1929 United Kingdom general election

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All 74 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin David Lloyd George Party Labour Unionist Liberal Leader since 22 November 1922 23 October 1922 14 October 1926 Seats before 26 seats 36 8 Seats won 36 20 13 Seat change 10 16 5 Popular vote 937,300 792,063 407,081 Percentage 42.3% 35.9% 18.1% Swing 1.2% 4.8% 1.5%
Results of the 1929 election in Scotland

The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 30 May 1929 and resulted in a hung parliament. It stands as the fourth of six instances under the secret ballot, and the first of three under universal suffrage, in which a party has lost on the popular vote but won the highest number (known as "a plurality") of seats versus all other parties – others are 1874, January 1910, December 1910, 1951 and February 1974. In 1929, Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party won the most seats in the House of Commons for the first time. The Liberal Party re-led by ex-Prime Minister David Lloyd George regained some ground lost in the 1924 election and held the balance of power.

The Election results in Scotland saw a dramatic swing towards the labour party led by Scottish leader Ramsay MacDonald (Although at the time he represented a seat in London). These results followed a general swing towards Labour at this election.^[1]

Results

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour	36	10	937,300	42.3	1.2
	Unionist	20	16	792,063	35.9	4.8
	Liberal	13	5	407,081	18.1	1.5
	Communist	0	-	27,114	1.1	0.4
	Scottish Prohibition	1	-	25,037	1.1
	National Party of Scotland	0	-	3,313	0.2	New
	Other	1	1	51,033	1.3
Total		71		2,242,941	100

Votes summary