North West: 1931 general election results

How North West voted at the 1931 general election: the Conservatives won 65 of 86 seats with 59.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

44 for a majority

Con65
Lab6
Lib2
Nat1
Nat Lab1
Nat Lib1

North West: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	65	+35	1,893,724	59.2%	+21.3	77
Labour	6	−32	982,606	30.7%	−9.1	67
Liberal	2	−4	223,458	7.0%	−13.9	17
National	1	new	35,550	1.1%	—	2
National Labour	1	new	35,318	1.1%	—	2
National Liberal	1	new	0	0.0%	—	1
Independent Labour Party	0	new	17,327	0.5%	—	2
2 other parties and independents			12,554	0.4%

Change compared with the 1929 general election in North West.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Accrington	Con	12,622	25.8	89.6%	Con gain from Lab
Ashton under Lyne	Con	4,578	15.3	85.3%	Con gain from Lab
Barrow in Furness	Con	4,959	13.5	88.9%	Con gain from Lab
Birkenhead East	Lib	17,070	46.4	79.1%	Lib hold
Birkenhead West	Con	9,654	27.6	82.2%	Con gain from Lab
Blackburn	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	87.4%
Blackpool	Con	33,486	46.2	79.6%	Con hold
Bolton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	81.3%
Bootle	Con	8,806	23.7	78.9%	Con gain from Lab
Burnley	Nat	8,209	13.1	91.8%	Nat gain from Lab
Bury	Con	14,443	40.7	81.6%	Con hold
Carlisle	Con	4,634	14.7	86.7%	Con gain from Lab
Cheshire Altrincham	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Cheshire City of Chester	Con	6,404	18.2	85.8%	Con hold
Cheshire Crewe	Con	6,790	15.6	84.5%	Con gain from Lab
Cheshire Eddisbury	Nat Lib	unopposed	—	—	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Cheshire Knutsford	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Cheshire Macclesfield	Con	16,942	37.9	81.2%	Con hold
Cheshire Northwich	Con	14,315	31.3	82.8%	Con hold
Cheshire Stalybridge and Hyde	Con	13,306	26.3	86.9%	Con gain from Lab
Cheshire Wirral	Con	34,758	63.1	77.0%	Con hold
Cumberland Northern	Con	1,277	5.4	84.6%	Con hold
Cumberland Penrith and Cockermouth	Con	1,492	6.1	86.6%	Con hold
Cumberland Whitehaven	Con	2,031	6.7	89.6%	Con gain from Lab
Cumberland Workington	Lab	3,304	9.8	85.9%	Lab hold
Eccles	Con	9,948	23.6	81.6%	Con gain from Lab
Lancashire Chorley	Con	16,015	38.6	80.1%	Con hold
Lancashire Clitheroe	Con	9,441	24.0	89.3%	Con hold
Lancashire Darwen	Lib	4,287	11.1	92.2%	Lib hold
Lancashire Farnworth	Con	2,907	6.9	84.8%	Con gain from Lab
Lancashire Fylde	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Lancashire Heywood and Radcliffe	Con	19,514	43.0	80.7%	Con gain from Lib
Lancashire Ince	Lab	9,797	26.7	82.5%	Lab hold
Lancashire Lancaster	Con	21,876	51.5	76.3%	Con hold
Lancashire Lonsdale	Con	5,602	19.2	83.0%	Con hold
Lancashire Middleton and Prestwich	Con	20,906	49.2	77.9%	Con hold
Lancashire Mossley	Con	15,303	32.9	84.2%	Con gain from Lab
Lancashire Newton	Con	381	1.2	85.9%	Con gain from Lab
Lancashire Ormskirk	Nat Lab	20,253	50.0	71.7%	Nat Lab gain from Lab
Lancashire Royton	Con	6,902	16.8	85.9%	Con hold
Lancashire Stretford	Con	26,206	50.6	78.4%	Con gain from Oth
Lancashire Waterloo	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Lancashire West Houghton	Lab	2,500	6.9	85.5%	Lab hold
Lancashire Widnes	Con	9,814	24.3	87.5%	Con gain from Lab
Leigh	Lab	2,128	4.7	87.4%	Lab hold
Liverpool East Toxteth	Con	19,094	51.2	74.0%	Con hold
Liverpool Edge Hill	Con	8,129	25.7	74.7%	Con gain from Lab
Liverpool Everton	Con	4,400	17.7	71.3%	Con gain from Lab
Liverpool Exchange	Con	13,144	37.6	69.0%	Con hold
Liverpool Fairfield	Con	16,676	51.2	72.5%	Con hold
Liverpool Kirkdale	Con	4,772	15.1	77.5%	Con gain from Lab
Liverpool Scotland	Lab	5,241	19.1	68.7%	Lab gain from Oth
Liverpool Walton	Con	19,952	47.2	77.5%	Con hold
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	23,972	55.8	75.2%	Con hold
Liverpool West Derby	Con	23,125	56.0	74.0%	Con hold
Liverpool West Toxteth	Con	5,655	15.9	76.1%	Con gain from Lab
Manchester Ardwick	Con	5,966	16.0	78.3%	Con gain from Lab
Manchester Blackley	Con	4,335	12.8	84.1%	Con gain from Lib
Manchester Clayton	Con	4,903	12.5	83.4%	Con gain from Lab
Manchester Exchange	Con	15,534	47.1	66.2%	Con hold
Manchester Gorton	Con	4,912	12.7	81.9%	Con gain from Lab
Manchester Hulme	Con	15,966	44.4	73.0%	Con gain from Lab
Manchester Moss Side	Con	15,262	48.8	68.2%	Con hold
Manchester Platting	Con	5,790	14.0	82.6%	Con gain from Lab
Manchester Rusholme	Con	18,498	51.7	80.0%	Con hold
Manchester Withington	Con	14,718	25.6	75.8%	Con gain from Lib
Nelson and Colne	Con	7,684	15.4	87.8%	Con gain from Lab
Oldham	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	82.3%
Preston	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	85.7%
Rochdale	Con	7,017	12.5	88.8%	Con gain from Lab
Rossendale	Con	3,117	7.7	87.6%	Con gain from Lab
Salford North	Con	11,880	30.9	78.9%	Con gain from Lab
Salford South	Con	6,838	18.3	78.4%	Con gain from Lab
Salford West	Con	11,763	32.3	81.5%	Con gain from Lab
Southport	Con	16,324	36.9	79.7%	Con hold
St Helens	Con	2,430	4.9	78.9%	Con gain from Lab
Stockport	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	84.1%
Wallasey	Con	32,449	67.8	77.1%	Con hold
Warrington	Con	5,345	12.3	88.5%	Con gain from Lab
Westmorland	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Wigan	Lab	1,018	2.2	84.2%	Lab hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in North West at the 1931 general election?

The Conservatives won 65 of the 86 seats in North West, with 59.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in North West in 1931?

86 constituencies.

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