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1931 general election

University seats: 1931 general election results

How University seats voted at the 1931 general election: the Conservatives won 8 of 12 seats with 18.9% of the vote. Every constituency result.

University seats: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Conservative8+75,38118.9%−36.55
Others1018,06663.5%+51.53
Liberal102,2297.8%−18.31
National Labour0new2,7599.7%—1

Change compared with the 1929 general election in University seats.

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
Cambridge UniversityConunopposed——
Combined English Universities2-member seat: not split by party in the source——71.7%
Combined Scottish UniversitiesConunopposed——
London UniversityOth——70.3%Oth hold
Oxford UniversityConunopposed——
Queen'S University of BelfastConunopposed——Con hold
University of WalesLib1,31541.861.4%Lib hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in University seats at the 1931 general election?

The Conservatives won 8 of the 12 seats in University seats, with 18.9% of the vote.

How many seats were there in University seats in 1931?

12 constituencies.

Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data