1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
Summary of election
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1922 United Kingdom general election
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All 74 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
J. R. Clynes
H. H. Asquith
Bonar Law
Party
Labour
Liberal
Unionist
Leader since
14 February 1921
30 April 1908
23 October 1922
Leader's seat
Manchester Platting
Paisley
Glasgow Central
Seats before
6
8
New party
Seats won
29
16
15
Seat change
23
7
17
Popular vote
501,254
328,649
379,396
Percentage
32.2%
21.5%
25.1%
Swing
9.3%
6.1%
7.7%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
David Lloyd George
Albert Inkpin
Edwin Scrymgeour
Party
National Liberal
Communist
Scottish Prohibition
Leader since
7 December 1916
1920
1901
Leader's seat
Carnarvon Boroughs
No seat
Dundee
Seats before
25
0
0 seats
Seats won
12
1
1
Seat change
13
1
1
Popular vote
288,529
23,944
Percentage
17.7%
1.4%
Swing
1.4%
1.4%
Results of the 1922 election in Scotland
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A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 15 November 1922. Of the 74 seats representing Scotland, 71 seats represented burgh and county constituencies contested under the First past the post electoral system, and 3 represented the Combined Scottish Universities multi-member University constituency.
The election saw major gains for the Labour party, which had entered the election as Scotlands' 6th largest party, and emerged from the election as the largest party in Scotland. In contrast both the Conservatives (represented in Scotland by the Unionist party) and the National Liberals suffered heavy losses. These two parties had composed the ruling coalition government under David Lloyd George, which had collapsed following the Conservatives withdrawal from the coalition amidst several scandals. Most of the elected Labour MP's had included support for Scottish Home Rule in their manifestos.[1] Part of the reason for Labour's success came from a shift in the political alignment of Scottish Catholics of Irish descent, who had prior to Irish independence voted Liberal due to the partys' support for Irish Home Rule.[2][full citation needed] Despite this, the two Liberal parties received between them 39.2% of the Scottish vote.
Of the party leaders, two represented Scottish constituencies, with Bonar Law representing Glasgow Central and Asquith representing Paisley.
Two minor parties were also able to pick up seats with the Communist party gaining Motherwell and the Scottish Prohibition Party gaining a seat in Dundee (and in the process ejecting Winston Churchill from Parliament.
^"Scotland's road to referendum". BBC Timelines.
^Brown, Stewart J.; Newlands, George; Newlands, G. M.; Cheyne, A. C. (January 2000). Scottish Christianity in the Modern World: In Honour of A. C. Cheyne. A&C Black. p. 263. ISBN 9780567087652.
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