Thursday 23 February 1950
1950 UK general election results
Labour won 315 of 625 seats with 46.1% of the vote, an overall majority of 5. Afterwards: Labour majority government, with Clement Attlee as prime minister.
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313 for a majority Lab 315 Con 282 Nat Lib 17 Lib 9 Oth 2 Parties Map Regions Gains All seats
Change is compared with the 1945 general election. Before 2010 “Others” groups all smaller parties and independents, as in the source.
South East: Conservative 52 of 63 seats West Midlands: Labour 32 of 52 seats North West: Labour 45 of 84 seats East Midlands: Labour 25 of 40 seats London: Labour 52 of 99 seats Yorkshire and the Humber: Labour 37 of 57 seats East of England: Conservative 21 of 37 seats South West: Conservative 30 of 43 seats North East: Labour 27 of 31 seats Northern Ireland: Conservative 10 of 12 seats Scotland: Labour 37 of 71 seats Wales: Labour 27 of 36 seats Each nation and region is coloured by the party that won most of its seats; darker means a larger share of the seats. Constituency maps start in 2010, when the hexagon layouts begin.
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Constituency Region Winner Majority % Turnout Result
Aberdare Wales 27,832 62.2 86.9% Aberdeen North Scotland 15,889 30.4 82.9% Aberdeen South Scotland 8,826 18.1 84.9% Aberdeenshire East Scotland 12,085 31.9 75.6% Aberdeenshire West Scotland 10,252 32.5 80.9% Accrington North West 4,273 9.0 91.0% Acton London 2,635 6.0 87.6% Altrincham and Sale North West 14,299 26.6 88.7% Anglesey Wales 1,929 6.6 82.7% Angus and Kincardinshire North Angus and Mearns Scotland 7,181 23.9 81.4% Angus and Kincardinshire South Angus Scotland 10,148 28.3 82.0% Antrim North Northern Ireland unopposed — — Antrim South Northern Ireland 32,955 67.1 63.3% Argyll Scotland 10,044 34.7 75.1% Armagh Northern Ireland unopposed — — Ashton under Lyne North West 924 2.2 86.4% Ayrshire and Bute Ayr Scotland 6,214 17.3 84.7% Ayrshire and Bute Bute and North Ayrshire Scotland 9,776 28.5 79.1% Ayrshire and Bute Central Ayrshire Scotland 1,962 5.1 85.6% Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock Scotland 8,233 20.8 86.2% Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire Scotland 7,567 20.5 85.4% Banffshire Scotland 7,649 31.9 74.1% Barking London 20,030 43.9 83.6% Barnsley Yorkshire and the Humber 31,209 50.9 88.9% Barrow in Furness North West 9,549 20.4 87.8% Bath South West 3,730 7.6 87.3% Batley and Morley Yorkshire and the Humber 9,885 19.9 87.0% Battersea North London 15,678 44.1 80.7% Battersea South London 368 1.1 85.6% Bebington North West 3,219 5.6 87.2% Beckenham London 19,379 30.4 86.5% Bedfordshire Bedford East of England 2,108 4.6 87.5% Bedfordshire Mid East of England 2,159 5.1 86.2% Bedfordshire South East of England 1,524 3.4 86.9% Belfast East Northern Ireland 12,506 26.5 76.6% Belfast North Northern Ireland 16,266 28.8 74.8% Belfast South Northern Ireland 23,192 50.4 69.3% Belfast West Northern Ireland 3,378 5.1 83.6% Berkshire Abingdon South East 3,862 8.7 82.1% Berkshire Newbury South East 6,236 18.2 81.1% Berkshire Windsor South East 9,212 21.8 82.0% Berkshire Wokingham South East 10,316 28.9 81.0% Bermondsey London 20,054 59.3 79.7% Berwickshire and East Lothian Scotland 1,728 4.1 82.8% Bethnal Green London 10,804 33.3 76.9% Bexley London 133 0.2 88.7% Bilston West Midlands 12,061 25.2 82.9% Birkenhead North West 6,129 11.6 84.9% Birmingham Aston West Midlands 12,041 25.3 78.4% Birmingham Edgbaston West Midlands 11,892 25.4 78.8% Birmingham Erdington West Midlands 5,410 9.6 83.4% Birmingham Hall Green West Midlands 3,853 7.9 83.8% Birmingham Hansworth West Midlands 5,472 11.4 83.1% Birmingham King'S Norton West Midlands 5,593 10.4 84.3% Birmingham Ladywood West Midlands 9,532 22.9 80.4% Birmingham Northfield West Midlands 6,740 13.4 84.7% Birmingham Perry Barr West Midlands 8,006 19.6 83.0% Birmingham Small Heath West Midlands 16,429 32.3 79.3% Birmingham Sparbrook West Midlands 9,675 23.9 77.6% Birmingham Strechford