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1950 general election

West Midlands: 1950 general election results

How West Midlands voted at the 1950 general election: Labour won 32 of 52 seats with 51.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

West Midlands: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Labour32−21,271,55551.0%−0.152
Conservative20+51,023,26041.1%+5.350
Liberal00143,5285.8%−1.931
National Liberal0044,5181.8%+0.22
2 other parties and independents10,0860.4%

Change compared with the 1945 general election in West Midlands.

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
BilstonLab12,06125.282.9%
Birmingham AstonLab12,04125.378.4%
Birmingham EdgbastonCon11,89225.478.8%
Birmingham ErdingtonLab5,4109.683.4%
Birmingham Hall GreenCon3,8537.983.8%
Birmingham HansworthCon5,47211.483.1%
Birmingham King'S NortonCon5,59310.484.3%
Birmingham LadywoodLab9,53222.980.4%
Birmingham NorthfieldLab6,74013.484.7%
Birmingham Perry BarrLab8,00619.683.0%
Birmingham Small HeathLab16,42932.379.3%
Birmingham SparbrookLab9,67523.977.6%
Birmingham StrechfordLab12,37821.983.4%
Birmingham YardleyLab3,9119.084.3%
Coventry EastLab13,45326.288.2%
Coventry NorthLab11,11722.387.8%
Coventry SouthLab6,09211.587.2%
DudleyLab13,03121.786.8%
Herefordshire HerefordCon7,12920.180.5%
Herefordshire LeominsterCon9,63429.880.9%
Newcastle under LymeLab8,11715.587.6%
Oldbury and HalesowenLab11,11619.786.3%
Rowley Regis and TiptonLab18,89638.083.6%
Shropshire LudlowCon7,76721.079.9%
Shropshire OswestryCon9,00623.678.3%
Shropshire ShrewsburyCon5,92816.083.9%
Shropshire the WrekinLab2,6917.381.3%
SmethwickLab11,19724.285.3%
Staffordshire Brierley HillLab4,6379.685.4%
Staffordshire BurtonCon1,4853.186.1%
Staffordshire CannockLab17,65835.885.7%
Staffordshire LeekLab4,2247.686.0%
Staffordshire Lichfield and TamworthLab4,5188.486.3%
Staffordshire Stafford and StoneCon5,03811.086.0%
Stoke on Trent CentralLab16,54731.183.2%
Stoke on Trent NorthLab22,24943.285.0%
Stoke on Trent SouthLab19,70237.085.3%
WalsallLab7,78311.986.2%
Warwickshire NuneatonLab8,64117.472.7%
Warwickshire RugbyLab1,0362.788.2%
Warwickshire SolihullCon14,01734.486.9%
Warwickshire StratfordCon9,34924.683.1%
Warwickshire Sutton ColdfieldCon14,65325.583.2%
Warwickshire Warwick and LeamingtonCon8,95319.682.9%
WednesburyLab15,45426.086.3%
West BromwichLab14,86730.882.8%
Wolverhampton North EastLab14,64329.783.1%
Wolverhampton South WestCon6911.687.2%
WorcesterCon4,3408.986.1%
Worcestershire BromsgroveCon1900.485.8%
Worcestershire KidderminsterCon3,8058.384.1%
Worcestershire SouthCon11,28026.580.2%

West Midlands at every election →

Questions and answers

Who won in West Midlands at the 1950 general election?

Labour won 32 of the 52 seats in West Midlands, with 51.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in West Midlands in 1950?

52 constituencies.

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