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 23 February 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