London: 1931 general election results

How London voted at the 1931 general election: the Conservatives won 80 of 98 seats with 63.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.

50 for a majority

Con80
Lab9
Lib4
Nat Lab3
Nat Lib1
Nat1

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	80	+39	2,125,162	63.5%	+23.4	86
Labour	9	−44	981,028	29.3%	−9.9	91
Liberal	4	+2	107,112	3.2%	−16.9	14
National Labour	3	new	49,603	1.5%	—	4
National Liberal	1	new	19,596	0.6%	—	1
National	1	new	15,913	0.5%	—	1
Independent Labour Party	0	new	28,967	0.9%	—	3
2 other parties and independents			17,614	0.5%

Change compared with the 1929 general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Battersea North	Con	6,703	19.9	67.6%	Con gain from Lab
Battersea South	Con	15,035	36.2	72.7%	Con gain from Lab
Bermondsey Rotherhithe	Con	130	0.6	64.3%	Con gain from Lab
Bermondsey West Bermondsey	Lab	91	0.4	63.4%	Lab hold
Bethnal Green North East	Lib	2,767	11.8	68.4%	Lib hold
Bethnal Green South West	Lib	6,253	36.6	61.2%	Lib hold
Bromley	Con	37,812	67.1	70.0%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	17,005	55.9	70.7%	Con hold
Camberwell North	Con	765	3.7	58.3%	Con gain from Lab
Camberwell North West	Con	8,888	33.8	63.8%	Con gain from Lab
Camberwell Peckham	Con	8,241	24.6	69.8%	Con gain from Lab
Chelsea	Con	18,289	65.9	65.2%	Con hold
City of London	Con	unopposed	—	—
Croydon North	Con	34,800	61.7	69.4%	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	30,722	60.7	68.3%	Con hold
Deptford	Con	4,314	8.8	68.3%	Con gain from Lab
Ealing	Con	25,935	65.4	74.6%	Con hold
East Ham North	Con	10,961	31.8	73.4%	Con gain from Lab
East Ham South	Con	2,563	7.5	70.3%	Con gain from Lab
Edmonton	Con	4,524	13.7	70.2%	Con gain from Lab
Essex Romford	Con	18,687	22.9	65.3%	Con gain from Lab
Finsbury	Nat Lab	7,159	26.1	58.1%	Nat Lab gain from Lab
Fulham East	Con	14,521	42.5	66.1%	Con hold
Fulham West	Con	12,093	33.2	71.4%	Con gain from Lab
Greenwich	Con	15,556	34.6	71.0%	Con gain from Lab
Hackney Central	Con	7,668	23.5	67.8%	Con gain from Lab
Hackney North	Con	11,523	39.0	64.3%	Con hold
Hackney South	Con	3,093	10.8	64.8%	Con gain from Lab
Hammersmith North	Con	6,977	22.0	69.6%	Con gain from Lab
Hammersmith South	Con	12,628	42.9	68.0%	Con gain from Lab
Hampstead	Con	31,453	74.2	65.7%	Con hold
Holborn	Con	13,178	69.3	56.7%	Con hold
Hornsey	Con	33,609	68.9	70.3%	Con hold
Ilford	Con	31,564	48.5	71.9%	Con hold
Islington East	Con	14,110	35.0	65.4%	Con gain from Lab
Islington North	Con	14,007	32.2	66.5%	Con gain from Lab
Islington South	Con	7,161	24.7	64.8%	Con gain from Lab
Islington West	Con	4,510	18.4	58.0%	Con gain from Lab
Kensington North	Con	12,017	27.5	71.9%	Con gain from Lab
Kensington South	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Kent Chislehurst	Con	26,640	69.9	69.8%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	28,312	65.0	69.3%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Con	17,315	54.1	60.9%	Con hold
Lambeth Kennington	Con	8,183	28.7	61.3%	Con gain from Lab
Lambeth North	Lib	7,602	30.3	64.6%	Lib gain from Lab
Lambeth Norwood	Con	23,634	62.1	63.9%	Con hold
