1922 Sallian parliamentary election

1922 Sallian parliamentary election

27/06/1922
All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	16,171,204
Turnout	14,001,497
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrew Christian George Williamson James Cooper Party Conservative Party Labour Party Liberal Party Leader since 1 February 1911 11 November 1917 11 January 1919 Leader's seat Pool of Liberty Maxwell Bridge Palling Seats before 418 51 18 Seats won 337 160 92 Seat change -81 +109 +74 Popular vote 5,221,158 3,940,021 2,660,284 Percentage 37.29% 28.14% 19.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Henry Brewer William Redmond Party National Liberal Party National Labour Party Leader since 11 January 1919 2 January 1919 Leader's seat Joodle Hampstead Seats before 158 3 Seats won 54 6 Seat change -104 +3 Popular vote 1,930,806 169,418 Percentage 13.79% 1.21%
Prime Minister before election Andrew Christian National Government Prime Minister Andrew Christian Conservative Party

The 1922 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 June 1922.

Campaign

Campaigning began following the dissolution of the 5th Parliament of Sallia on 2 June 1922. The Conservatives campaigned mostly on economic issues, the Liberals and National Liberals campaigned on economic and social issues, the National Labour Party campaigned wholly on creating a third National Government, and the Labour Party campaigned on social issues.

Campaigning ended on 26 June 1922.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1922 Sallian parliamentary election

Endorsements

Newspaper	Endorsement
The People's Paper	Labour Party
The Daily News	Conservative Party
The Daily Post	Labour Party

Results

Seats

• Conservative Party - 337 seats
• Labour Party - 160 seats
• Liberal Party - 92 seats
• National Liberal Party - 54 seats
• National Labour Party - 6 seats
• The Speaker of the House - 1 seat

Popular vote

• Conservative Party - 5,221,158 (37.29%)
• Labour Party - 3,940,021 (28.14%)
• Liberal Party - 2,660,284 (19.0%)
• National Liberal Party - 1,930,806 (13.79%)
• National Labour Party - 169,418 (1.21%)
• The Speaker of the House - 79,809 (0.57%)

Despite receiving almost a million more votes than the previous election and increasing their vote share, the Conservative Party lost 81 seats and their landslide, but retained their working majority.

Aftermath

The Conservative Party won 337 seats (a majority of 25). Andrew Christian, the Leader of the Conservative Party, formed a Conservative-only government, and dismissed Henry Brewer as Deputy Prime Minister. Through deaths, defections and by-elections, the Conservatives' majority was slowly diminished, and they lost it completely on 28 May 1922 through another by-election loss, now only on 325 seats. Christian immediately prorogued Parliament, and dissolved it on 2 June 1922 for a snap election to increase his majority.