London: 1950 general election results
How London voted at the 1950 general election: Labour won 52 of 99 seats with 46.9% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 52 | −34 | 2,247,711 | 46.9% | −6.0 | ||
| Conservative | 47 | +23 | 2,078,105 | 43.4% | +6.8 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 414,074 | 8.7% | +0.9 | ||
| Communist | 0 | −1 | 30,597 | 0.6% | −0.1 | ||
| 2 other parties and independents | 19,185 | 0.4% | |||||
Change compared with the 1945 general election in London.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | Lab | 2,635 | 6.0 | 87.6% | |
| Barking | Lab | 20,030 | 43.9 | 83.6% | |
| Battersea North | Lab | 15,678 | 44.1 | 80.7% | |
| Battersea South | Lab | 368 | 1.1 | 85.6% | |
| Beckenham | Con | 19,379 | 30.4 | 86.5% | |
| Bermondsey | Lab | 20,054 | 59.3 | 79.7% | |
| Bethnal Green | Lab | 10,804 | 33.3 | 76.9% | |
| Bexley | Con | 133 | 0.2 | 88.7% | |
| Brentford and Chiswick | Con | 857 | 2.2 | 87.7% | |
| Bromley | Con | 10,688 | 26.6 | 85.0% | |
| Camberwell Dulwich | Lab | 1,325 | 2.4 | 83.3% | |
| Camberwell Peckham | Lab | 19,300 | 39.3 | 77.6% | |
| Chelsea | Con | 13,484 | 36.9 | 70.6% | |
| Cities of London and Westminster | Con | 17,823 | 33.6 | 72.4% | |
| Croydon East | Con | 8,581 | 15.5 | 86.9% | |
| Croydon North | Con | 9,304 | 16.9 | 86.8% | |
| Croydon West | Con | 987 | 2.2 | 83.7% | |
| Dagenham | Lab | 31,735 | 53.1 | 81.3% | |
| Deptford | Lab | 14,900 | 33.3 | 81.6% | |
| Ealing North | Lab | 2,404 | 4.7 | 88.0% | |
| Ealing South | Con | 11,202 | 22.4 | 84.7% | |
| East Ham North | Lab | 8,641 | 24.1 | 84.2% | |
| East Ham South | Lab | 12,046 | 32.5 | 84.5% | |
| Edmonton | Lab | 11,572 | 18.3 | 84.5% | |
| Enfield East | Lab | 10,903 | 26.9 | 84.8% | |
| Enfield West | Con | 9,193 | 25.8 | 86.4% | |
| Finchley | Con | 12,579 | 20.6 | 84.9% | |
| Fulham East | Lab | 2,765 | 7.3 | 84.2% | |
| Fulham West | Lab | 2,849 | 7.2 | 86.2% | |
| Greenwich | Lab | 11,124 | 21.9 | 83.0% | |
| Hackney South | Lab | 20,716 | 35.3 | 77.4% | |
| Hammersmith North | Lab | 2,940 | 8.8 | 81.0% | |
| Hammersmith South | Lab | 2,664 | 7.3 | 81.7% | |
| Hampstead | Con | 12,576 | 22.0 | 80.5% | |
| Harrow Central | Con | 6,536 | 14.8 | 86.8% | |
| Harrow East | Con | 1,464 | 2.8 | 87.2% | |
| Harrow West | Con | 11,773 | 29.0 | 86.7% | |
| Hayes and Harlington | Lab | 11,272 | 30.2 | 85.1% | |
| Hendon North | Con | 2,255 | 4.8 | 86.3% | |
| Hendon South | Con | 9,528 | 20.0 | 83.6% | |
| Hertfordshire Barnet | Con | 10,534 | 17.0 | 87.4% | |
| Heston and Isleworth | Con | 4,279 | 6.4 | 86.1% | |
| Holborn and St Pancras South | Lab | 1,230 | 3.1 | 72.1% | |
| Hornchurch | Lab | 1,767 | 2.9 | 85.7% | |
| Hornsey | Con | 11,095 | 17.6 | 85.2% | |
| Ilford North | Con | 8,565 | 14.9 | 85.9% | |
| Ilford South | Con | 4,528 | 8.0 | 85.4% | |
