Ramsay MacDonald vs Stanley Baldwin

Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin faced each other at the 1923 and 1924 and 1929 and 1931 and 1935 general elections: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

Ramsay MacDonald

Party: National Labour
Elections: 5
Most seats: 1
Best: 272 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
Ramsay MacDonald	National Labour	7	1.4%	302,245
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
Ramsay MacDonald PM	National Labour	18	2.1%	436,101
Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	453	55.1%	11,400,547

1929

308 for a majority

Lab272
Con244
Lib56
Oth6
Not allocated37

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Ramsay MacDonald PM	Labour	272	37.2%	8,080,357
Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	244	38.1%	8,272,231

1924

308 for a majority

Con384
Lab149
Lib34
Const7
Oth3
Smaller parties1
Not allocated37

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Ramsay MacDonald	Labour	149	33.4%	5,317,686
Stanley Baldwin PM	Conservative	384	46.7%	7,424,938

1923

308 for a majority

Con244
Lab184
Lib153
Oth4
Not allocated30

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Ramsay MacDonald PM	Labour	184	30.8%	4,298,086
Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	244	38.0%	5,307,249

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