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The 1924 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence. [1] It was the third general election to be held in less than two years. Parliament was dissolved on 9 October. [2]
Parliament of the United Kingdom: Term: 29 October 1924 () – 30 May 1929 () Election: 1924 United Kingdom general election: Government: Second Baldwin ministry: House of Commons; Members: 615: Speaker: John Henry Whitley: Leader: Stanley Baldwin: Prime Minister: Stanley Baldwin: Leader of the Opposition: Ramsay MacDonald: Third-party leader ...
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
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The 1924 United Kingdom general election was held on 29 October 1924. Pages in category "1924 United Kingdom general election" The following 4 pages are in this ...
25 October – Authorities of the British Raj in India arrest Subhas Chandra Bose and jail him for the next two and half years. 29 October – 1924 general election is won by the Conservative Party under Stanley Baldwin [6] with a large majority of 209 seats.
The first MacDonald ministry of the United Kingdom lasted from January to November 1924. The Labour Party, under Ramsay MacDonald, had failed to win the general election of December 1923, with 191 seats, although the combined Opposition tally exceeded that of the Conservative government, creating a hung parliament.
On 29 October 1924, the 1924 United Kingdom general election was held and the Conservative Party under Stanley Baldwin was returned decisively, gaining 155 seats for a total of 413 members of parliament. This was a landslide victory against the Liberals, who lost 118 seats (leaving them with only 40); their vote fell by over a million.