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The 1929 United Kingdom general election concluded with the Labour Party securing a clear parliamentary majority, enabling them to establish a government independently.
Answer: False
The 1929 general election resulted in a hung parliament, where no single party, including Labour, achieved an absolute majority of seats, necessitating a minority government.
To achieve a parliamentary majority in the 1929 election, a party needed to obtain 308 of the 615 seats in the House of Commons.
Answer: True
With 615 seats available in the House of Commons, a party needed to secure 308 seats to form a parliamentary majority in the 1929 general election.
On what specific date was the 1929 United Kingdom general election conducted?
Answer: Thursday, 30 May 1929
The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 30 May 1929.
What was the direct and immediate result of the 1929 United Kingdom general election?
Answer: A hung parliament with no single party achieving an absolute majority
The 1929 general election resulted in a hung parliament, meaning no single party achieved an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons.
Which political party obtained the highest number of seats in the House of Commons during the 1929 general election?
Answer: The Labour Party
Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party secured the most seats in the House of Commons, winning 287 seats.
What was the total number of seats secured by the Conservative Party in the 1929 general election?
Answer: 260 seats
The Conservative Party secured 260 seats in the 1929 general election.
What specific number of seats was necessary to secure a parliamentary majority in the 1929 general election?
Answer: 308 seats
To achieve a parliamentary majority in the 1929 general election, a party needed to secure 308 out of the 615 available seats.
In the 1929 general election, Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party obtained the highest number of parliamentary seats, notwithstanding the Conservative Party's greater share of the popular vote.
Answer: True
While Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party secured the most seats (287), the Conservative Party, led by Stanley Baldwin, actually received a higher total number of popular votes (38.1% compared to Labour's 37.1%).
The Conservative Party, under Stanley Baldwin's leadership, secured a greater number of seats than the Labour Party in the 1929 election, despite garnering a smaller proportion of the popular vote.
Answer: False
The Conservative Party, despite receiving the most popular votes, won fewer seats (260) than the Labour Party (287) in the 1929 general election.
Following the 1929 general election, the Liberal Party assumed the pivotal role of holding the balance of power within the hung parliament, given that neither of the two dominant parties achieved an outright majority.
Answer: True
With neither the Labour nor Conservative parties securing an outright majority, the Liberal Party's 59 seats became crucial, allowing them to hold the balance of power in the hung parliament.
By 1929, the sitting Conservative Cabinet was broadly characterized by many commentators as 'old and exhausted'.
Answer: True
Many observers indeed described the incumbent Conservative Cabinet, led by Stanley Baldwin, as 'old and exhausted' by 1929, suggesting a perceived lack of dynamism.
The Labour Party adopted the campaign slogan 'Safety First' during the 1929 general election.
Answer: False
The Labour Party's campaign theme in the 1929 general election was 'Labour & the Nation,' while 'Safety First' was the slogan of the Conservative Party.
Notwithstanding an enhanced electoral showing in 1929, the Liberal Party successfully re-established its pre-World War I standing as a viable governing party.
Answer: False
Despite an improved performance in 1929, the Liberal Party was unable to regain its pre-World War I status as a party capable of forming a government, instead holding the balance of power in a hung parliament.
Stanley Baldwin assumed the role of Prime Minister following the 1929 United Kingdom general election.
Answer: False
Ramsay MacDonald, the leader of the Labour Party, became Prime Minister after the 1929 general election, succeeding Stanley Baldwin.
The Conservative Party presented a greater number of candidates than the Labour Party in the 1929 general election.
Answer: True
The Conservative Party fielded 590 candidates, which was indeed more than the Labour Party's 569 candidates in the 1929 election.
Stanley Baldwin had served as the leader of the Conservative Party since 1926 leading up to the 1929 election.
Answer: False
Stanley Baldwin had been the leader of the Conservative Party since May 23, 1923, not 1926.
Ramsay MacDonald, the leader of the Labour Party, represented the Seaham constituency during the 1929 election.
Answer: True
Ramsay MacDonald, the Labour leader, successfully held the Seaham constituency in the 1929 general election.
The Conservative Party's primary campaign theme in the 1929 general election was 'We Can Conquer Unemployment'.
Answer: False
The Conservative Party's campaign theme in the 1929 general election was 'Safety First,' while 'We Can Conquer Unemployment' was the Liberal Party's slogan.
Identify the leader of the Labour Party during the 1929 general election.
