Herbert Samuel vs Stanley Baldwin

Herbert Samuel and Stanley Baldwin faced each other at the 1931 and 1935 general elections: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

Herbert Samuel

Party: Liberal
Elections: 2
Most seats: 0
Best: 34 seats

Stanley Baldwin

Party: Conservative
Elections: 5
Most seats: 4
Best: 453 seats

1935

308 for a majority

Con365
Lab154
Nat Lib28
Lib20
Nat Lab7
Smaller parties8
Not allocated33

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Herbert Samuel	Liberal	20	6.7%	1,415,019
Stanley Baldwin PM	Conservative	365	47.7%	10,032,102

1931

307 for a majority

Con453
Lab47
Lib34
Nat Lib25
Nat Lab18
Smaller parties10
Not allocated26

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Herbert Samuel	Liberal	34	7.0%	1,450,594
Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	453	55.1%	11,400,547

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