UK Popular Vote

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Also happened in 1929 (Tories had 38.1% compared to Labour's 37.1% yet Labour had 27 more seats but not a majority; governed as a minority with Liberal support until the events that created the National Government sparked) and technically 1923 as well (the Tories had 38% while Labour had 30.7% - the Tories actually had like 60 more seats as well but the Liberals had their best election since the Great War - got like 1% less than Labour and only 40 or so seats less, the closest the UK have ever come to having a true three party system - and the Tories had to resign because they couldn't get the Queens Speech through parliament so Labour got into government with the first time - apparently Asquith's motivation for allowing a Labour government was that they'd prove themselves incompetent and the Liberals would become the second party again - that didn't work out very well if you look at the 1924 results).

Boring fact: until 1992 Labour's 1951 vote total was the most votes ever received in a general election (high turnout + the Liberals and other small parties couldn't stand many candidates because they hadn't the money to cover the deposits; so a majority of seats were Labour/Conservative only); yet the Tories got a working majority and entered government.  Its unlikely to happen again since the UK now has a lot of third parties in parliament so any discrepancy would lead to a hung parliament and might factor into coalition negotiations.  We've gone back to the Tories having the "advantage" in that way thanks to the SNP owning Scotland, this'll only increase more so with the new boundaries.