Answer: Ramsay MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald was the leader of the Labour Party during the 1929 general election, and subsequently became Prime Minister.
Describe the crucial role assumed by the Liberal Party in the political landscape following the 1929 general election.
Answer: They held the balance of power in the hung parliament.
The Liberal Party held the balance of power in the hung parliament, as neither Labour nor the Conservatives had an outright majority, making their support essential for government formation.
How was the sitting Conservative Cabinet, under Stanley Baldwin's leadership, broadly regarded in the period preceding the 1929 election?
Answer: 'Old and exhausted'
Many observers described the incumbent Conservative Cabinet as 'old and exhausted,' suggesting a perceived lack of fresh ideas or energy.
Which campaign theme was adopted by the Liberal Party for the 1929 general election?
Answer: 'We Can Conquer Unemployment'
The Liberal Party campaigned on a comprehensive public works program titled 'We Can Conquer Unemployment'.
Notwithstanding an enhanced electoral performance in 1929, what specific political standing did the Liberal Party not manage to recover?
Answer: Their pre-World War I status as a party capable of forming a government
The Liberal Party was unable to regain its pre-World War I status as a party capable of forming a government, despite an improved showing in 1929.
Identify the individual who assumed the office of Prime Minister following the 1929 United Kingdom general election.
Answer: Ramsay MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labour Party, became the Prime Minister after the 1929 general election.
Identify the leader of the Conservative Party during the 1929 general election.
Answer: Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin was the leader of the Conservative Party at the time of the 1929 general election.
Which constituency was represented by David Lloyd George, the Liberal leader, during the 1929 election?
Answer: Caernarvon Boroughs
David Lloyd George, the leader of the Liberal Party, held the Caernarvon Boroughs constituency.
The 1929 general election earned the moniker 'Flapper Election' due to it being the inaugural election where women aged 30 and above were enfranchised.
Answer: False
The 1929 general election was termed the 'Flapper Election' because it was the first time women aged 21–29 were granted the right to vote, extending universal suffrage to all adults over 21.
The 1929 general election transpired amidst a backdrop of diminishing unemployment and robust economic stability throughout the United Kingdom.
Answer: False
Contrary to the statement, the 1929 general election was held against a backdrop of rising unemployment and the lingering memory of the 1926 general strike, indicating economic instability.
The aggregate voter turnout for the 1929 general election reached 76.3%, representing an increase from the preceding election.
Answer: False
While the total voter turnout was 76.3%, this actually represented a decrease of 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous election, not an increase.
The 1929 United Kingdom general election was colloquially termed the 'Flapper Election' due to which specific electoral reform?
Answer: It was the first general election in which women aged 21–29 were granted the right to vote.
It was the first general election in which women aged 21–29 were granted the right to vote, extending universal suffrage to all adults over 21.
Identify a dominant economic condition that characterized the period leading up to the 1929 general election.
Answer: Rising unemployment across the United Kingdom
The election was contested against a backdrop of rising unemployment across the United Kingdom, alongside the recent memory of the 1926 general strike.
State the overall voter turnout percentage recorded for the 1929 United Kingdom general election.
Answer: 76.3%
The total voter turnout for the 1929 United Kingdom general election was 76.3%.
The 1929 general election marked the final occasion until the 1983 United Kingdom general election that the Liberal Party garnered over one-fifth (20%) of the popular vote.
Answer: True
The 1929 election was indeed a significant benchmark, as it was the last time the Liberal Party achieved more than 20% of the popular vote until the 1983 general election.
The Labour Party recorded a net reduction of 136 seats in the 1929 election when contrasted with its 1924 performance.
Answer: False
The Labour Party actually experienced a significant net increase of 136 seats in the 1929 election compared to their performance in 1924, not a decrease.
The Conservative Party registered a substantial net decline of 152 seats in the 1929 election relative to its 1924 electoral outcome.
Answer: True
The Conservative Party did indeed experience a substantial net decrease of 152 seats in the 1929 election compared to their performance in 1924.
The Labour Party garnered a greater percentage of the popular vote than the Conservative Party in the 1929 general election.
Answer: False
The Conservative Party received 38.1% of the popular vote, which was higher than the Labour Party's 37.1% in the 1929 general election.
The Liberal Party's share of the popular vote rose by 5.8 percentage points in the 1929 election when compared to the 1924 election.
Answer: True
The Liberal Party's popular vote percentage indeed increased by 5.8 percentage points in the 1929 election compared to their 1924 performance.
