North East: 1951 general election results
How North East voted at the 1951 general election: Labour won 25 of 31 seats with 59.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 25 | −2 | 875,261 | 59.3% | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative | 5 | +1 | 533,797 | 36.1% | +2.6 | ||
| National Liberal | 1 | +1 | 50,085 | 3.4% | +1.7 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 11,029 | 0.8% | −6.0 | ||
| 2 other parties and independents | 6,970 | 0.5% | |||||
Change compared with the 1950 general election in North East.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth | Lab | 25,639 | 47.5 | 86.3% | Lab hold |
| Darlington | Con | 813 | 1.5 | 87.1% | Con gain from Lab |
| Durham Bishop Auckland | Lab | 8,986 | 21.0 | 85.1% | Lab hold |
| Durham Blaydon | Lab | 15,114 | 36.4 | 87.6% | Lab hold |
| Durham Chester Le Street | Lab | 24,879 | 53.9 | 86.6% | Lab hold |
| Durham Consett | Lab | 19,844 | 38.5 | 85.1% | Lab hold |
| Durham Durham | Lab | 18,150 | 34.2 | 86.1% | Lab hold |
| Durham Easington | Lab | 28,874 | 61.5 | 86.7% | Lab hold |
| Durham Houghton Le Spring | Lab | 25,676 | 51.6 | 86.6% | Lab hold |
| Durham Jarrow | Lab | 16,746 | 30.4 | 84.6% | Lab hold |
| Durham North West | Lab | 16,532 | 37.3 | 85.1% | Lab hold |
| Durham Sedgefield | Lab | 11,124 | 24.6 | 86.4% | Lab hold |
| Gateshead East | Lab | 5,181 | 15.3 | 85.7% | Lab hold |
| Gateshead West | Lab | 8,979 | 27.5 | 83.8% | Lab hold |
| Middlesborough East | Lab | 15,528 | 33.0 | 80.9% | Lab hold |
| Middlesbrough West | Con | 2,097 | 4.5 | 86.3% | Con gain from Lab |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | 12,312 | 30.8 | 80.9% | Lab hold |
| Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab | 2,771 | 5.7 | 86.6% | Lab hold |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | Nat Lib | 6,925 | 14.8 | 84.6% | Nat Lib gain from Con |
| Newcastle upon Tyne West | Lab | 8,684 | 15.8 | 87.2% | Lab hold |
| Northumberland Berwick upon Tweed | Con | 6,563 | 19.6 | 78.8% | Con hold |
| Northumberland Hexham | Con | 7,499 | 19.2 | 82.4% | Con hold |
| Northumberland Morpeth | Lab | 16,875 | 43.8 | 85.5% | Lab hold |
| South Shields | Lab | 13,425 | 22.3 | 80.5% | Lab hold |
| Stockton on Tees | Lab | 5,047 | 11.5 | 88.0% | Lab hold |
| Sunderland North | Lab | 3,490 | 7.9 | 83.7% | Lab hold |
| Sunderland South | Lab | 306 | 0.6 | 82.2% | Lab hold |
| The Hartlepools | Lab | 2,710 | 5.3 | 86.6% | Lab hold |
| Tynemouth | Con | 7,656 | 12.8 | 84.5% | Con hold |
| Wallsend | Lab | 10,579 | 17.4 | 87.2% | Lab hold |
| Yorkshire (North Riding) Cleveland | Lab | 5,481 | 9.6 | 85.1% | Lab hold |
North East at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in North East at the 1951 general election?
Labour won 25 of the 31 seats in North East, with 59.3% of the vote.
How many seats were there in North East in 1951?
31 constituencies.
Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data