Skip to content

1951 general election · East of England

Southend West: 1951 general election result

The Conservatives won Southend West at the 1951 general election with a majority of 21,755. Full result by party, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
ConservativeConservative
Majority
21,75538.3% of valid votes
Turnout
79.0%56,819 valid votes
Electorate
71,957
Result
Con hold
Result
PartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Conservative Won39,28769.1%+11.6
Labour17,53230.9%+5.1
Valid votes56,819
Majority21,75538.3%

Change compared with the 1950 general election (same boundaries).

Download this result (CSV)

Questions and answers

Who won Southend West at the 1951 general election?

The Conservative candidate won with 39,287 votes (69.1%). Result: Con hold.

What was the majority in Southend West in 1951?

21,755 votes (38.3% of valid votes) over the Labour.

What was the turnout in Southend West in 1951?

79.0% of the 71,957 registered electors cast a valid vote (56,819 votes).

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

Report an error on this page