Thursday 26 May 1955

1955 UK general election results

The Conservatives won 344 of 630 seats with 49.7% of the vote, an overall majority of 60 (House of Commons Library figure, which counts allied groups and multi-member seats). Afterwards: Conservative majority government, with Anthony Eden as prime minister.

316 for a majority

Con344
Lab277
Lib6
Oth3

Results by party
Party	Leader	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	Anthony Eden	344	+46	13,285,879	49.7%	+5.7	623
Labour	Clement Attlee	277	−20	12,405,254	46.4%	−2.5	620
Liberal	Clement Davies	6	0	722,402	2.7%	+0.2	110
Others	—	3	0	289,323	1.1%	+0.6	41
2 other parties and independents				57,231	0.2%

Change is compared with the 1951 general election. Before 2010 “Others” groups all smaller parties and independents, as in the source.

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Faversham Lab by 59 votes
Bradford North Con by 69 votes
Plymouth Devonport Con by 100 votes
Barons Court Lab by 125 votes
Stalybridge and Hyde Lab by 155 votes
Central Ayrshire Con by 167 votes
Glasgow Provan Lab by 180 votes
Cleveland Lab by 181 votes
South West Norfolk Lab by 193 votes
Glasgow Craigton Con by 210 votes

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Constituency	Region	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Aberavon	Wales	Lab	16,297	39.1	79.3%
Aberdare	Wales	Lab	23,366	59.3	78.3%
Aberdeen North	Scotland	Lab	16,796	33.9	74.6%
Aberdeen South	Scotland	Con	7,190	15.5	81.1%
Abertillery	Wales	Lab	21,518	69.6	79.1%
Abingdon	South East	Con	8,634	18.4	80.1%
Accrington	North West	Lab	1,345	3.1	85.7%
Acton	London	Lab	525	1.3	82.6%
Aldershot	South East	Con	9,572	23.9	73.9%
Altrincham and Sale	North West	Con	18,412	37.4	80.0%
Anglesey	Wales	Lab	4,573	15.8	80.4%
Antrim North	Northern Ireland	Con	34,954	72.0	72.2%
Antrim South	Northern Ireland	Con	45,192	81.4	65.3%
Argyll	Scotland	Con	9,915	35.3	66.6%
Armagh	Northern Ireland	Con	17,254	28.8	82.7%
Arundel and Shoreham	South East	Con	19,992	39.7	73.0%
Ashfield	East Midlands	Lab	20,069	43.9	76.5%
Ashford	South East	Con	8,307	20.9	78.1%
Ashton under Lyne	North West	Lab	1,965	3.9	80.8%
Aylesbury	South East	Con	5,761	14.1	81.8%
Ayr	Scotland	Con	6,140	18.1	77.1%
Banbury	South East	Con	4,125	8.8	77.1%
Banff	Scotland	Con	8,306	39.6	54.7%
Barking	London	Lab	15,047	38.4	73.5%
Barkston Ash	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	6,167	14.6	81.1%
Barnet	London	Con	10,729	21.5	81.4%
Barnsley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	24,709	45.5	78.6%
Barons Court	London	Lab	125	0.3	75.8%
Barrow in Furness	North West	Lab	2,759	6.4	80.7%
Barry	Wales	Con	7,363	15.7	83.6%
Basingstoke	South East	Con	6,290	14.4	76.6%
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	Lab	7,498	16.2	79.5%
Bath	South West	Con	6,843	14.5	82.5%
Batley and Morley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,208	20.4	79.9%
Battersea North	London	Lab	12,922	43.6	69.4%
Battersea South	London	Con	679	2.2	80.6%
Bebington	North West	Con	9,423	17.5	79.2%
Beckenham	London	Con	21,237	37.9	76.5%
Bedford	East of England	Con	4,941	11.1	81.8%
Bedwellty	Wales	Lab	23,692	64.9	81.6%
Belfast East	Northern Ireland	Con	13,897	32.2	70.4%
Belfast North	Northern Ireland	Con	18,680	35.0	69.3%
Belfast South	Northern Ireland	Con	25,884	60.8	65.7%
Belfast West	Northern Ireland	Con	9,694	16.5	74.7%
Belper	East Midlands	Lab	6,099	11.2	81.6%
Bermondsey	London	Lab	17,400	61.5	69.5%
Berwick and East Lothian	Scotland	Con	2,710	6.7	80.3%
