London: 1951 general election results
How London voted at the 1951 general election: Labour won 51 of 99 seats with 50.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 51 | −1 | 2,400,844 | 50.5% | +3.5 | ||
| Conservative | 48 | +1 | 2,240,627 | 47.1% | +3.7 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 92,080 | 1.9% | −6.7 | ||
| 2 other parties and independents | 23,639 | 0.5% | |||||
Change compared with the 1950 general election in London.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | Lab | 1,991 | 4.5 | 86.9% | Lab hold |
| Barking | Lab | 19,146 | 42.4 | 81.9% | Lab hold |
| Battersea North | Lab | 16,077 | 45.1 | 80.3% | Lab hold |
| Battersea South | Con | 494 | 1.4 | 85.6% | Con gain from Lab |
| Beckenham | Con | 21,300 | 34.8 | 82.4% | Con hold |
| Bermondsey | Lab | 21,002 | 63.1 | 78.2% | Lab hold |
| Bethnal Green | Lab | 15,595 | 49.1 | 76.0% | Lab hold |
| Bexley | Con | 1,639 | 2.9 | 87.8% | Con hold |
| Brentford and Chiswick | Con | 1,510 | 4.0 | 86.2% | Con hold |
| Bromley | Con | 12,125 | 30.9 | 81.0% | Con hold |
| Camberwell Dulwich | Con | 691 | 1.2 | 83.8% | Con gain from Lab |
| Camberwell Peckham | Lab | 19,146 | 39.7 | 75.6% | Lab hold |
| Chelsea | Con | 14,250 | 39.8 | 69.6% | Con hold |
| Cities of London and Westminster | Con | 17,738 | 33.6 | 67.2% | Con hold |
| Croydon East | Con | 9,667 | 17.6 | 84.2% | Con hold |
| Croydon North | Con | 10,246 | 19.0 | 83.7% | Con hold |
| Croydon West | Con | 1,950 | 4.3 | 82.6% | Con hold |
| Dagenham | Lab | 30,796 | 52.2 | 77.7% | Lab hold |
| Deptford | Lab | 13,447 | 30.4 | 80.3% | Lab hold |
| Ealing North | Lab | 120 | 0.2 | 87.8% | Lab hold |
| Ealing South | Con | 12,057 | 24.9 | 82.2% | Con hold |
| East Ham North | Lab | 7,359 | 20.7 | 83.3% | Lab hold |
| East Ham South | Lab | 10,891 | 29.8 | 82.5% | Lab hold |
| Edmonton | Lab | 10,392 | 16.9 | 81.5% | Lab hold |
| Enfield East | Lab | 10,704 | 26.8 | 82.6% | Lab hold |
| Enfield West | Con | 10,225 | 29.7 | 82.5% | Con hold |
| Finchley | Con | 12,788 | 21.1 | 84.0% | Con hold |
| Fulham East | Lab | 2,473 | 6.5 | 84.5% | Lab hold |
| Fulham West | Lab | 2,583 | 6.6 | 86.6% | Lab hold |
| Greenwich | Lab | 10,428 | 20.8 | 81.0% | Lab hold |
| Hackney South | Lab | 21,268 | 36.0 | 77.1% | Lab hold |
| Hammersmith North | Lab | 11,080 | 32.3 | 81.2% | Lab hold |
| Hammersmith South | Lab | 3,235 | 9.2 | 80.2% | Lab hold |
| Hampstead | Con | 12,106 | 21.3 | 78.0% | Con hold |
| Harrow Central | Con | 8,024 | 18.6 | 85.0% | Con hold |
| Harrow East | Con | 3,171 | 5.9 | 87.9% | Con hold |
| Harrow West | Con | 13,747 | 34.9 | 83.8% | Con hold |
| Hayes and Harlington | Lab | 10,874 | 29.6 | 82.2% | Lab hold |
| Hendon North | Con | 2,591 | 5.5 | 86.3% | Con hold |
| Hendon South | Con | 10,056 | 21.3 | 81.7% | Con hold |
| Hertfordshire Barnet | Con | 13,152 | 21.1 | 86.1% | Con hold |
| Heston and Isleworth | Con | 5,524 | 8.4 | 83.8% | Con hold |
| Holborn and St Pancras South | Lab | 1,759 | 4.3 | 73.7% | Lab hold |
| Hornchurch | Lab | 1,034 | 1.6 | 86.1% | Lab hold |
| Hornsey | Con | 10,774 | 17.4 | 82.6% | Con hold |
| Ilford North | Con | 10,040 | 17.5 | 84.8% | Con hold |
| Ilford South | Con | 5,239 | 9.5 | 82.7% | Con hold |
| Islington East | Lab | 7,896 | 19.8 | 78.2% | Lab hold |
