United Kingdom general election, 1950
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The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government.
The election, held on February 23, 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of five seats, and the party called another general election in 1951. Significant changes since the 1945 general election included the abolition of plural voting by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and a major reorganisation of constituencies by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Eleven new English seats were created, six abolished, and over 170 major alterations to constituencies across the country.
[edit] Results
| UK General Election 1950 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 315 | - 78 | 46.1 | 13,266,176 | |||||
| Conservative | 282 | + 85 | 40.0 | 11,507,061 | |||||
| Liberal | 9 | 3 | 6 | - 3 | 9.1 | 2,621,487 | |||
| National Liberal | 16 | + 5 | 3.4 | 985,343 | |||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 2 | - 2 | 0.3 | 91,765 | |||
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 65,211 | |||
| Irish Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 52,715 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 50,299 | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 26,395 | |||
| Independent Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 24,732 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 23,362 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 17,580 | |||
| Independent Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1 | - 1 | 0.1 | 15,066 | |||
| Scottish National Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,708 | |||
| Anti-Partition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 5,084 | |||
| Ind. Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | - 3 | 0.0 | 4,112 | |||
| Independent Liberal and Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,551 | |||
| National Independent | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | 0.0 | 1,380 | |||
| Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 613 | |||
| Social Credit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 551 | |||
| Independent Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 485 | |||
| Socialist Party (GB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 448 | |||
Total votes cast: 28,771,124. All parties shown. Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists.
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