| Islington East | Lab | 8,092 | 20.2 | 79.3% | |
| Islington North | Lab | 9,379 | 20.6 | 76.9% | |
| Islington South-West | Lab | 17,189 | 36.9 | 74.6% | |
| Kensington North | Lab | 3,624 | 8.5 | 78.3% | |
| Kensington South | Con | 24,868 | 55.3 | 71.0% | |
| Kent Chislehurst | Con | 167 | 0.3 | 86.3% | |
| Kent Orpington | Con | 10,289 | 23.9 | 85.1% | |
| Kingston upon Thames | Con | 15,657 | 25.0 | 85.2% | |
| Lambeth Brixton | Lab | 5,058 | 11.1 | 81.1% | |
| Lambeth Norwood | Con | 2,075 | 4.0 | 84.2% | |
| Lambeth Vauxhall | Lab | 13,370 | 34.9 | 75.7% | |
| Lewisham North | Con | 2,491 | 5.5 | 84.5% | |
| Lewisham South | Lab | 7,774 | 15.9 | 86.5% | |
| Lewisham West | Con | 2,195 | 4.6 | 85.7% | |
| Leyton | Lab | 11,650 | 17.8 | 83.3% | |
| Merton and Morden | Con | 2,803 | 5.7 | 88.1% | |
| Middlesex Uxbridge | Lab | 2,398 | 5.7 | 84.6% | |
| Mitcham | Con | 4,826 | 7.7 | 85.8% | |
| Paddington North | Lab | 3,861 | 10.7 | 81.4% | |
| Paddington South | Con | 6,873 | 19.3 | 73.9% | |
| Poplar | Lab | 24,668 | 62.7 | 78.4% | |
| Richmond | Con | 13,669 | 25.4 | 86.2% | |
| Romford | Con | 1,269 | 2.1 | 85.7% | |
| Ruislip Northwood | Con | 9,509 | 23.7 | 88.0% | |
| Shoreditch and Finsbury | Lab | 14,631 | 34.6 | 74.4% | |
| Southall | Lab | 8,715 | 17.3 | 82.7% | |
| Southgate | Con | 19,279 | 38.9 | 86.4% | |
| Southwark | Lab | 22,378 | 43.6 | 74.0% | |
| St Marylebone | Con | 13,420 | 31.0 | 74.0% | |
| St Pancras North | Lab | 10,135 | 19.4 | 79.6% | |
| Stepney | Lab | 27,237 | 57.0 | 73.2% | |
| Stoke Newington and Hackney North | Lab | 14,314 | 23.3 | 78.7% | |
| Surrey Carshalton | Con | 7,957 | 14.2 | 88.1% | |
| Sutton and Cheam | Con | 11,494 | 22.4 | 86.7% | |
| Tottenham | Lab | 14,039 | 25.9 | 81.0% | |
| Twickenham | Con | 13,669 | 20.8 | 85.7% | |
| Walthamstow East | Lab | 3,272 | 8.3 | 84.4% | |
| Walthamstow West | Lab | 12,107 | 34.7 | 81.7% | |
| Wandsworth Central | Lab | 2,049 | 3.6 | 82.1% | |
| Wandsworth Clapham | Lab | 1,206 | 2.5 | 80.6% | |
| Wandsworth Putney | Con | 5,692 | 10.5 | 81.8% | |
| Wandsworth Streatham | Con | 11,340 | 24.5 | 81.0% | |
| Wembley North | Con | 7,443 | 17.2 | 88.5% | |
| Wembley South | Con | 3,669 | 8.5 | 88.3% | |
| West Ham North | Lab | 21,159 | 43.0 | 77.8% | |
| West Ham South | Lab | 31,332 | 70.3 | 78.5% | |
| Willesden East | Lab | 3,341 | 6.5 | 82.5% | |
| Willesden West | Lab | 16,115 | 29.0 | 83.2% | |
| Wimbledon | Con | 20,043 | 30.5 | 85.7% | |
| Wood Green | Lab | 8,468 | 15.6 | 81.7% | |
| Woolwich East | Lab | 12,370 | 28.6 | 83.3% | |
| Woolwich West | Con | 140 | 0.3 | 87.1% |
Questions and answers
Who won in London at the 1950 general election?
Labour won 52 of the 99 seats in London, with 46.9% of the vote.
How many seats were there in London in 1950?
99 constituencies.
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