West Midlands 12,378 21.9 83.4% Birmingham Yardley West Midlands 3,911 9.0 84.3% Blackburn East North West 4,818 13.1 89.1% Blackburn West North West 1,879 5.1 89.6% Blackpool North North West 16,347 34.8 79.4% Blackpool South North West 12,610 27.2 81.4% Blyth North East 26,570 49.3 87.0% Bolton East North West 3,709 6.8 87.3% Bolton West North West 5,048 9.7 87.5% Bootle North West 3,799 7.9 82.1% Bournemouth East and Christchurch South East 14,887 31.6 85.0% Bournemouth West South East 13,072 24.6 83.9% Bradford Central Yorkshire and the Humber 11,447 27.1 84.6% Bradford East Yorkshire and the Humber 15,167 32.7 84.7% Bradford North Yorkshire and the Humber 2,111 4.7 87.7% Bradford South Yorkshire and the Humber 5,346 11.9 86.2% Breconshire and Radnorshire Wales 2,829 6.1 88.8% Brentford and Chiswick London 857 2.2 87.7% Brighouse and Spenborough Yorkshire and the Humber 2,132 4.4 88.0% Brighton Kemptown South East 3,001 6.5 78.0% Brighton Pavilion South East 14,653 33.5 78.9% Bristol Central South West 12,428 28.6 84.5% Bristol North East South West 4,374 10.6 84.4% Bristol North West South West 2,490 5.0 85.1% Bristol South South West 10,983 28.0 85.1% Bristol South East South West 16,803 35.8 85.0% Bristol West South West 12,243 29.0 82.4% Bromley London 10,688 26.6 85.0% Buckinghamshire Aylesbury South East 3,361 8.5 83.4% Buckinghamshire Buckingham South East 1,654 3.8 86.2% Buckinghamshire South South East 15,476 33.8 85.7% Buckinghamshire Wycombe South East 476 0.9 85.8% Burnley North West 7,059 12.8 89.5% Bury and Radcliffe North West 780 1.4 87.0% Caernarvonshire Caernarvon Wales 10,578 28.3 85.9% Caernarvonshire Conway Wales 803 2.0 84.6% Caithness and Sutherland Scotland 269 1.4 76.5% Camberwell Dulwich London 1,325 2.4 83.3% Camberwell Peckham London 19,300 39.3 77.6% Cambridge East of England 4,854 9.6 86.5% Cambridgeshire East of England 2,800 5.9 83.4% Cardiff North Wales 2,907 5.7 84.4% Cardiff South East Wales 5,895 11.6 83.3% Cardiff West Wales 4,307 8.6 82.2% Cardiganshire Wales 8,038 24.5 73.6% Carlisle North West 5,181 12.7 88.5% Carmarthenshire Carmarthen Wales 187 0.4 83.4% Carmarthenshire Llanelli Wales 31,626 57.0 80.9% Chelsea London 13,484 36.9 70.6% Cheltenham South West 4,982 12.0 85.0% Cheshire Cheadle North West 17,351 32.8 88.9% Cheshire City of Chester North West 7,639 16.6 83.9% Cheshire Crewe North West 3,626 6.7 86.7% Cheshire Knutsford North West 16,913 33.7 87.1% Cheshire Macclesfield North West 6,562 13.0 89.4% Cheshire Northwich North West 5,258 10.1 87.7% Cheshire Runcorn North West 8,082 19.7 88.6% Cheshire Stalybridge and Hyde North West 1,843 3.7 87.7% Cheshire Wirral North West 13,239 25.8 85.9% Chesterfield East Midlands 16,683 29.9 87.0% Cities of London and Westminster London 17,823 33.6 72.4% Coatbridge and Airdrie Scotland 6,787 16.5 86.1% Cornwall Bodmin South West 7,792 19.7 84.3% Cornwall Falmouth and Camborne South West 1,961 4.5 82.6% Cornwall North South West 3,072 8.4 85.9% Cornwall St Ives South West 5,535 15.3 81.6% Cornwall Truro South West 3,293 7.3 83.3% Coventry East West Midlands 13,453 26.2 88.2% Coventry North West Midlands 11,117 22.3 87.8% Coventry South West Midlands 6,092 11.5 87.2% Crosby North West 12,944 34.9 84.5% Croydon East London 8,581 15.5 86.9% Croydon North London 9,304 16.9 86.8% Croydon West London 987 2.2 83.7% Cumberland Penrith and the Border North West 8,881 20.2 85.3% Cumberland Whitehaven North West 7,617 20.0 87.0% Cumberland Workington North West 11,095 25.5 89.4% Dagenham London 31,735 53.1 81.3% Darlington North East 6,107 11.6 88.0% Dartford South East 13,638 20.2 85.5% Debry South East Midlands 12,961 29.0 87.1% Denbighshire Denbigh Wales 1,209 2.7 82.3% Denbighshire Wrexham Wales 17,925 32.4 87.3% Deptford London 14,900 33.3 81.6% Derby North East Midlands 7,430 18.3 85.5% Derbyshire Belper East Midlands 9,323 16.0 88.8% Derbyshire Bolsolver East Midlands 25,833 61.2 86.2% Derbyshire High Peak East Midlands 2,807 6.5 85.8% Derbyshire Ilkeston East Midlands 28,233 46.4 88.5% Derbyshire