1935 General Election

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:election
gptkbp:campaigns National Government campaign
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1935-07-05
gptkbp:election gptkb:election
gptkb:1945_General_Election
gptkb:1931_General_Election
gptkbp:election_result Conservative Party won 52% of the vote
Labour Party won 30% of the vote
Liberal Party won 12% of the vote
Other parties won 6% of the vote
gptkbp:historical_significance Influence on public policy
Impact on future elections
Influence on British politics
Emergence of new political movements
Response to economic challenges
Shift in political alliances
Conservative Party's electoral strategy
Consolidation of the National Government
Decline of the Labour Party
Impact on Labour Party strategy
Liberal Party's decline in influence
Long-term effects on UK governance
Rise of political apathy
Strengthened Conservative dominance
Voter sentiment towards the economy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1935 General Election
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:leader_of_liberal_party gptkb:Sir_Archibald_Sinclair
gptkbp:major_issues gptkb:foreign_policy
gptkb:Economic_recovery
Unemployment
gptkbp:notable_nominees gptkb:Oswald_Mosley
gptkb:Sir_Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Stanley_Baldwin
1,000+
gptkbp:outcome Conservative majority
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Stanley_Baldwin
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:1931_General_Election
gptkbp:result Conservative Party victory
gptkbp:seating_capacity 615
gptkbp:significant_event Formation of the National Government
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:1945_General_Election
gptkbp:voter_turnout 76.5%
gptkbp:voting_method First-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Conservative_Party
gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4