North East: 1950 general election results
How North East voted at the 1950 general election: Labour won 27 of 31 seats with 57.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 27 | +1 | 832,104 | 57.2% | −2.7 | ||
| Conservative | 4 | +1 | 488,662 | 33.6% | +7.8 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 98,876 | 6.8% | +1.4 | ||
| National Liberal | 0 | 0 | 25,190 | 1.7% | −6.8 | ||
| 3 other parties and independents | 11,241 | 0.8% | |||||
Change compared with the 1945 general election in North East.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth | Lab | 26,570 | 49.3 | 87.0% | |
| Darlington | Lab | 6,107 | 11.6 | 88.0% | |
| Durham Bishop Auckland | Lab | 11,370 | 26.3 | 86.5% | |
| Durham Blaydon | Lab | 15,571 | 37.9 | 87.5% | |
| Durham Chester Le Street | Lab | 24,969 | 54.6 | 87.3% | |
| Durham Consett | Lab | 22,273 | 42.6 | 86.8% | |
| Durham Durham | Lab | 19,121 | 36.1 | 87.0% | |
| Durham Easington | Lab | 29,395 | 62.1 | 87.7% | |
| Durham Houghton Le Spring | Lab | 25,362 | 54.3 | 87.2% | |
| Durham Jarrow | Lab | 16,856 | 31.5 | 82.8% | |
| Durham North West | Lab | 17,554 | 39.4 | 86.5% | |
| Durham Sedgefield | Lab | 11,164 | 25.0 | 87.0% | |
| Gateshead East | Lab | 1,719 | 5.1 | 85.8% | |
| Gateshead West | Lab | 9,212 | 28.3 | 83.9% | |
| Middlesborough East | Lab | 16,780 | 36.1 | 82.9% | |
| Middlesbrough West | Lab | 3,833 | 8.2 | 86.4% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | 11,623 | 29.4 | 79.6% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab | 5,828 | 12.1 | 85.6% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | Con | 8,465 | 18.0 | 83.7% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne West | Lab | 9,281 | 17.3 | 87.2% | |
| Northumberland Berwick upon Tweed | Con | 4,544 | 13.5 | 80.1% | |
| Northumberland Hexham | Con | 20,549 | 71.2 | 61.9% | |
| Northumberland Morpeth | Lab | 16,575 | 43.0 | 86.6% | |
| South Shields | Lab | 17,555 | 29.7 | 81.7% | |
| Stockton on Tees | Lab | 6,980 | 16.1 | 89.4% | |
| Sunderland North | Lab | 7,341 | 16.0 | 84.3% | |
| Sunderland South | Lab | 5,180 | 9.5 | 83.3% | |
| The Hartlepools | Lab | 5,236 | 10.4 | 87.2% | |
| Tynemouth | Con | 5,637 | 9.7 | 84.0% | |
| Wallsend | Lab | 12,147 | 20.3 | 87.5% | |
| Yorkshire (North Riding) Cleveland | Lab | 7,608 | 13.5 | 85.8% |
North East at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in North East at the 1950 general election?
Labour won 27 of the 31 seats in North East, with 57.2% of the vote.
How many seats were there in North East in 1950?
31 constituencies.
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