North East East Midlands 16,451 32.6 86.5% Derbyshire South East East Midlands 5,250 8.6 86.9% Derbyshire West East Midlands 6,537 17.0 87.5% Devon Honiton South West 15,951 34.4 84.4% Devon North South West 6,084 15.9 86.3% Devon Tavistock South West 8,493 22.9 84.7% Devon Tiverton South West 8,551 21.6 85.0% Devon Torrington South West 9,539 25.5 83.2% Devon Totnes South West 10,337 19.4 84.6% Dewsbury Yorkshire and the Humber 11,265 20.6 87.9% Doncaster Yorkshire and the Humber 878 1.8 85.6% Dorset North South West 97 0.3 85.0% Dorset South South West 2,543 5.8 84.4% Dorset West South West 6,804 18.8 84.0% Down North Northern Ireland 30,974 58.8 68.1% Down South Northern Ireland 16,332 26.9 76.7% Droylsden North West 4,136 8.0 87.7% Dudley West Midlands 13,031 21.7 86.8% Dumfriesshire Scotland 8,243 18.6 78.6% Dunbartonshire East Scotland 4,576 9.3 86.0% Dunbartonshire West Scotland 613 1.5 85.5% Dundee East Scotland 4,347 8.9 88.6% Dundee West Scotland 4,701 8.9 88.1% Dunfermline Burghs Scotland 8,674 22.5 83.9% Durham Bishop Auckland North East 11,370 26.3 86.5% Durham Blaydon North East 15,571 37.9 87.5% Durham Chester Le Street North East 24,969 54.6 87.3% Durham Consett North East 22,273 42.6 86.8% Durham Durham North East 19,121 36.1 87.0% Durham Easington North East 29,395 62.1 87.7% Durham Houghton Le Spring North East 25,362 54.3 87.2% Durham Jarrow North East 16,856 31.5 82.8% Durham North West North East 17,554 39.4 86.5% Durham Sedgefield North East 11,164 25.0 87.0% Ealing North London 2,404 4.7 88.0% Ealing South London 11,202 22.4 84.7% East Ham North London 8,641 24.1 84.2% East Ham South London 12,046 32.5 84.5% Eccles North West 5,223 9.7 88.4% Edinburgh Central Scotland 2,937 8.5 74.3% Edinburgh East Scotland 6,541 14.5 83.2% Edinburgh Leith Scotland 2,270 6.2 80.7% Edinburgh North Scotland 4,143 11.9 78.7% Edinburgh Pentlands Scotland 5,195 11.4 82.0% Edinburgh South Scotland 14,356 40.4 82.1% Edinburgh West Scotland 12,601 28.0 82.8% Edmonton London 11,572 18.3 84.5% Enfield East London 10,903 26.9 84.8% Enfield West London 9,193 25.8 86.4% Essex Billericay East of England 4,366 9.3 79.6% Essex Chelmsford East of England 4,859 9.3 84.3% Essex Colchester East of England 931 2.0 86.8% Essex Epping East of England 3,907 7.9 86.6% Essex Harwich East of England 6,058 13.4 81.9% Essex Maldon East of England 1,724 4.0 86.2% Essex Saffron Walden East of England 4,889 12.3 84.4% Essex Thurrock East of England 9,587 22.1 85.3% Eton and Slough South East 4,393 10.7 85.7% Exeter South West 3,204 7.1 86.0% Fermanagh and South Tyrone Northern Ireland 2,311 3.7 92.1% Fife East Scotland 15,055 37.3 81.6% Fife West Scotland 13,445 39.9 66.5% Finchley London 12,579 20.6 84.9% Flintshire East Wales 6,697 15.1 88.0% Flintshire West Wales 6,719 17.0 86.6% Fulham East London 2,765 7.3 84.2% Fulham West London 2,849 7.2 86.2% Gateshead East North East 1,719 5.1 85.8% Gateshead West North East 9,212 28.3 83.9% Gillingham South East 2,080 5.3 84.9% Glamorganshire Aberavon Wales 21,187 49.7 85.8% Glamorganshire Barry Wales 1,025 2.2 86.0% Glamorganshire Caerphilly Wales 21,499 55.1 84.3% Glamorganshire Gower Wales 22,356 52.3 84.5% Glamorganshire Neath Wales 26,809 59.2 87.5% Glamorganshire Ogmore Wales 26,045 54.4 85.2% Glamorganshire Pontypridd Wales 21,896 48.8 84.3% Glasgow Bridgeton Scotland 9,243 27.1 76.9% Glasgow Camlachie Scotland 1,247 3.1 80.7% Glasgow Cathcart Scotland 14,072 37.4 83.8% Glasgow Central Scotland 3,004 11.0 74.0% Glasgow Gorbals Scotland 11,059 26.6 77.3% Glasgow Govan Scotland 373 0.9 84.0% Glasgow Hillhead Scotland 10,261 26.9 82.2% Glasgow Kelvingrove Scotland 1,224 4.0 78.8% Glasgow Maryhill Scotland 10,431 29.0 80.0% Glasgow Pollok Scotland 7,789 17.5 81.3% Glasgow Scotstoun Scotland 239 0.6 84.6% Glasgow Shettleston Scotland 8,241 19.9 79.9% Glasgow Springburn Scotland 11,937 27.8 76.9% Glasgow Tradeston Scotland 10,894 25.8 78.8% Glasgow Woodside Scotland 1,079 3.1 80.2% Gloucester South West 4,494 10.6 86.4% Gloucestershire Cirencester and Tewkesbury