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The UK general election of 1922 was held on (Redirected from 15th November) November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. Events 600-1799 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. 1515 - Thomas Cardinal Wolsey invested as a Cardinal 1777 - American...
15th November 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January 7 - Dáil Éireann, the extra-legal parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann...
1922. It was the first election held after Southern Ireland was the twenty-six county Irish state created in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It had a legislature, the Parliament of Southern Ireland. This Act formally and controversially partitioned the island of Ireland into two states, Northern Ireland (covering approximately fifteen percent of the island, in the...
Southern Ireland left the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts...
United Kingdom, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law (September 16, 1858 _ October 30, 1923) was a Conservative British statesman and Prime Minister. Although born in Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada, son of a Presbyterian minister, Law was raised by wealthy Scottish cousins. Law eventually became a partner in a Glasgow iron-working firm, and was...
Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John Clynes and Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (September 12, 1852 - February 15, 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. Born in Morley, Yorkshire and educated at the City of London School, he won a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford. After...
Herbert Henry Asquith's Liberals.
The Liberal Party were split between the "National Liberals" following David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM (January 17, 1863–March 26, 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Upbringing Although born in Manchester in 1863, David Lloyd George was a Welsh-speaking Welshman, the only...
David Lloyd George and the "Liberals" following 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, with even contemporary records held by the two groups both claiming certain MPs for their own side.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | | The new logo of the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories. It votes with the European Peoples Party bloc in the European...
Conservative | 5,294,465 | 344 | + 12 | 38.5 | | The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. Under its leader Tony Blair it won a landslide in the 1997 general election, and formed its first government since 1979. It...
Labour | 4,076,665 | 142 | + 85 | 29.7 | | The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as...
Liberal | 2,601,486 | 62 | + 26 | 18.9 | | The National Liberals, also known as Liberal Nationals, were a political party in the United Kingdom who broke away from the Liberal Party. The National Liberals evolved as a distinctive group within the Liberal Party in 1931 when the main body of Liberals were maintaining in office the second Labour...
National Liberal | 1,355,366 | 53 | | 9.9 | | Independent Conservative | 116,861 | 3 | + 2 | 0.9 | | Independent | 114,697 | 3 | + 1 | 0.8 | | Irish Nationalist | 57,641 | 3 | - 4 | 0.4 | | The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a political party in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1920 to 1991. Formation The party was founded in 1920 after the Third International decided that greater attempts should be made to establish communist parties across the world. The CPGB was formed...
CPGB | 30,684 | 1 | + 1 | 0.2 | | Agriculturalist | 21,510 | 0 | | 0.2 | | Independent Labour | 18,419 | 1 | - 1 | 0.1 | | Constitutionalist currently refers to United States citizens who advocate strict adherence to the intentions of the framers of the U.S. Constitution. It was also a label used by some candidates in UK general elections in the early 1920s. Most of the candidates were former Liberal Party members, and many...
Constitutionalist | 16,662 | 1 | + 1 | 0.1 | | The Scottish Prohibition Party was a minor Scottish political party, represented in the House of Commons by Edwin Scrymgeour from 1922-1931. The party consisted of little beyond the one man, and in general supported the Labour Party. Categories: Stub ...
Scottish Prohibition | 16,289 | 1 | + 1 | 0.1 | | Independent Liberal | 13,197 | 1 | | 0.1 | | Independent Nationalist | 9,861 | 0 | | 0.1 | | Independent Communist | 4,497 | 0 | | 0.0 | Total votes cast: 13,748,300. All parties shown. Conservatives include The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. Until 2003 it was the largest unionist party, and the largest...
Ulster Unionists.
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