South East: 1931 general election results

How South East voted at the 1931 general election: the Conservatives won 48 of 52 seats with 74.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.

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South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	48	+5	1,288,829	74.5%	+24.6	50
Labour	0	−4	351,525	20.3%	−2.3	38
Liberal	0	−1	45,585	2.6%	−24.2	6
National Liberal	0	new	42,056	2.4%	—	2
1 other parties and independents			1,996	0.1%

Change compared with the 1929 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Berkshire Abingdon	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Berkshire Newbury	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Berkshire Windsor	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Bournemouth	Con	29,916	60.1	70.3%	Con hold
Brighton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	69.4%
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury	Con	20,441	47.6	75.6%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Buckingham	Con	12,047	33.9	77.7%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Wycombe	Con	30,387	58.4	67.5%	Con hold
Hampshire Aldershot	Con	18,043	68.8	65.6%	Con hold
Hampshire Basingstoke	Con	17,417	51.6	74.2%	Con hold
Hampshire Fareham	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Hampshire New Forest and Christchurch	Con	28,414	66.6	71.9%	Con hold
Hampshire Petersfield	Con	22,522	76.0	67.8%	Con hold
Hampshire Winchester	Con	17,602	39.4	77.1%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	17,657	54.9	73.8%	Con hold
Hythe	Con	16,669	69.8	71.8%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	23,089	54.5	71.1%	Con hold
Kent Ashford	Con	6,210	17.5	75.9%	Con gain from Lib
Kent Canterbury	Con	24,407	67.3	66.2%	Con hold
Kent Dartford	Con	6,746	11.0	79.0%	Con gain from Lab
Kent Dover	Con	19,962	50.5	73.0%	Con hold
Kent Faversham	Con	12,342	31.8	72.2%	Con hold
Kent Gravesend	Con	9,922	28.4	75.7%	Con hold
Kent Isle of Thanet	Con	21,656	48.5	73.6%	Con hold
Kent Maidstone	Con	20,624	60.4	72.3%	Con hold
Kent Sevenoaks	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Kent Tonbridge	Con	22,394	57.7	69.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Spelthorne	Con	24,901	57.5	68.3%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Oxfordshire Banbury	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Oxfordshire Henley	Con	18,604	56.0	68.6%	Con hold
Portsmouth Central	Con	10,111	25.8	78.4%	Con gain from Lab
Portsmouth North	Con	14,149	36.7	74.5%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	24,919	61.8	72.7%	Con hold
Reading	Con	15,162	27.8	84.0%	Con gain from Lab
Rochester Chatham	Con	9,154	28.6	75.5%	Con gain from Lab
Rochester Gillingham	Con	11,174	38.0	74.1%	Con hold
Southampton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	76.1%
Surrey Chertsey	Con	26,308	59.2	68.7%	Con hold
Surrey Eastern	Con	29,535	77.7	71.4%	Con hold
Surrey Epsom	Con	36,505	70.7	69.0%	Con hold
Surrey Farnham	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Surrey Guildford	Con	32,766	72.4	72.3%	Con hold
Surrey Reigate	Con	26,858	65.5	75.1%	Con hold
Sussex (East) East Grinstead	Con	29,705	74.4	69.2%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Eastbourne	Con	25,861	70.6	71.9%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Lewes	Con	19,386	62.6	70.9%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Rye	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Sussex (West) Chichester	Con	37,671	75.6	68.5%	Con hold
Sussex (West) Horsham and Worthing	Con	38,954	76.7	67.3%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1931 general election?

The Conservatives won 48 of the 52 seats in South East, with 74.5% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1931?

52 constituencies.

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