South West 8,282 18.0 81.3% Gloucestershire South South West 6,138 12.3 86.9% Gloucestershire Stroud and Thornbury South West 28 0.1 85.4% Gloucestershire West South West 9,101 21.9 82.3% Gosport and Fareham South East 10,584 20.7 82.9% Greenock Scotland 8,909 22.0 83.2% Greenwich London 11,124 21.9 83.0% Grimsby Yorkshire and the Humber 6,412 12.5 82.7% Hackney South London 20,716 35.3 77.4% Halifax Yorkshire and the Humber 8,344 13.8 85.1% Hammersmith North London 2,940 8.8 81.0% Hammersmith South London 2,664 7.3 81.7% Hampshire Aldershot South East 6,172 15.2 79.7% Hampshire Basingstoke South East 4,894 10.8 79.5% Hampshire New Forest South East 12,441 24.5 81.6% Hampshire Petersfield South East 11,729 23.7 78.0% Hampshire Winchester South East 7,507 13.6 84.0% Hampstead London 12,576 22.0 80.5% Harrow Central London 6,536 14.8 86.8% Harrow East London 1,464 2.8 87.2% Harrow West London 11,773 29.0 86.7% Hastings South East 12,432 21.9 82.1% Hayes and Harlington London 11,272 30.2 85.1% Hendon North London 2,255 4.8 86.3% Hendon South London 9,528 20.0 83.6% Herefordshire Hereford West Midlands 7,129 20.1 80.5% Herefordshire Leominster West Midlands 9,634 29.8 80.9% Hertfordshire Barnet London 10,534 17.0 87.4% Hertfordshire Hemel Hempstead East of England 6,857 15.6 85.0% Hertfordshire Hertford East of England 5,750 10.5 83.2% Hertfordshire Hitchin East of England 1,751 3.4 85.8% Hertfordshire South West East of England 8,695 20.4 86.1% Hertfordshire St Albans East of England 2,382 4.6 84.9% Heston and Isleworth London 4,279 6.4 86.1% Holborn and St Pancras South London 1,230 3.1 72.1% Hornchurch London 1,767 2.9 85.7% Hornsey London 11,095 17.6 85.2% Hove South East 21,957 43.5 81.9% Huddersfield East Yorkshire and the Humber 5,233 13.3 85.7% Huddersfield West Yorkshire and the Humber 6,914 16.5 86.9% Huntingdonshire East of England 5,455 15.1 82.6% Ilford North London 8,565 14.9 85.9% Ilford South London 4,528 8.0 85.4% Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness Scotland 4,820 13.7 68.6% Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty Scotland 4,391 25.2 63.1% Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles Scotland 1,437 9.1 55.7% Ipswich East of England 4,393 7.0 86.8% Isle of Ely East of England 4,963 10.4 79.6% Isle of Wight South East 11,488 21.1 80.6% Islington East London 8,092 20.2 79.3% Islington North London 9,379 20.6 76.9% Islington South-West London 17,189 36.9 74.6% Keighley Yorkshire and the Humber 5,581 12.4 88.1% Kensington North London 3,624 8.5 78.3% Kensington South London 24,868 55.3 71.0% Kent Ashford South East 6,147 15.0 84.1% Kent Canterbury South East 11,928 25.2 82.5% Kent Chislehurst London 167 0.3 86.3% Kent Dover South East 2,309 4.4 85.8% Kent Faversham South East 2,239 4.6 86.3% Kent Folkestone and Hythe South East 9,882 24.2 83.2% Kent Gravesend South East 5,571 10.5 86.3% Kent Isle of Thanet South East 10,823 19.2 83.0% Kent Maidstone South East 6,631 13.6 81.8% Kent Orpington London 10,289 23.9 85.1% Kent Sevenoaks South East 7,682 15.7 84.9% Kent Tonbridge South East 8,368 15.6 83.5% Kingston upon Hull Central Yorkshire and the Humber 11,400 23.6 78.2% Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire and the Humber 12,915 27.0 85.3% Kingston upon Hull Haltemprice Yorkshire and the Humber 5,326 11.3 85.1% Kingston upon Hull North Yorkshire and the Humber 770 1.8 86.3% Kingston upon Thames London 15,657 25.0 85.2% Kirkcaldy Burghs Scotland 8,564 19.9 84.8% Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire Galloway Scotland 9,080 31.1 63.0% Lambeth Brixton London 5,058 11.1 81.1% Lambeth Norwood London 2,075 4.0 84.2% Lambeth Vauxhall London 13,370 34.9 75.7% Lanarkshire Bothwell Scotland 6,110 13.5 84.5% Lanarkshire Hamilton Scotland 16,737 40.0 81.7% Lanarkshire Lanark Scotland 685 1.8 84.7% Lanarkshire Motherwell Scotland 8,425 20.2 84.5% Lanarkshire North Scotland 7,350 19.3 84.7% Lanarkshire Rutherglen Scotland 695 1.8 86.1% Lancashire Chorley North West 361 0.7 88.4% Lancashire Clitheroe North West 