United Kingdom general election, 1922
The
UK general election of 1922 was held on
15th November 1922. It was the first election held after
Southern Ireland left the
United Kingdom, and was won by
Andrew Bonar Law's
Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over
Labour, led by
John Robert Clynes and a divided
Liberal Party.
The Liberal Party were split between the "National Liberals" following
David Lloyd George and the "Liberals" following
Herbert Henry Asquith. However, some candidates stood calling for a reunited Liberal party whilst others appear to have backed both Asquith and Lloyd George. Few sources are able to agree on exact numbers, and even in contemporary records held by the two groups some MPs were claimed for both sides.
In any case, it was the first election where Labour surpassed the combined strength of both Liberal parties, in votes as well as seats.
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party = Conservative Party (UK) | seats = 344 | gain = | loss = | net = + 12 | votes = 5,294,465 | votes % = 38.5 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Labour Party (UK) | seats = 142 | gain = | loss = | net = + 85 | votes = 4,076,665 | votes % = 29.7 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Liberal Party (UK) | seats = 62 | gain = | loss = | net = + 26 | votes = 2,601,486 | votes % = 18.9 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = National Liberal Party (UK) | seats = 53 | gain = 53 | loss = 0 | net = + 53 | votes = 1,355,366 | votes % = 9.9 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Conservative | seats = 3 | gain = 3 | loss = 1 | net = + 2 | votes = 116,861 | votes % = 0.9 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Independent (politician) | seats = 3 | gain = 3 | loss = 2 | net = + 1 | votes = 114,697 | votes % = 0.8 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Nationalist Party (Ireland) | seats = 3 | gain = 2 | loss = 6 | net = - 4 | votes = 57,641 | votes % = 0.4 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Communist Party of Great Britain | seats = 1 | gain = 1 | loss = 0 | net = + 1 | votes = 30,684 | votes % = 0.2 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary| | party = Agriculturalist | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 21,510 | votes % = 0.2 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Labour | seats = 1 | gain = 0 | loss = 1 | net = - 1 | votes = 18,419 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary| | party = Constitutionalist | seats = 1 | gain = 1 | loss = 0 | net = + 1 | votes = 16,662 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Scottish Prohibition Party | seats = 1 | gain = 1 | loss = 0 | net = + 1 | votes = 16,289 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Liberal | seats = 1 | gain = 1 | loss = 1 | net = 0 | votes = 13,197 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Nationalist | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 9,861 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = {{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Communist | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 4,497 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = | 
