South East: 1951 general election results
How South East voted at the 1951 general election: the Conservatives won 55 of 63 seats with 57.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 55 | +3 | 1,723,474 | 57.2% | +5.6 | ||
| Labour | 8 | −3 | 1,190,509 | 39.5% | +2.9 | ||
| National Liberal | 0 | 0 | 51,673 | 1.7% | +0.1 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 43,842 | 1.5% | −8.5 | ||
| 2 other parties and independents | 1,722 | 0.06% | |||||
Change compared with the 1950 general election in South East.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Abingdon | Con | 4,883 | 10.9 | 80.0% | Con hold |
| Berkshire Newbury | Con | 6,595 | 19.6 | 78.7% | Con hold |
| Berkshire Windsor | Con | 9,635 | 23.2 | 79.0% | Con hold |
| Berkshire Wokingham | Con | 11,046 | 31.1 | 78.5% | Con hold |
| Bournemouth East and Christchurch | Con | 17,588 | 38.2 | 80.8% | Con hold |
| Bournemouth West | Con | 15,737 | 31.0 | 77.7% | Con hold |
| Brighton Kemptown | Con | 5,197 | 11.1 | 77.1% | Con hold |
| Brighton Pavilion | Con | 15,757 | 37.0 | 75.5% | Con hold |
| Buckinghamshire Aylesbury | Con | 4,850 | 12.1 | 83.1% | Con hold |
| Buckinghamshire Buckingham | Con | 54 | 0.1 | 86.6% | Con gain from Lab |
| Buckinghamshire South | Con | 16,806 | 37.2 | 80.1% | Con hold |
| Buckinghamshire Wycombe | Con | 1,753 | 3.3 | 86.2% | Con gain from Lab |
| Dartford | Lab | 12,334 | 18.2 | 85.2% | Lab hold |
| Eton and Slough | Lab | 4,084 | 9.9 | 84.3% | Lab hold |
| Gillingham | Con | 2,964 | 7.4 | 85.5% | Con hold |
| Gosport and Fareham | Con | 10,424 | 20.4 | 80.9% | Con hold |
| Hampshire Aldershot | Con | 8,549 | 20.7 | 77.8% | Con hold |
| Hampshire Basingstoke | Con | 5,465 | 11.7 | 79.9% | Con hold |
| Hampshire New Forest | Con | 14,037 | 28.6 | 77.3% | Con hold |
| Hampshire Petersfield | Con | 14,075 | 27.7 | 77.8% | Con hold |
| Hampshire Winchester | Con | 7,282 | 13.0 | 83.7% | Con hold |
| Hastings | Con | 14,874 | 27.5 | 77.4% | Con hold |
| Hove | Con | 24,296 | 48.4 | 77.4% | Con hold |
| Isle of Wight | Con | 12,789 | 23.6 | 80.3% | Con hold |
| Kent Ashford | Con | 7,448 | 18.3 | 81.9% | Con hold |
| Kent Canterbury | Con | 14,089 | 30.1 | 90.1% | Con hold |
| Kent Dover | Con | 3,516 | 6.6 | 85.7% | Con hold |
| Kent Faversham | Lab | 562 | 1.1 | 86.0% | Lab hold |
| Kent Folkestone and Hythe | Con | 11,824 | 29.7 | 79.0% | Con hold |
| Kent Gravesend | Lab | 5,755 | 10.6 | 85.7% | Lab hold |
| Kent Isle of Thanet | Con | 12,659 | 23.3 | 78.0% | Con hold |
| Kent Maidstone | Con | 6,447 | 13.2 | 80.5% | Con hold |
| Kent Sevenoaks | Con | 9,845 | 20.7 | 81.5% | Con hold |
| Kent Tonbridge | Con | 10,168 | 19.3 | 80.6% | Con hold |
| Middlesex Spelthorne | Con | 1,123 | 1.8 | 83.9% | Con hold |
| Oxford | Con | 6,940 | 12.0 | 82.0% | Con hold |
| Oxfordshire Banbury | Con | 3,574 | 7.2 | 82.8% | Con hold |
| Oxfordshire Henley | Con | 6,531 | 16.0 | 78.3% | Con hold |
| Portsmouth Langstone | Con | 13,055 | 25.9 | 81.7% | Con hold |
| Portsmouth South | Con | 13,198 | 27.6 | 80.8% | Con hold |
| Portsmouth West | Con | 1,248 | 2.5 | 83.5% | Con hold |
| Reading North | Con | 302 | 0.9 | 86.8% | Con gain from Lab |
| Reading South | Lab | 1,009 | 2.8 | 86.7% | Lab hold |
| Rochester and Chatham | Lab | 847 | 1.6 | 85.5% | Lab hold |
| Southampton Itchen | Lab | 4,622 | 8.3 | 83.6% | Lab hold |
| Southampton Test | Lab | 465 | 0.9 | 83.5% | Lab hold |
| Surrey Chertsey | Con | 5,690 | 14.8 | 81.1% | Con hold |
| Surrey Dorking | Con | 11,752 | 31.7 | 80.7% | Con hold |
| Surrey East | Con | 23,910 | 46.0 | 81.3% | Con hold |
| Surrey Epsom | Con | 19,749 | 37.3 | 81.9% | Con hold |
| Surrey Esher | Con | 18,421 | 34.3 | 83.3% | Con hold |
| Surrey Farnham | Con | 10,198 | 26.6 | 80.4% | Con hold |
| Surrey Guildford | Con | 11,536 | 26.4 | 79.6% | Con hold |
| Surrey Reigate | Con | 9,850 | 22.8 | 83.3% | Con hold |
| Surrey Woking | Con | 12,209 | 29.9 | 78.7% | Con hold |
| Sussex (East) East Grinstead | Con | 18,532 | 34.0 | 80.3% | Con hold |
| Sussex (East) Eastbourne | Con | 20,061 | 34.3 | 81.9% | Con hold |
| Sussex (East) Lewes | Con | 17,263 | 33.6 | 78.3% | Con hold |
| Sussex (West) Arundel and Shoreham | Con | 18,023 | 34.8 | 78.0% | Con hold |
| Sussex (West) Chichester | Con | 18,195 | 39.4 | 77.3% | Con hold |
| Sussex (West) Horsham | Con | 12,401 | 32.6 | 77.7% | Con hold |
| Woodford | Con | 18,579 | 28.6 | 83.4% | Con hold |
| Worthing | Con | 21,324 | 49.3 | 80.0% | Con hold |
South East at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in South East at the 1951 general election?
The Conservatives won 55 of the 63 seats in South East, with 57.2% of the vote.
How many seats were there in South East in 1951?
63 constituencies.
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