2,455 5.9 91.7% Lancashire Darwen North West 4,569 12.4 89.6% Lancashire Farnworth North West 11,109 24.8 88.1% Lancashire Heywood and Royton North West 2,036 3.8 88.0% Lancashire Huyton North West 834 1.9 85.0% Lancashire Ince North West 19,533 43.6 88.7% Lancashire Lancaster North West 3,096 8.1 85.1% Lancashire Middleton and Prestwich North West 7,805 16.0 86.9% Lancashire Morecombe and Lonsdale North West 15,273 32.8 84.2% Lancashire Newton North West 9,764 18.1 88.0% Lancashire North Fylde North West 13,023 33.7 82.8% Lancashire Ormskirk North West 14,071 32.5 83.9% Lancashire South Fylde North West 22,278 44.2 83.6% Lancashire West Houghton North West 11,858 24.5 88.2% Lancashire Widnes North West 3,220 8.2 88.2% Leeds Central Yorkshire and the Humber 10,679 27.0 78.3% Leeds North Yorkshire and the Humber 12,748 27.0 84.2% Leeds North East Yorkshire and the Humber 6,819 17.2 82.3% Leeds North West Yorkshire and the Humber 9,599 23.0 85.5% Leeds South Yorkshire and the Humber 15,359 31.5 84.6% Leeds South East Yorkshire and the Humber 8,732 21.1 85.3% Leeds West Yorkshire and the Humber 4,515 10.9 86.4% Leicester North East East Midlands 10,395 23.2 85.8% Leicester North West East Midlands 7,593 17.1 85.9% Leicester South East East Midlands 6,141 15.1 85.9% Leicester South West East Midlands 8,672 20.2 83.8% Leicestershire Bosworth East Midlands 13,294 24.4 88.1% Leicestershire Harborough East Midlands 6,461 11.6 89.0% Leicestershire Loughborough East Midlands 6,725 14.9 87.0% Leicestershire Melton East Midlands 6,556 12.8 87.5% Leigh North West 14,600 27.0 87.4% Lewisham North London 2,491 5.5 84.5% Lewisham South London 7,774 15.9 86.5% Lewisham West London 2,195 4.6 85.7% Leyton London 11,650 17.8 83.3% Lincnolshire (Parts of Lindsey) Louth East Midlands 4,584 11.3 82.4% Lincoln East Midlands 3,753 8.7 88.7% Lincolnshire (Parts of Holland) Holland With Boston East Midlands 7,962 14.2 82.2% Lincolnshire (Parts of Kesteven and Rutlandshire) Grantham East Midlands 4,738 10.2 84.6% Lincolnshire (Parts of Kesteven and Rutlandshire) Rutland and Stamford East Midlands 2,786 8.4 83.8% Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) Brigg Yorkshire and the Humber 10,413 19.0 85.7% Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) Gainsborough East Midlands 2,176 5.3 83.5% Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) Horncastle East Midlands 10,658 31.4 78.7% Liverpool Edge Hill North West 3,004 7.0 78.3% Liverpool Exchange North West 5,342 15.7 72.8% Liverpool Garston North West 14,303 25.9 84.9% Liverpool Kirkdale North West 628 1.6 79.7% Liverpool Scotland North West 13,847 32.3 74.8% Liverpool Toxteth North West 2,620 6.0 80.4% Liverpool Walton North West 4,267 8.0 83.1% Liverpool Wavertree North West 7,605 15.1 82.4% Liverpool West Derby North West 2,032 3.8 81.6% Londonderry Northern Ireland 14,722 25.2 80.6% Luton East of England 1,086 2.2 87.1% Manchester Ardwick North West 4,733 11.7 81.5% Manchester Blackley North West 42 0.1 85.7% Manchester Cheetham North West 9,831 25.9 79.5% Manchester Clayton North West 14,328 31.0 82.7% Manchester Exchange North West 4,619 13.6 74.8% Manchester Gorton North West 9,524 18.7 85.5% Manchester Moss Side North West 8,578 19.2 78.7% Manchester Withington North West 8,611 19.7 85.3% Manchester Wythenshawe North West 5,584 12.1 84.2% Merionethshire Wales 1,070 4.3 88.8% Merthyr Tydfil Wales 22,916 61.8 85.9% Merton and Morden London 2,803 5.7 88.1% Mid-Ulster Northern Ireland 3,302 5.3 91.6% Middlesborough East North East 16,780 36.1 82.9% Middlesbrough West North East 3,833 8.2 86.4% Middlesex Spelthorne South East 31 0.1 81.8% Middlesex Uxbridge London 2,398 5.7 84.6% Midlothian and Peeblesshire Scotland 7,188 14.1 82.9% Mitcham London 4,826 7.7 85.8% Monmouthshire Abertillery Wales 25,206 74.1 84.6% Monmouthshire Bedwellty Wales 25,082 66.8 85.5% Monmouthshire Ebbw Vale Wales 21,500 61.5 86.7% Monmouthshire Monmouth Wales 4,231 10.7 83.2% Monmouthshire Pontypool Wales 21,651 55.3 84.8% Montgomeryshire Wales 6,780 24.1 