Talk:1935 United Kingdom general election

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Re "National Government"

I am puzzled by the use of the link "National". Was there a National Government party at the time? (The National Government article is about the use of the term National Goverment rather than any particular party using the term as its name.) Laurel Bush 17:27, 4 October 2005 (UTC).

There was no 'National' party so the link is merely for information purposes. Usually when a candidate/MP is described only as 'National' it is because they were known to be a supporter of the National government but there is no evidence of links to any political party, either through their adoption as a candidate by any local association or their subsequent acceptance of a party whip once elected. (Graemp 16:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC))

Overall majority?
I'm puzzled by the lack of this information in the infobox. In my experience it's one of the things the general reader most wants to know when reading about an election. 217.33.74.203 (talk) 11:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

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Independent Liberals
Lloyd George's family group didn't take the whip until after the election - they're included in the totals for the Samuelite Liberals but their constituencies are marked separately on the map. One or the other will need to be changed. Timrollpickering 10:04, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

mismatch between table and graphic
The infobox includes File:1935 UK general election map.svg which shows a large chunk of Scotland as won by the Scottish Unionist Party. The table in the Results section does not list this party at all. Is there an explanation for this apparent discrepancy? Courtesy pings to and  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:25, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The discrepancy lies in whether to include the Scottish Unionist Party as part of the Conservative Party, or not. The Unionist Party (Scotland) article explains the relationship between the two; they were separate parties, but worked together, and many available statistics combine the two. Warofdreams talk 18:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * In that case, shouldn't the table either say "Conservative (incl. Scottish Unionist)" for the top row or have a sub-row for the Scottish Unionist constituencies? The readers shouldn't be expected to remember or have pre-knowledge of that detail of inter-war British electoral history. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:33, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Edited to add: As it is, the reader would have to click the graphic and then click the Scottish Unionist link in the caption and then read through that article to understand the history. This seems like asking a lot for a casual reader. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:36, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Lede seems incorrect
Hi, the lede describes it as the last election where the winning party took a majority of votes cast but the table of results says the conservatives won 47.8%. What gives? 87.115.123.255 (talk) 11:37, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

the first full table of election results shows 619 elected, for only 615 seats
the first full table of election results shows 619 elected, for only 615 seats 90.247.126.103 (talk) 16:05, 11 December 2023 (UTC)