1950 general election
East Midlands: 1950 general election results
How East Midlands voted at the 1950 general election: Labour won 25 of 40 seats with 50.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.
← 1945 1951 → East Midlands: results by party Party Seats Change Votes Share Change Share bar Candidates Labour Lab 25 −1 962,983 50.3% −2.0 40 Conservative Con 14 +6 680,046 35.5% +2.1 37 National Liberal Nat Lib 1 0 65,351 3.4% +0.5 3 Liberal Lib 0 0 190,831 10.0% +2.1 34 Others Oth 0 −1 13,065 0.7% −2.0 2 1 other parties and independents 2,450 0.1%
Change compared with the 1945 general election in East Midlands.
Constituency Winner Majority % Turnout Result
Chesterfield 16,683 29.9 87.0% Debry South 12,961 29.0 87.1% Derby North 7,430 18.3 85.5% Derbyshire Belper 9,323 16.0 88.8% Derbyshire Bolsolver 25,833 61.2 86.2% Derbyshire High Peak 2,807 6.5 85.8% Derbyshire Ilkeston 28,233 46.4 88.5% Derbyshire North East 16,451 32.6 86.5% Derbyshire South East 5,250 8.6 86.9% Derbyshire West 6,537 17.0 87.5% Leicester North East 10,395 23.2 85.8% Leicester North West 7,593 17.1 85.9% Leicester South East 6,141 15.1 85.9% Leicester South West 8,672 20.2 83.8% Leicestershire Bosworth 13,294 24.4 88.1% Leicestershire Harborough 6,461 11.6 89.0% Leicestershire Loughborough 6,725 14.9 87.0% Leicestershire Melton 6,556 12.8 87.5% Lincnolshire (Parts of Lindsey) Louth 4,584 11.3 82.4% Lincoln 3,753 8.7 88.7% Lincolnshire (Parts of Holland) Holland With Boston 7,962 14.2 82.2% Lincolnshire (Parts of Kesteven and Rutlandshire) Grantham 4,738 10.2 84.6% Lincolnshire (Parts of Kesteven and Rutlandshire) Rutland and Stamford 2,786 8.4 83.8% Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) Gainsborough 2,176 5.3 83.5% Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) Horncastle 10,658 31.4 78.7% Northampton 7,282 11.2 87.6% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Kettering 8,254 14.3 88.4% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Peterborough 144 0.3 86.4% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) South 1,760 4.5 87.1% Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Wellingborough 8,565 18.6 89.5% Nottingham Central 1,750 4.2 82.9% Nottingham East 2,325 5.3 84.3% Nottingham North West 17,207 34.8 86.1% Nottingham South 1,641 4.2 85.4% Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw 13,967 25.5 87.2% Nottinghamshire Broxtowe 22,026 45.0 86.1% Nottinghamshire Carlton 395 0.8 87.2% Nottinghamshire Mansfield 23,729 43.7 85.8% Nottinghamshire Newark 7,437 13.9 88.1% Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe 6,637 12.4 87.8%
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Questions and answers Who won in East Midlands at the 1950 general election? Labour won 25 of the 40 seats in East Midlands, with 50.3% of the vote.
How many seats were there in East Midlands in 1950? 40 constituencies.
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