Lewisham East	Con	20,869	33.8	74.9%	Con hold
Lewisham West	Con	24,333	55.0	69.2%	Con hold
Leyton East	Con	6,852	24.7	75.7%	Con gain from Lab
Leyton West	Con	9,910	27.4	75.0%	Con gain from Lab
Middlesex Acton	Con	12,272	34.0	75.5%	Con gain from Lab
Middlesex Brentford and Chiswick	Con	15,095	49.9	71.8%	Con hold
Middlesex Enfield	Con	10,886	28.5	79.2%	Con gain from Lab
Middlesex Finchley	Con	27,846	68.4	74.3%	Con hold
Middlesex Harrow	Con	33,827	49.9	72.1%	Con hold
Middlesex Hendon	Con	51,000	62.5	71.7%	Con hold
Middlesex Twickenham	Con	25,398	48.0	71.3%	Con hold
Middlesex Uxbridge	Con	24,227	48.7	68.4%	Con hold
Middlesex Wood Green	Con	32,384	57.5	72.3%	Con hold
Paddington North	Con	14,304	42.7	67.5%	Con hold
Paddington South	Con	22,674	71.4	61.4%	Con hold
Poplar Bow and Bromley	Lab	4,664	16.7	63.8%	Lab hold
Poplar South Poplar	Lab	4,288	15.2	58.6%	Lab hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	28,873	69.1	72.0%	Con hold
Shoreditch	Nat Lib	4,608	13.3	55.9%	Nat Lib gain from Lab
Southwark Central	Nat	7,447	30.6	62.1%	Nat gain from Lab
Southwark North	Nat Lab	5,992	29.8	63.2%	Nat Lab gain from Lab
Southwark South East	Con	1,385	6.7	54.1%	Con gain from Lab
St Marylebone	Con	33,829	73.4	63.5%	Con hold
St Pancras North	Con	10,233	29.1	73.4%	Con gain from Lab
St Pancras South East	Con	9,380	34.6	65.5%	Con gain from Lab
St Pancras South West	Con	11,223	42.8	62.5%	Con gain from Lab
Stepney Limehouse	Lab	551	2.5	58.1%	Lab hold
Stepney Mile End	Con	2,661	12.0	60.0%	Con gain from Lab
Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lib	1,149	4.9	62.0%	Lib gain from Lab
Stoke Newington	Con	10,198	46.6	63.2%	Con hold
Surrey Mitcham	Con	26,824	52.5	70.0%	Con hold
Tottenham North	Con	4,521	11.4	71.2%	Con gain from Lab
Tottenham South	Nat Lab	5,222	17.2	65.4%	Nat Lab gain from Lab
Walthamstow East	Con	8,832	27.6	76.4%	Con gain from Lab
Walthamstow West	Lab	1,007	3.2	72.8%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Balham and Tooting	Con	18,812	49.0	67.1%	Con hold
Wandsworth Central	Con	11,647	43.0	68.7%	Con gain from Lab
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	14,331	45.0	66.1%	Con hold
Wandsworth Putney	Con	21,146	63.1	66.3%	Con hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	25,015	70.1	71.3%	Con hold
West Ham Plaistow	Lab	unopposed	—	—	Lab hold
West Ham Silvertown	Lab	14,197	55.7	57.1%	Lab hold
West Ham Stratford	Lab	203	0.7	64.6%	Lab hold
West Ham Upton	Con	5,108	17.0	70.4%	Con gain from Lab
Westminster Abbey	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Westminster St George'S	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Willesden East	Con	18,983	40.7	68.3%	Con hold
Willesden West	Con	8,360	21.2	71.7%	Con gain from Lab
Wimbledon	Con	29,969	60.8	71.0%	Con hold
Woolwich East	Lab	608	1.9	76.3%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Con	11,921	29.1	77.4%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1931 general election?

The Conservatives won 80 of the 98 seats in London, with 63.5% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1931?

98 constituencies.

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