South East: 1935 general election results

How South East voted at the 1935 general election: the Conservatives won 48 of 52 seats with 65.1% of the vote. Every constituency result.

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South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	48	0	1,231,407	65.1%	−9.4	49
Labour	0	0	514,531	27.2%	+6.9	40
Liberal	0	0	93,985	5.0%	+2.3	11
National Liberal	0	0	44,296	2.3%	−0.1	1
1 other parties and independents			6,421	0.3%

Change compared with the 1931 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Berkshire Abingdon	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Berkshire Newbury	Con	15,517	46.0	65.5%	Con hold
Berkshire Windsor	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Bournemouth	Con	19,366	42.2	62.6%	Con hold
Brighton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	62.6%
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury	Con	11,106	25.8	70.2%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Buckingham	Con	5,688	16.0	75.1%	Con hold
Buckinghamshire Wycombe	Con	15,930	29.7	61.4%	Con hold
Hampshire Aldershot	Con	11,309	46.8	58.4%	Con hold
Hampshire Basingstoke	Con	8,232	25.7	67.4%	Con hold
Hampshire Fareham	Con	21,233	50.1	61.9%	Con hold
Hampshire New Forest and Christchurch	Con	21,333	49.5	64.5%	Con hold
Hampshire Petersfield	Con	16,816	58.1	63.4%	Con hold
Hampshire Winchester	Con	12,767	28.9	71.1%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	11,501	38.0	66.5%	Con hold
Hythe	Con	6,671	27.7	68.3%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	11,162	26.4	69.4%	Con hold
Kent Ashford	Con	12,985	36.1	73.6%	Con hold
Kent Canterbury	Con	17,388	48.7	64.4%	Con hold
Kent Dartford	Con	2,646	3.6	69.6%	Con hold
Kent Dover	Con	11,296	27.9	69.6%	Con hold
Kent Faversham	Con	3,821	9.1	74.0%	Con hold
Kent Gravesend	Con	4,444	12.2	72.4%	Con hold
Kent Isle of Thanet	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Kent Maidstone	Con	15,304	45.0	67.5%	Con hold
Kent Sevenoaks	Con	11,108	35.0	65.3%	Con hold
Kent Tonbridge	Con	14,055	36.7	68.2%	Con hold
Middlesex Spelthorne	Con	16,196	36.7	58.0%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	6,645	25.6	67.3%	Con hold
Oxfordshire Banbury	Con	10,448	31.3	65.8%	Con hold
Oxfordshire Henley	Con	12,770	40.8	56.9%	Con hold
Portsmouth Central	Con	10,845	30.2	71.1%	Con hold
Portsmouth North	Con	11,454	33.2	64.9%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	18,373	50.4	66.9%	Con hold
Reading	Con	4,591	8.6	79.2%	Con hold
Rochester Chatham	Con	5,897	18.1	74.6%	Con hold
Rochester Gillingham	Con	8,694	30.2	71.4%	Con hold
Southampton	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	—
Surrey Chertsey	Con	18,877	42.8	60.2%	Con hold
Surrey Eastern	Con	24,751	57.8	66.5%	Con hold
Surrey Epsom	Con	30,662	44.3	65.4%	Con hold
Surrey Farnham	Con	20,486	57.0	59.8%	Con hold
Surrey Guildford	Con	23,551	49.9	69.3%	Con hold
Surrey Reigate	Con	19,592	47.7	69.9%	Con hold
Sussex (East) East Grinstead	Con	21,343	56.9	61.2%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Eastbourne	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Sussex (East) Lewes	Con	14,085	40.0	64.4%	Con hold
Sussex (East) Rye	Con	13,442	42.3	64.2%	Con hold
Sussex (West) Chichester	Con	27,398	56.7	59.5%	Con hold
Sussex (West) Horsham and Worthing	Con	29,012	53.8	60.3%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1935 general election?

The Conservatives won 48 of the 52 seats in South East, with 65.1% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1935?

52 constituencies.

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