1931 United Kingdom general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won	470
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share	55.0%
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	27 October 1931
gptkbp:dissolutionOfParliament	7 October 1931
gptkbp:heldBy	gptkb:Great_Depression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1931 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won	52
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share	30.6%
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Stanley_Baldwin gptkb:Herbert_Samuel gptkb:Arthur_Henderson
gptkbp:LiberalNationalLeader	gptkb:John_Simon
gptkbp:LiberalNationalSeatsWon	35
gptkbp:LiberalNationalVoteShare	3.7%
gptkbp:LiberalPartyVoteShare	6.5%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon	33
gptkbp:majoritySeats	308
gptkbp:NationalLabourLeader	Ramsay MacDonald
gptkbp:NationalLabourSeatsWon	13
gptkbp:NationalLabourVoteShare	1.5%
gptkbp:nextEdition	gptkb:1935_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notable_campaign	economic crisis unemployment budget cuts formation of National Government
gptkbp:notableFor	landslide victory for National Government Labour Party's worst defeat in history split in the Liberal Party
gptkbp:parliament	gptkb:37th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK) gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK) gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK) gptkb:Liberal_National_Party gptkb:National_Labour_Organisation
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:1929_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister	Ramsay MacDonald
gptkbp:resultedIn	split of Liberal Party into Liberal and Liberal National collapse of Labour representation overwhelming Conservative majority
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	615
gptkbp:stateElectorate	British subjects aged 21 and over
gptkbp:voterTurnout	76.4%
gptkbp:votingSystem	first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won	gptkb:National_Government
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hexham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7