| Islington North | Lab | 8,865 | 19.3 | 77.8% | Lab hold |
| Islington South-West | Lab | 16,887 | 36.4 | 77.8% | Lab hold |
| Kensington North | Lab | 4,143 | 9.7 | 79.2% | Lab hold |
| Kensington South | Con | 25,698 | 59.1 | 68.6% | Con hold |
| Kent Chislehurst | Con | 980 | 1.6 | 88.0% | Con hold |
| Kent Orpington | Con | 11,003 | 25.3 | 82.0% | Con hold |
| Kingston upon Thames | Con | 16,399 | 27.1 | 81.1% | Con hold |
| Lambeth Brixton | Lab | 5,353 | 12.1 | 79.8% | Lab hold |
| Lambeth Norwood | Con | 2,949 | 5.7 | 82.7% | Con hold |
| Lambeth Vauxhall | Lab | 11,653 | 31.7 | 73.7% | Lab hold |
| Lewisham North | Con | 3,163 | 6.9 | 84.0% | Con hold |
| Lewisham South | Lab | 7,011 | 14.4 | 85.2% | Lab hold |
| Lewisham West | Con | 2,636 | 5.5 | 85.9% | Con hold |
| Leyton | Lab | 10,165 | 15.6 | 82.2% | Lab hold |
| Merton and Morden | Con | 4,402 | 9.1 | 86.7% | Con hold |
| Middlesex Uxbridge | Lab | 1,548 | 3.6 | 84.7% | Lab hold |
| Mitcham | Con | 5,869 | 9.4 | 84.6% | Con hold |
| Paddington North | Lab | 4,049 | 11.3 | 81.0% | Lab hold |
| Paddington South | Con | 6,809 | 19.6 | 71.7% | Con hold |
| Poplar | Lab | 24,502 | 64.1 | 75.7% | Lab hold |
| Richmond | Con | 14,036 | 26.8 | 82.8% | Con hold |
| Romford | Con | 1,298 | 2.0 | 83.8% | Con hold |
| Ruislip Northwood | Con | 10,804 | 27.2 | 84.6% | Con hold |
| Shoreditch and Finsbury | Lab | 18,763 | 45.2 | 73.2% | Lab hold |
| Southall | Lab | 7,954 | 15.8 | 84.0% | Lab hold |
| Southgate | Con | 19,155 | 39.6 | 84.1% | Con hold |
| Southwark | Lab | 22,554 | 44.6 | 72.3% | Lab hold |
| St Marylebone | Lab | 14,819 | 34.7 | 70.2% | Lab gain from Con |
| St Pancras North | Lab | 10,829 | 21.0 | 78.3% | Lab hold |
| Stepney | Lab | 28,263 | 60.3 | 70.9% | Lab hold |
| Stoke Newington and Hackney North | Lab | 16,037 | 25.3 | 78.9% | Lab hold |
| Surrey Carshalton | Con | 9,706 | 17.5 | 85.1% | Con hold |
| Sutton and Cheam | Con | 12,482 | 25.5 | 81.7% | Con hold |
| Tottenham | Lab | 13,251 | 24.8 | 79.8% | Lab hold |
| Twickenham | Con | 15,209 | 24.2 | 81.3% | Con hold |
| Walthamstow East | Lab | 1,020 | 2.6 | 85.8% | Lab hold |
| Walthamstow West | Lab | 11,574 | 33.6 | 81.9% | Lab hold |
| Wandsworth Central | Lab | 1,183 | 2.1 | 83.7% | Lab hold |
| Wandsworth Clapham | Lab | 1,308 | 2.7 | 81.9% | Lab hold |
| Wandsworth Putney | Con | 6,197 | 11.7 | 81.9% | Con hold |
| Wandsworth Streatham | Con | 12,280 | 27.2 | 81.5% | Con hold |
| Wembley North | Con | 8,718 | 20.2 | 87.1% | Con hold |
| Wembley South | Con | 4,834 | 11.5 | 86.0% | Con hold |
| West Ham North | Lab | 19,828 | 40.9 | 76.6% | Lab hold |
| West Ham South | Lab | 30,609 | 69.9 | 77.3% | Lab hold |
| Willesden East | Lab | 1,868 | 3.6 | 81.8% | Lab hold |
| Willesden West | Lab | 15,664 | 28.5 | 82.7% | Lab hold |
| Wimbledon | Con | 20,794 | 32.7 | 82.6% | Con hold |
| Wood Green | Lab | 6,300 | 11.6 | 81.7% | Lab hold |
| Woolwich East | Lab | 11,562 | 27.3 | 72.0% | Lab hold |
| Woolwich West | Con | 1,344 | 2.8 | 87.5% | Con hold |
Questions and answers
Who won in London at the 1951 general election?
Labour won 51 of the 99 seats in London, with 50.5% of the vote.
How many seats were there in London in 1951?
99 constituencies.
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