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United Kingdom general election, 1922
All 616 seats to the House of Commons
15 November 1922
	Incumbent PM; David Lloyd George; National Subsequent PM; Andrew Bonar Law; Conservative

The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, 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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[edit] Results

UK General Election 1922
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	482	344			+ 12	55.9	38.5	5,294,465	+6.0
	Labour	414	142			+ 85	23.1	29.7	4,076,665	+8.9
	Liberal	334	62			+ 26	10.1	18.9	2,601,486	+5.9
	National Liberal	151	53			- 74	8.6	9.9	1,355,366	-2.7
	Independent Conservative	20	3	3	1	+ 2	0.5	0.9	116,861	+0.5
	Independent	15	3	3	2	+ 1	0.5	0.8	114,697	-0.2
	Nationalist (NI)	4	3	2	6	- 4	0.5	0.4	57,641	-1.8
	Communist	5	1	1	0	+ 1	0.17	0.2	30,684	N/A
	Agriculturalist	4	0	0	0	0		0.2	21,510	0.0
	Independent Labour	4	1	0	1	- 1	0.17	0.1	18,419	-1.0
	Constitutionalist	1	1	1	0	+ 1	0.17	0.1	16,662	N/A
	Scottish Prohibition	1	1	1	0	+ 1	0.17	0.1	16,289	+0.1
	Independent Liberal	3	1	1	1	0	0.17	0.1	13,197	-0.1
	Independent Unionist	1	0	0	0	0		0.1	9,861	N/A
	Independent Communist	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	4,027	N/A
	Anti-Parliamentary Communist	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	470	N/A

Total votes cast: 13,748,300. All parties shown. Conservatives include Ulster Unionists. National Liberals were party formed by Lloyd George's Coalition Liberals after leaving the government. Their net seat change is compared with the Coalition Liberals' number of seats after the 1918 election.

[edit] Votes summary

Popular vote

Conservative			38.51%
Labour			29.65%
Liberal			18.92%
National Liberal			09.86%
Independent			02.01%
Nationalist			00.42%
Others			00.41%
Communist			00.22%

[edit] Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Conservative			55.93%
Labour			23.09%
Liberal			10.08%
National Liberal			08.62%
Independent			01.3%
Nationalist			00.49%
Communist			00.16%
Others			00.33%

[edit] References

F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979

[edit] See also

MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1922

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