Landslides and majorities
Every general election ranked by the winning party's overall majority in the House of Commons.
| Election | Largest party | Seats | Overall majority | Vote share | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Conservative | 453 / 613 | 431 ! | 55.1% | National Government (Conservative, National Labour, Liberal National and Liberal) under Ramsay MacDonald |
| 1935 | Conservative | 365 / 615 | 243 ! | 47.7% | National Government under Stanley Baldwin |
| 1924 | Conservative | 384 / 615 | 209 ! | 46.7% | Conservative majority government |
| 1997 | Labour | 418 / 659 | 177 | 43.2% | Labour majority government |
| 2024 | Labour | 411 / 650 | 172 | 33.7% | Labour majority government |
| 2001 | Labour | 412 / 659 | 165 | 40.7% | Labour majority government |
| 1945 | Labour | 375 / 640 | 146 ! | 47.8% | Labour majority government |
| 1983 | Conservative | 397 / 650 | 144 | 42.4% | Conservative majority government |
| 1987 | Conservative | 376 / 650 | 102 | 42.3% | Conservative majority government |
| 1959 | Conservative | 365 / 630 | 100 | 49.4% | Conservative majority government |
| 1966 | Labour | 363 / 630 | 98 | 47.9% | Labour majority government |
| 2019 | Conservative | 365 / 650 | 80 | 43.6% | Conservative majority government |
| 1922 | Conservative | 332 / 615 | 73 ! | 38.6% | Conservative majority government |
| 2005 | Labour | 355 / 646 | 64 | 35.2% | Labour majority government |
| 1955 | Conservative | 344 / 630 | 60 | 49.7% | Conservative majority government |
| 1918 | Conservative | 365 / 706 | 58 ! | 38.6% | Coalition government (Conservative and Coalition Liberal) under David Lloyd George |
| 1979 | Conservative | 339 / 635 | 43 | 43.9% | Conservative majority government |
| 1970 | Conservative | 330 / 630 | 30 | 46.4% | Conservative majority government |
| 1992 | Conservative | 336 / 651 | 21 | 41.9% | Conservative majority government |
| 1951 | Conservative | 298 / 625 | 17 | 44.0% | Conservative majority government |
| 2015 | Conservative | 330 / 650 | 10 | 36.8% | Conservative majority government |
| 1950 | Labour | 315 / 625 | 5 | 46.1% | Labour majority government |
| 1964 | Labour | 317 / 630 | 4 | 44.1% | Labour majority government |
| October 1974 | Labour | 319 / 635 | 3 | 39.3% | Labour majority government |
| 2017 | Conservative | 317 / 650 | short by 9 | 42.3% | Hung parliament: Conservative minority government with a DUP confidence-and-supply agreement |
| February 1974 | Labour | 301 / 635 | short by 17 | 37.2% | Hung parliament: minority Labour government |
| 2010 | Conservative | 306 / 650 | short by 20 | 36.1% | Hung parliament: Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition |
| 1929 | Labour | 272 / 615 | short by 36 ! | 37.2% | Hung parliament: minority Labour government |
| 1923 | Conservative | 244 / 615 | short by 64 ! | 38.0% | Hung parliament: minority Labour government from January 1924 |
Overall majority = seats of the largest party minus all other seats. 1918–1945 figures leave out multi-member and university seats, which the source does not split by party, so some majorities there are understated.
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