London: 1935 general election results

How London voted at the 1935 general election: the Conservatives won 62 of 98 seats with 53.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.

50 for a majority

Con62
Lab34
Lib1
Nat Lib1

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	62	−18	1,813,575	53.3%	−10.2	87
Labour	34	+25	1,402,365	41.2%	+11.9	96
Liberal	1	−3	124,731	3.7%	+0.5	27
National Liberal	1	0	27,433	0.8%	+0.2	3
National Labour	0	−3	31,556	0.9%	−0.6	3
1 other parties and independents			1,472	0.04%

Change compared with the 1931 general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Battersea North	Lab	5,203	17.4	63.5%	Lab gain from Con
Battersea South	Con	5,447	14.7	66.8%	Con hold
Bermondsey Rotherhithe	Lab	4,665	19.3	71.3%	Lab gain from Con
Bermondsey West Bermondsey	Lab	4,929	24.3	65.8%	Lab hold
Bethnal Green North East	Lab	4,937	27.1	55.5%	Lab gain from Lib
Bethnal Green South West	Lib	1,066	6.3	61.7%	Lib hold
Bromley	Con	27,941	47.4	65.1%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	9,728	35.1	65.8%	Con hold
Camberwell North	Lab	5,777	32.0	55.6%	Lab gain from Con
Camberwell North West	Con	813	3.4	59.3%	Con hold
Camberwell Peckham	Con	772	2.6	64.8%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	12,644	49.9	61.7%	Con hold
City of London	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Croydon North	Con	18,511	34.1	64.6%	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	17,071	33.3	65.2%	Con hold
Deptford	Lab	6,892	14.6	69.3%	Lab gain from Con
Ealing	Con	18,500	48.1	69.1%	Con hold
East Ham North	Con	533	1.8	65.0%	Con hold
East Ham South	Lab	5,956	18.7	66.6%	Lab gain from Con
Edmonton	Lab	4,127	10.4	64.5%	Lab gain from Con
Essex Romford	Lab	8,307	8.1	61.4%	Lab gain from Con
Finsbury	Lab	2,808	11.7	56.2%	Lab gain from Nat Lab
Fulham East	Con	1,054	2.9	71.9%	Con hold
Fulham West	Con	3,483	10.1	69.9%	Con hold
Greenwich	Con	2,090	4.9	67.9%	Con hold
Hackney Central	Lab	957	3.2	60.6%	Lab gain from Con
Hackney North	Con	1,080	3.7	61.1%	Con hold
Hackney South	Lab	4,954	18.6	62.0%	Lab gain from Con
Hammersmith North	Lab	1,634	5.6	65.7%	Lab gain from Con
Hammersmith South	Con	6,068	24.6	60.1%	Con hold
Hampstead	Con	21,347	55.1	59.0%	Con hold
Holborn	Con	7,329	45.9	49.0%	Con hold
Hornsey	Con	20,174	42.9	67.0%	Con hold
Ilford	Con	17,967	26.3	64.0%	Con hold
Islington East	Con	4,438	12.8	57.8%	Con hold
Islington North	Con	3,385	8.9	59.7%	Con hold
Islington South	Lab	1,128	4.7	56.7%	Lab gain from Con
Islington West	Lab	2,060	10.0	52.6%	Lab gain from Con
Kensington North	Con	3,598	10.1	60.6%	Con hold
Kensington South	Con	33,518	77.8	62.0%	Con hold
Kent Chislehurst	Con	26,478	47.1	66.1%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	22,939	47.0	65.5%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Con	6,506	21.5	58.5%	Con hold
Lambeth Kennington	Con	545	2.3	55.7%	Con hold
Lambeth North	Lab	2,056	10.8	54.2%	Lab gain from Lib
Lambeth Norwood	Con	12,456	33.8	62.2%	Con hold
Lewisham East	Con	6,449	10.9	68.0%	Con hold
Lewisham West	Con	12,370	29.5	63.9%	Con hold
Leyton East	Con	329	1.4	67.1%	Con hold
Leyton West	Lab	128	0.4	68.0%	Lab gain from Con
Middlesex Acton	Con	5,578	17.1	67.8%	Con hold
Middlesex Brentford and Chiswick	Con	8,272	30.8	64.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Enfield	Con	5,503	12.9	73.3%	Con hold
Middlesex Finchley	Con	18,040	42.5	70.3%	Con hold
Middlesex Harrow	Con	21,307	25.3	64.4%	Con hold
Middlesex Hendon	Con	41,387	39.0	64.4%	Con hold
Middlesex Twickenham	Con	14,812	24.5	66.5%	Con hold
Middlesex Uxbridge	Con	10,727	16.7	65.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Wood Green	Con	21,823	37.2	69.1%	Con hold
Paddington North	Con	7,228	25.0	60.3%	Con hold
Paddington South	Con	15,622	57.7	55.7%	Con hold
Poplar Bow and Bromley	Lab	13,357	53.9	59.5%	Lab hold
Poplar South Poplar	Lab	11,853	46.3	55.3%	Lab hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	19,480	47.1	69.8%	Con hold
Shoreditch	Lab	6,929	22.9	51.9%	Lab gain from Nat Lib
Southwark Central	Lab	1,363	6.5	57.2%	Lab gain from Nat
Southwark North	Nat Lib	79	0.5	56.1%	Nat Lib gain from Nat Lab
Southwark South East	Lab	4,997	26.5	53.3%	Lab gain from Con
St Marylebone	Con	23,175	59.1	57.9%	Con hold
St Pancras North	Con	3,601	11.5	68.3%	Con hold
St Pancras South East	Con	1,636	7.0	60.4%	Con hold
St Pancras South West	Con	2,365	10.0	59.4%	Con hold
Stepney Limehouse	Lab	7,245	33.0	59.3%	Lab hold
Stepney Mile End	Lab	3,318	14.4	63.5%	Lab gain from Con
Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lab	2,281	9.3	63.3%	Lab gain from Lib
Stoke Newington	Con	3,765	17.9	61.5%	Con hold
Surrey Mitcham	Con	9,152	14.9	66.7%	Con hold
Tottenham North	Lab	8,009	21.7	65.9%	Lab gain from Con
Tottenham South	Lab	4,613	17.1	60.5%	Lab gain from Nat Lab
Walthamstow East	Con	2,488	8.0	69.0%	Con hold
Walthamstow West	Lab	6,739	23.7	65.0%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Balham and Tooting	Con	9,053	25.9	61.8%	Con hold
Wandsworth Central	Con	4,323	17.2	65.0%	Con hold
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	6,090	21.1	60.5%	Con hold
Wandsworth Putney	Con	11,393	33.3	68.5%	Con hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	17,478	52.4	64.1%	Con hold
West Ham Plaistow	Lab	11,763	46.6	53.1%	Lab hold
West Ham Silvertown	Lab	13,901	61.9	53.4%	Lab hold
West Ham Stratford	Lab	5,975	26.1	57.1%	Lab hold
West Ham Upton	Lab	1,665	6.5	62.7%	Lab gain from Con
Westminster Abbey	Con	12,862	55.0	49.2%	Con hold
Westminster St George'S	Con	20,781	69.1	55.2%	Con hold
Willesden East	Con	10,090	22.8	62.0%	Con hold
Willesden West	Lab	2,930	8.2	64.3%	Lab gain from Con
Wimbledon	Con	19,364	35.7	67.6%	Con hold
Woolwich East	Lab	4,842	16.0	71.3%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Con	7,276	17.3	75.8%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1935 general election?

The Conservatives won 62 of the 98 seats in London, with 53.3% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1935?

98 constituencies.

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