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Conservative

The Conservatives at 29 UK general elections from 1918 to 2024: seats, votes, vote share and leaders. Best result: 453 seats in 1931.

Latest (2024)
121 seats23.7% of the vote
Best
453 seats1931
Largest party
18 times
Elections fought
29
0%15%30%45%60%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Conservative, 1918: 38.6%Conservative, 1922: 38.6%Conservative, 1923: 38.0%Conservative, 1924: 46.7%Conservative, 1929: 38.1%Conservative, 1931: 55.1%Conservative, 1935: 47.7%Conservative, 1945: 36.2%Conservative, 1950: 40.0%Conservative, 1951: 44.0%Conservative, 1955: 49.7%Conservative, 1959: 49.4%Conservative, 1964: 43.4%Conservative, 1966: 41.9%Conservative, 1970: 46.4%Conservative, February 1974: 37.8%Conservative, October 1974: 35.9%Conservative, 1979: 43.9%Conservative, 1983: 42.4%Conservative, 1987: 42.3%Conservative, 1992: 41.9%Conservative, 1997: 30.7%Conservative, 2001: 31.7%Conservative, 2005: 32.4%Conservative, 2010: 36.1%Conservative, 2015: 36.8%Conservative, 2017: 42.3%Conservative, 2019: 43.6%Conservative, 2024: 23.7%
Share of the UK vote Con
0113.3226.5339.84531918: 36519181922: 3321923: 2441924: 38419241929: 2441931: 4531935: 36519351945: 1871950: 2821951: 29819511955: 3441959: 3651964: 30419641966: 2531970: 330F1974: 296F1974O1974: 2771979: 3391983: 39719831987: 3761992: 3361997: 16519972001: 1662005: 1982010: 30620102015: 3302017: 3172019: 36520192024: 121
Seats won at each general election

Every general election

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ElectionLeaderSeatsVotesShareCandidates
2024Rishi Sunak1216,828,92523.7%635
2019Boris Johnson36513,966,45443.6%635
2017Theresa May31713,636,68442.3%638
2015David Cameron33011,299,60936.8%647
2010David Cameron30610,703,65436.1%631
2005Michael Howard1988,785,94232.4%630
2001William Hague1668,357,61531.7%643
1997John Major1659,591,08530.7%640
1992John Major33614,094,11641.9%645
1987Margaret Thatcher37613,760,95942.3%633
1983Margaret Thatcher39713,012,59242.4%633
1979Margaret Thatcher33913,697,51643.9%622
October 1974Edward Heath27710,464,81735.9%623
February 1974Edward Heath29611,834,34637.8%622
1970Edward Heath33013,145,06146.4%628
1966Edward Heath25311,418,44641.9%629
1964Alec Douglas-Home30412,005,64243.4%630
1959Harold Macmillan36513,750,61549.4%625
1955Anthony Eden34413,285,87949.7%623
1951Winston Churchill29812,574,03744.0%560
1950Winston Churchill28211,507,06040.0%564
1945Winston Churchill1878,728,12536.2%551
1935Stanley Baldwin36510,032,10247.7%503
1931Stanley Baldwin45311,400,54755.1%503
1929Stanley Baldwin2448,272,23138.1%576
1924Stanley Baldwin3847,424,93846.7%520
1923Stanley Baldwin2445,307,24938.0%522
1922Bonar Law3325,330,76138.6%473
1918Bonar Law3654,041,27938.6%436

Current MPs (121)

Top target seats

All targets
  1. Hendon held by Lab, swing needed 0.02%
  2. Poole held by Lab, swing needed 0.02%
  3. North West Cambridgeshire held by Lab, swing needed 0.05%
  4. Peterborough held by Lab, swing needed 0.14%
  5. Chelsea and Fulham held by Lab, swing needed 0.16%
  6. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland held by Lab, swing needed 0.28%
  7. Forest of Dean held by Lab, swing needed 0.29%
  8. Derbyshire Dales held by Lab, swing needed 0.34%
  9. Sittingbourne and Sheppey held by Lab, swing needed 0.44%
  10. Ely and East Cambridgeshire held by LD, swing needed 0.48%
  11. North East Hampshire held by LD, swing needed 0.57%
  12. North Somerset held by Lab, swing needed 0.60%
  13. Aylesbury held by Lab, swing needed 0.63%
  14. Uxbridge and South Ruislip held by Lab, swing needed 0.64%
  15. South West Norfolk held by Lab, swing needed 0.71%

Questions and answers

How many seats did the Conservatives win at the last general election?

121 seats with 23.7% of the vote at the 2024 general election.

What is the best general election result for the Conservatives?

453 seats at the 1931 general election (55.1% of the vote).

How many general elections did the Conservatives win?

The Conservatives won the most seats at 18 of the general elections since 1918 in our data.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data