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University seats: general election results and history

Seats and votes in University seats at every UK general election from 1918 to 1945, with the result in each of its 7 constituencies.

1945: 12 seats

0%15%30%45%60%19181922192319241929193119351945Conservative, 1918: 54.6%Conservative, 1922: 54.8%Conservative, 1923: 58.1%Conservative, 1924: 57.9%Conservative, 1929: 55.4%Conservative, 1931: 18.9%Conservative, 1935: 50.7%Conservative, 1945: 11.6%Liberal, 1918: 1.9%Liberal, 1922: 15.7%Liberal, 1923: 21.4%Liberal, 1924: 16.9%Liberal, 1929: 26.2%Liberal, 1931: 7.8%Liberal, 1935: 3.6%Liberal, 1945: 6.1%Labour, 1918: 13.1%Labour, 1922: 8.1%Labour, 1923: 8.9%Labour, 1924: 8.1%Labour, 1929: 6.3%Labour, 1935: 15.2%Labour, 1945: 5.4%National Liberal, 1922: 5.1%National Liberal, 1935: 9.7%National, 1945: 13.8%National Labour, 1931: 9.7%National Independent, 1945: 9.6%
Vote share in University seats at each general election Con Lib Lab Nat Lib Nat Nat Lab Nat Ind

Seats at every election

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  1. 1945
    Con 1Nat Ind 1Lib 1
  2. 1935
    Con 2Oth 2Lib 1
  3. 1931
    Con 8Oth 1Lib 1
  4. 1929
    Con 1Lib 1Oth 1
  5. 1924
    Con 1Oth 1Lib 1
  6. 1923
    Con 3Lib 1Lab 1
  7. 1922
    Con 4Lib 1Nat Lib 1
  8. 1918
    Con 2

1918–1945 totals leave out multi-member seats, which the source does not split by party.

Constituencies in University seats (1945)

ConstituencyWinnerMajority %Result
Cambridge University2-member seat: not split by party in the source—
Combined English Universities2-member seat: not split by party in the source—
Combined Scottish Universities3-member seat: not split by party in the source—
London UniversityNat Ind1.0
Oxford University2-member seat: not split by party in the source—
Queen'S University of BelfastCon45.1
University of WalesLib51.1

Questions and answers

Who won University seats at the 1945 general election?

The Conservatives won 1 of 12 seats with 11.6% of the vote.

Which party usually wins most seats in University seats?

Party with the most seats in University seats at each general election since 1918: Conservative 8.

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