |
| Derbyshire High Peak | Con | 17,937 | 48.2 | 76.8% | Con hold |
| Derbyshire Ilkeston | Nat Lab | 2 | 0.0 | 79.7% | Nat Lab gain from Lab |
| Derbyshire North Eastern | Con | 1,334 | 3.3 | 79.4% | Con gain from Lab |
| Derbyshire Southern | Con | 10,007 | 17.3 | 82.3% | Con gain from Lab |
| Derbyshire Western | Con | unopposed | — | — | Con hold |
| Gainsborough | Con | 6,830 | 23.8 | 83.2% | Con hold |
| Grantham | Con | 15,049 | 38.3 | 79.5% | Con hold |
| Holland With Boston | Nat Lib | 21,535 | 54.9 | 68.5% | Nat Lib gain from Lib |
| Horncastle | Con | 9,312 | 34.6 | 78.1% | Con hold |
| Kettering | Con | 8,716 | 20.3 | 85.7% | Con gain from Lab |
| Leicester East | Con | 16,454 | 37.3 | 79.1% | Con gain from Lab |
| Leicester South | Con | 22,875 | 53.6 | 78.7% | Con hold |
| Leicester West | Lib | 13,903 | 35.0 | 74.6% | Lib gain from Lab |
| Leicestershire Bosworth | Nat Lib | 14,256 | 36.0 | 79.7% | Nat Lib gain from Lib |
| Leicestershire Harborough | Con | 19,578 | 48.9 | 78.1% | Con hold |
| Leicestershire Loughborough | Con | 7,852 | 21.4 | 81.8% | Con gain from Lab |
| Leicestershire Melton | Con | 22,255 | 57.9 | 76.4% | Con hold |
| Lincoln | Con | 6,233 | 17.7 | 88.9% | Con gain from Lab |
| Louth | Con | 3,995 | 12.2 | 81.6% | Con hold |
| Northampton | Con | 14,919 | 27.3 | 87.4% | Con gain from Lab |
| Nottingham Central | Con | 17,896 | 53.0 | 76.4% | Con hold |
| Nottingham East | Con | 5,583 | 16.1 | 78.8% | Con gain from Lib |
| Nottingham South | Nat Lab | 12,269 | 36.7 | 77.6% | Nat Lab gain from Lab |
| Nottingham West | Con | 5,633 | 15.8 | 76.4% | Con gain from Lab |
| Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw | Nat Lab | 13,554 | 33.3 | 79.6% | Nat Lab gain from Lab |
| Nottinghamshire Broxtowe | Lab | 1,590 | 3.8 | 78.6% | Lab hold |
| Nottinghamshire Mansfield | Lab | 5,562 | 11.6 | 77.0% | Lab hold |
| Nottinghamshire Newark | Con | 14,605 | 40.3 | 75.9% | Con hold |
| Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe | Con | 22,494 | 44.2 | 77.8% | Con hold |
| Peterborough | Con | 12,434 | 30.4 | 85.2% | Con gain from Lab |
| Rutland and Stamford | Con | 11,640 | 43.9 | 75.3% | Con hold |
| Wellingborough | Con | 7,990 | 22.0 | 81.2% | Con gain from Lab |
East Midlands at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in East Midlands at the 1931 general election?
The Conservatives won 27 of the 38 seats in East Midlands, with 49.8% of the vote.
How many seats were there in East Midlands in 1931?
38 constituencies.
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