1931 Election
The sudden decision to call a general election in October 1931 left Ramsay MacDonald and the other Labour supporters with the difficult job of organising their own re-elections without any form of organisation. Preparations had been started on 19 September, and by early October National Labour supporters had a list of 34 seats which they wanted to fight: 14 out of 15 sitting National Labour MPs wished to fight for re-election, and a further 10 candidates were ready to stand in other seats. The group thought that a further 10 candidates could easily be found.
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