United Kingdom general election, 1922

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Andrew Bonar Law

John Robert Clynes

Herbert Henry Asquith

David Lloyd George

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.

[edit] Results

UK General Election 1922
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	344			+ 12		38.5	5,294,465
	Labour	142			+ 85		29.7	4,076,665
	Liberal	62			+ 26		18.9	2,601,486
	National Liberal	53	53	0	+ 53		9.9	1,355,366
	Independent Conservative	3	3	1	+ 2		0.9	116,861
	Independent	3	3	2	+ 1		0.8	114,697
	Irish Nationalist	3	2	6	- 4		0.4	57,641
	Communist	1	1	0	+ 1		0.2	30,684
	Agriculturalist	0	0	0	0		0.2	21,510
	Independent Labour	1	0	1	- 1		0.1	18,419
	Constitutionalist	1	1	0	+ 1		0.1	16,662
	Scottish Prohibition	1	1	0	+ 1		0.1	16,289
	Independent Liberal	1	1	1	0		0.1	13,197
	Independent Nationalist	0	0	0	0		0.1	9,861
	Independent Communist	0	0	0	0		0.0	4,497