86.8% Moray and Nairnshire Scotland 5,095 19.7 75.0% Nelson and Colne North West 4,242 9.1 88.6% Newcastle under Lyme West Midlands 8,117 15.5 87.6% Newcastle upon Tyne Central North East 11,623 29.4 79.6% Newcastle upon Tyne East North East 5,828 12.1 85.6% Newcastle upon Tyne North North East 8,465 18.0 83.7% Newcastle upon Tyne West North East 9,281 17.3 87.2% Newport Wales 9,992 16.0 87.9% Norfolk Central East of England 3,891 9.8 84.3% Norfolk King'S Lynn East of England 270 0.6 83.8% Norfolk North East of England 2,049 5.0 84.3% Norfolk South East of England 2,429 6.8 83.9% Norfolk South West East of England 260 0.8 83.4% Norfolk Yarmouth East of England 1,162 2.7 84.1% Northampton East Midlands 7,282 11.2 87.6% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Kettering East Midlands 8,254 14.3 88.4% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Peterborough East Midlands 144 0.3 86.4% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) South East Midlands 1,760 4.5 87.1% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Wellingborough East Midlands 8,565 18.6 89.5% Northumberland Berwick upon Tweed North East 4,544 13.5 80.1% Northumberland Hexham North East 20,549 71.2 61.9% Northumberland Morpeth North East 16,575 43.0 86.6% Norwich North East of England 13,194 35.7 86.2% Norwich South East of England 2,325 6.6 84.9% Nottingham Central East Midlands 1,750 4.2 82.9% Nottingham East East Midlands 2,325 5.3 84.3% Nottingham North West East Midlands 17,207 34.8 86.1% Nottingham South East Midlands 1,641 4.2 85.4% Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw East Midlands 13,967 25.5 87.2% Nottinghamshire Broxtowe East Midlands 22,026 45.0 86.1% Nottinghamshire Carlton East Midlands 395 0.8 87.2% Nottinghamshire Mansfield East Midlands 23,729 43.7 85.8% Nottinghamshire Newark East Midlands 7,437 13.9 88.1% Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe East Midlands 6,637 12.4 87.8% Oldbury and Halesowen West Midlands 11,116 19.7 86.3% Oldham East North West 393 0.8 84.1% Oldham West North West 4,793 10.1 85.1% Orkney and Shetland Scotland 2,956 15.0 67.7% Oxford South East 3,606 6.1 84.9% Oxfordshire Banbury South East 1,957 4.0 83.6% Oxfordshire Henley South East 5,779 13.9 81.7% Paddington North London 3,861 10.7 81.4% Paddington South London 6,873 19.3 73.9% Paisley Scotland 10,203 19.6 84.0% Pembrokeshire Wales 129 0.3 83.2% Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and West Perthshire Scotland 8,116 29.4 76.9% Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth and East Perthshire Scotland 13,144 29.7 81.6% Plymouth Devonport South West 3,483 5.7 87.2% Plymouth Sutton South West 924 1.6 86.4% Pontefract Yorkshire and the Humber 24,001 51.2 87.3% Poole South West 6,513 13.2 87.1% Poplar London 24,668 62.7 78.4% Portsmouth Langstone South East 11,786 23.6 83.7% Portsmouth South South East 13,579 27.9 83.5% Portsmouth West South East 945 1.9 83.5% Preston North North West 938 2.1 86.8% Preston South North West 149 0.3 85.7% Pudsey Yorkshire and the Humber 64 0.1 88.9% Reading North South East 527 1.6 86.8% Reading South South East 2,254 6.2 88.1% Renfrewshire East Scotland 14,934 30.9 78.9% Renfrewshire West Scotland 3,030 7.9 77.6% Rhondda East Wales 22,182 63.2 87.5% Rhondda West Wales 23,518 71.3 87.9% Richmond London 13,669 25.4 86.2% Rochdale North West 4,204 7.4 88.0% Rochester and Chatham South East 477 1.0 84.2% Romford London 1,269 2.1 85.7% Rossendale North West 2,113 4.4 88.9% Rotherham Yorkshire and the Humber 16,467 34.0 87.3% Rowley Regis and Tipton West Midlands 18,896 38.0 83.6% Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire Scotland 1,156 3.0 82.1% Ruislip Northwood London 9,509 23.7 88.0% Salford East North West 8,248 16.6 81.3% Salford West North West 5,292 10.1 85.0% Sheffield Attercliffe Yorkshire and the Humber 18,541 43.2 86.4% Sheffield Brightside Yorkshire and the Humber 19,406 41.5 84.6% Sheffield Hallam Yorkshire and the Humber 16,715 38.7 86.4% Sheffield Heeley Yorkshire and the Humber 8,704 18.4 