I'm curious to see how MacDonald handles the Depression ITTL.Polling stations were open from 8 am to 8 pm on election day, 17 April 1931. Voting was reported to be fairly heavy. The first result declared was Salford North, where Ben Tillett was re-elected for Labour with an increased majority. The percentage votes for each party were (May 1929 general election):
Ben Tillett (Labour): 43.4 (44.8)
Conservative: 34.7 (38.9)
Liberal: 21.9 (16.3)
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Labour majority: 8.7 (5.9)
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As more results were declared overnight and the following day, Labour and Liberals gained scores of seats from the Conservatives, but it was not until the afternoon of 18 April, that Labour reached 308 seats and an overall majority in the House of Commons. When all the results had been declared, the number of seats for each party were as follows (May 1929 general election):
Labour: 318 (255)
Conservative: 161 (309)
Liberal: 129 (42)
Nationalist: 3 (3)
Empire Crusade: 1 (n/a)
Socialist Prohibition (SPP) : 1 (1)
Independents: 2 (4)
(Independent Labour: 1)
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Total: 615 (615)
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Labour had a majority of 21 over all others. But with the Speaker being a Conservative MP and with the SPP MP, their majority was 24.
For starters, I hope to god that he appoints literally anybody but Philip Snowden as Chancellor of the Exchequer - IOTL austerity policies led directly to Labour's disastrous split, the formation of the National Govt. and Labour's subsequent wipeout at TTL's 1931 election.
Also, I'm curious what MacDonald's policy towards India will be ITTL. I personally hope that India will be granted dominion status in line with the recommendations of the Nehru Report, which would likely help keep India in Britain's sphere of influence post-independence.
Additionally, I look forward to see how Labour will handle Appeasement ITTL - while many in Labour are pacifists, they also include a substantial anti-fascist wing, which will likely push the leadership on the issue.