The collective 'Other' parties garnered less than 1% of the popular vote in the 1929 election.
Answer: False
The 'Other' parties collectively received 1.28% of the popular vote in the 1929 election, which is greater than 1%.
Labour secured 15 additional seats from the Liberal Party during the 1929 election.
Answer: True
Labour indeed gained 15 seats from the Liberal Party in the 1929 general election, as detailed in the seat transfer data.
The Liberal Party acquired a greater number of seats from the Labour Party than from the Conservative Party in the 1929 election.
Answer: False
The Liberal Party gained 32 seats from the Conservative Party, but no seats from the Labour Party, making the statement false.
Subsequent to the 1929 election, the Labour Party commanded the largest proportion of total seats in the House of Commons.
Answer: True
The Labour Party held 46.67% of the total seats after the 1929 election, which was the highest percentage among all parties.
Which political party garnered the highest number of popular votes in the 1929 general election?
Answer: The Conservative Party
The Conservative Party received the most popular votes in the 1929 general election, with 8,252,527 votes (38.1%).
Which significant historical statistic pertains to the Liberal Party's popular vote share in the 1929 election?
Answer: It was the last time a third party polled more than one-fifth (20%) of the popular vote until 1983.
The 1929 general election was the last time a third party, the Liberal Party, polled more than one-fifth (20%) of the popular vote until the 1983 United Kingdom general election.
Quantify the net alteration in seats for the Conservative Party in the 1929 election relative to their 1924 performance.
Answer: A decrease of 152 seats
The Conservative Party experienced a net decrease of 152 seats in the 1929 election compared to their performance in 1924.
What was the percentage of the total popular vote secured by the Labour Party in the 1929 general election?
Answer: 37.1%
The Labour Party received 37.1% of the popular vote in the 1929 general election.
Determine the percentage of the total popular vote obtained by the Liberal Party in the 1929 general election.
Answer: 23.6%
The Liberal Party received 23.6% of the popular vote in the 1929 general election.
Specify the aggregate number of votes cast for 'Other' parties in the 1929 general election.
Answer: 279,808 votes
The 'Other' parties collectively received 279,808 votes in the 1929 election.
Quantify the number of seats Labour gained from the Liberal Party in the 1929 election.
Answer: 15 seats
Labour gained 15 seats from the Liberal Party in the 1929 general election.
Determine the number of seats Labour gained from the Conservative Party in the 1929 election.
Answer: 121 seats
Labour gained 121 seats from the Conservative Party in the 1929 general election.
Plaid Cymru, the recently established Welsh nationalist party, secured its inaugural seat in the House of Commons during the 1929 general election.
Answer: False
Plaid Cymru, contesting its first general election in 1929, did not win any seats, receiving only 609 votes.
The Scottish Prohibition Party, under the leadership of Edwin Scrymgeour, secured the Dundee constituency in the 1929 general election.
Answer: True
Edwin Scrymgeour, leading the Scottish Prohibition Party, successfully won the Dundee constituency in the 1929 general election.
The Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) achieved seat gains from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) within the Fermanagh and Tyrone constituency.
Answer: True
The Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) successfully gained two seats from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in the Fermanagh and Tyrone constituency.
The Communist Party, under Harry Pollitt's leadership, secured a single seat in the 1929 general election.
Answer: False
The Communist Party, led by Harry Pollitt, did not win any seats in the 1929 general election, despite receiving 47,554 popular votes.
Name the recently established Welsh nationalist party that made its electoral debut in the 1929 general election.
Answer: Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru, the newly formed Welsh nationalist party, contested a general election for the first time in 1929.
Identify the constituency that was secured by an Independent Labour candidate in the 1929 general election.
Answer: Glasgow Govan
The Glasgow Govan constituency was won by an Independent Labour candidate in the 1929 general election.
Within the 'Transfers of seats' section, a dagger symbol (†) denotes that the alteration in seat ownership resulted from the incumbent Member of Parliament having defected to the acquiring party.
Answer: False
The dagger symbol (†) in the 'Transfers of seats' section indicates that the gaining party had won the seat in a by-election during the intervening years and then retained it in the 1929 general election, not due to an MP defection.
In the 'Transfers of seats' section, what specific electoral event does a dagger symbol (†) denote?
Answer: The gaining party had won the seat in a by-election during the intervening years and then retained it.
A dagger symbol (†) indicates that the gaining party had won the seat in a by-election during the intervening years between the 1924 and 1929 general elections, and then retained it in 1929.