88.1% Sheffield Hillsborough Yorkshire and the Humber 9,312 18.9 87.1% Sheffield Neepsend Yorkshire and the Humber 19,006 45.7 83.8% Sheffield Park Yorkshire and the Humber 16,880 37.4 85.2% Shoreditch and Finsbury London 14,631 34.6 74.4% Shropshire Ludlow West Midlands 7,767 21.0 79.9% Shropshire Oswestry West Midlands 9,006 23.6 78.3% Shropshire Shrewsbury West Midlands 5,928 16.0 83.9% Shropshire the Wrekin West Midlands 2,691 7.3 81.3% Smethwick West Midlands 11,197 24.2 85.3% Somerset Bridgewater South West 5,679 12.8 85.8% Somerset North South West 903 1.7 87.7% Somerset Taunton South West 1,372 3.1 88.8% Somerset Wells South West 2,626 5.4 86.3% Somerset Weston Super Mare South West 13,473 28.4 83.1% Somerset Yeovil South West 1,613 3.3 87.5% South Shields North East 17,555 29.7 81.7% Southall London 8,715 17.3 82.7% Southampton Itchen South East 5,213 9.4 84.0% Southampton Test South East 1,389 2.7 84.4% Southend East East of England 2,165 5.0 82.5% Southend West East of England 18,846 31.8 83.0% Southgate London 19,279 38.9 86.4% Southport North West 15,607 29.5 81.8% Southwark London 22,378 43.6 74.0% St Helens North West 18,773 30.0 84.9% St Marylebone London 13,420 31.0 74.0% St Pancras North London 10,135 19.4 79.6% Staffordshire Brierley Hill West Midlands 4,637 9.6 85.4% Staffordshire Burton West Midlands 1,485 3.1 86.1% Staffordshire Cannock West Midlands 17,658 35.8 85.7% Staffordshire Leek West Midlands 4,224 7.6 86.0% Staffordshire Lichfield and Tamworth West Midlands 4,518 8.4 86.3% Staffordshire Stafford and Stone West Midlands 5,038 11.0 86.0% Stepney London 27,237 57.0 73.2% Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs Scotland 1,554 3.4 84.4% Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Scotland 9,350 23.0 83.4% Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire West Stirlingshire Scotland 4,036 11.3 85.7% Stockport North North West 3,628 7.6 88.5% Stockport South North West 2,182 5.2 86.9% Stockton on Tees North East 6,980 16.1 89.4% Stoke Newington and Hackney North London 14,314 23.3 78.7% Stoke on Trent Central West Midlands 16,547 31.1 83.2% Stoke on Trent North West Midlands 22,249 43.2 85.0% Stoke on Trent South West Midlands 19,702 37.0 85.3% Stretford North West 5,603 8.9 86.9% Suffolk Bury St. Edmunds East of England 4,129 9.0 82.5% Suffolk Eye East of England 627 1.3 83.8% Suffolk Lowestoft East of England 3,322 7.2 83.8% Suffolk Sudbury and Woodbridge East of England 4,537 9.3 84.5% Sunderland North North East 7,341 16.0 84.3% Sunderland South North East 5,180 9.5 83.3% Surrey Carshalton London 7,957 14.2 88.1% Surrey Chertsey South East 5,236 14.0 82.7% Surrey Dorking South East 10,982 29.4 83.4% Surrey East South East 20,212 37.6 87.2% Surrey Epsom South East 17,847 32.7 86.2% Surrey Esher South East 17,580 32.4 85.6% Surrey Farnham South East 8,693 22.4 83.0% Surrey Guildford South East 9,540 21.2 84.1% Surrey Reigate South East 9,096 21.2 85.1% Surrey Woking South East 11,297 26.8 83.2% Sussex (East) East Grinstead South East 16,803 31.1 81.7% Sussex (East) Eastbourne South East 17,121 28.8 85.1% Sussex (East) Lewes South East 15,407 29.6 81.0% Sussex (West) Arundel and Shoreham South East 15,554 29.4 82.9% Sussex (West) Chichester South East 16,492 35.4 80.5% Sussex (West) Horsham South East 10,423 27.2 80.0% Sutton and Cheam London 11,494 22.4 86.7% Swansea East Wales 21,968 50.6 81.9% Swansea West Wales 3,665 7.5 83.8% Swindon South West 8,279 19.4 87.2% The Hartlepools North East 5,236 10.4 87.2% Torquay South West 14,866 27.3 82.8% Tottenham London 14,039 25.9 81.0% Twickenham London 13,669 20.8 85.7% Tynemouth North East 5,637 9.7 84.0% Wakefield Yorkshire and the Humber 10,071 21.5 87.3% Wallasey North West 14,915 25.1 82.5% Wallsend North East 12,147 20.3 87.5% Walsall West Midlands 7,783 11.9 86.2% Walthamstow East London 3,272 8.3 84.4% Walthamstow West London 12,107 34.7 81.7% Wandsworth Central London 2,049 3.6 82.1% Wandsworth Clapham London 1,206 2.5 80.6% Wandsworth Putney London 5,692 10.5 81.8% Wandsworth Streatham London 11,340 24.5 81.0% Warrington North West 8,752 18.8 86.0% Warwickshire Nuneaton West Midlands 8,641 17.4 72.7% Warwickshire Rugby West Midlands 1,036 2.7 88.2% Warwickshire Solihull West Midlands 14,017 34.4 86.9% Warwickshire Stratford West Midlands 9,349 24.6 83.1% Warwickshire Sutton Coldfield West Midlands 14,653 25.5 83.2% Warwickshire Warwick and Leamington West Midlands 8,953 19.6 82.9% Watford East of England 1,457 3.2 87.3% Wednesbury West Midlands 15,454 26.0 86.3% Wembley North London 7,443 17.2 88.5% Wembley South London 3,669 8.5 88.3% West Bromwich West Midlands 14,867 30.8 82.8% West Ham North London 21,159 43.0 77.8% West Ham South London 31,332 70.3 78.5% West Lothian Scotland 11,237 25.0 79.1% Westmorland North West 13,174 32.7 85.5% Wigan North West 17,013 32.5 89.3% Willesden East London 3,341 6.5 82.5% Willesden West London 16,115 29.0 83.2% Wiltshire Chippenham South West 4,097 10.2 83.0% Wiltshire Devizes South West 1,185 3.1 82.1% Wiltshire Salisbury South West 4,982 13.0 83.7% Wiltshire Westbury South West 1,679 3.8 86.3% Wimbledon London 20,043 30.5 85.7% Wolverhampton North East West Midlands 14,643 29.7 83.1% Wolverhampton South West West Midlands 691 1.6 87.2% Wood Green London 8,468 15.6 81.7% Woodford South East 18,499 29.6 86.1% Woolwich East London 12,370 28.6 83.3% Woolwich West London 140 0.3 87.1% Worcester West Midlands 4,340 8.9 86.1% Worcestershire Bromsgrove West Midlands 190 0.4 85.8% Worcestershire Kidderminster West Midlands 3,805 8.3 84.1% Worcestershire South West Midlands 11,280 26.5 80.2% Worthing South East 19,447 44.1 84.0% York Yorkshire and the Humber 77 0.1 87.6% Yorkshire (East Riding) Beverley Yorkshire and the Humber 14,300 29.8 83.0% Yorkshire (East Riding) Bridlington Yorkshire and the Humber 9,966 19.4 81.9% Yorkshire (North Riding) Cleveland North East 7,608 13.5 85.8% Yorkshire (North Riding) Richmond Yorkshire and the Humber 14,305 36.8 79.7% Yorkshire (North Riding) Scarborough and Whitby Yorkshire and the Humber 14,475 27.7 80.8% Yorkshire (North Riding) Thirsk and Malton Yorkshire and the Humber 14,844 36.9 81.5% Yorkshire (West Riding) Barkston Ash Yorkshire and the Humber 6,573 15.0 87.3% Yorkshire (West Riding) Colne Valley Yorkshire and the Humber 9,084 18.0 86.5% Yorkshire (West Riding) Dearne Valley Yorkshire and the Humber 30,055 59.2 88.0% Yorkshire (West Riding) Don Valley Yorkshire and the Humber 26,807 49.9 87.7% Yorkshire (West Riding) Goole Yorkshire and the Humber 8,782 20.7 85.5% Yorkshire (West Riding) Harrogate Yorkshire and the Humber 15,468 37.1 81.2% Yorkshire (West Riding) Hemsworth Yorkshire and the Humber 37,680 64.8 88.2% Yorkshire (West Riding) Normanton Yorkshire and the Humber 21,057 49.1 87.5% Yorkshire (West Riding) Penistone Yorkshire and the Humber 18,851 33.4 87.7% Yorkshire (West Riding) Ripon Yorkshire and the Humber 10,975 32.7 84.0% Yorkshire (West Riding) Rother Valley Yorkshire and the Humber 29,335 53.2 87.4% Yorkshire (West Riding) Shipley Yorkshire and the Humber 81 0.2 89.4% Yorkshire (West Riding) Skipton Yorkshire and the Humber 5,964 13.2 88.9% Yorkshire (West Riding) Sowerby Yorkshire and the Humber 3,665 7.3 88.3%
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk / cbp-8647
Questions and answers Who won the 1950 general election? Labour won 315 of 625 seats with 46.1% of the vote, an overall majority of 5. Clement Attlee became (or remained) prime minister: Labour majority government.
How many seats did each party win in 1950? Labour 315; Conservative 282; National Liberal 17; Liberal 9; Others 2 (out of 625 seats; 313 were needed for a majority).
Who won the most votes in 1950? Labour won the most votes: 13,266,615 (46.1% of the 28,751,651 votes counted).
What was the turnout at the 1950 general election? Turnout was 83.9% in contested constituencies (valid votes as a share of the electorate).
What was the closest result in 1950? Gloucestershire Stroud and Thornbury, where the Conservatives won by 28 votes.
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