Berwick upon Tweed	North East	Con	6,277	20.7	72.8%
Bethnal Green	London	Lab	20,701	52.7	63.9%
Bexley	London	Con	4,499	8.5	82.6%
Billericay	East of England	Con	4,206	9.5	75.5%
Bilston	West Midlands	Lab	7,008	15.2	74.4%
Birkenhead	North West	Lab	3,174	6.9	75.7%
Birmingham All Saints	West Midlands	Lab	1,307	3.6	70.6%
Birmingham Aston	West Midlands	Lab	8,262	19.3	71.5%
Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	Con	14,094	35.3	68.2%
Birmingham Hall Green	West Midlands	Con	10,697	23.1	75.3%
Birmingham Handsworth	West Midlands	Con	10,285	25.4	69.5%
Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	Lab	8,811	31.3	60.0%
Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	Lab	2,884	5.6	78.6%
Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	Lab	1,680	4.6	72.7%
Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	Con	6,720	15.0	74.3%
Birmingham Small Heath	West Midlands	Lab	7,960	21.6	65.8%
Birmingham Sparkbrook	West Midlands	Lab	3,211	8.7	72.2%
Birmingham Stechford	West Midlands	Lab	6,740	16.9	72.7%
Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	Lab	3,124	7.1	75.0%
Bishop Auckland	North East	Lab	5,845	15.5	77.0%
Blackburn	North West	Lab	489	0.9	83.1%
Blackpool North	North West	Con	16,030	42.4	66.7%
Blackpool South	North West	Con	12,225	32.8	67.7%
Blaydon	North East	Lab	12,523	32.9	80.7%
Blyth	North East	Lab	23,093	46.2	80.3%
Bodmin	South West	Con	7,659	21.1	79.5%
Bolsover	East Midlands	Lab	22,019	57.8	77.6%
Bolton East	North West	Con	3,511	7.2	79.2%
Bolton West	North West	Lib	4,813	10.7	79.1%
Bootle	North West	Lab	1,438	3.9	75.7%
Bosworth	East Midlands	Lab	4,100	8.0	80.7%
Bothwell	Scotland	Lab	3,610	8.4	78.9%
Bournemouth East and Christchurch	South East	Con	18,498	42.2	75.5%
Bournemouth West	South East	Con	16,784	35.7	71.7%
Bradford East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,875	23.2	74.4%
Bradford North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	69	0.2	81.8%
Bradford South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,710	8.6	80.4%
Bradford West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	3,159	7.6	81.7%
Brecon and Radnor	Wales	Lab	7,541	16.7	86.8%
Brentford and Chiswick	London	Con	2,105	6.0	82.0%
Bridgwater	South West	Con	7,717	18.4	78.0%
Bridlington	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	15,266	41.8	69.4%
Brierley Hill	West Midlands	Lab	949	1.9	78.9%
Brigg	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,021	9.9	74.7%
Brighouse and Spenborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	1,626	3.6	83.7%
Brighton Kemptown	South East	Con	5,257	12.8	70.0%
Brighton Pavilion	South East	Con	14,386	36.1	67.5%
Bristol Central	South West	Lab	8,752	21.1	73.8%
Bristol North East	South West	Lab	876	1.8	78.0%
Bristol North West	South West	Lab	1,655	3.7	79.1%
Bristol South	South West	Lab	10,976	28.2	74.7%
Bristol South East	South West	Lab	8,047	19.0	77.9%
Bristol West	South West	Con	22,001	50.5	74.6%
Bromley	London	Con	13,139	36.4	75.2%
Bromsgrove	West Midlands	Con	5,174	10.4	81.7%
Buckingham	South East	Con	1,140	2.5	85.1%
Burnley	North West	Lab	5,636	11.3	83.5%
Burton	West Midlands	Con	2,973	6.5	80.8%
Bury and Radcliffe	North West	Con	3,749	7.2	80.2%
Bury St Edmunds	East of England	Con	4,570	10.3	78.3%
Bute and North Ayrshire	Scotland	Con	9,155	29.0	71.5%
Caernarvon	Wales	Lab	9,221	26.2	82.4%
Caerphilly	Wales	Lab	18,672	50.4	78.6%
Caithness and Sutherland	Scotland	Con	5,089	27.5	69.5%
Camberwell Dulwich	London	Con	1,851	3.5	78.7%
Camberwell Peckham	London	Lab	13,768	35.4	63.7%
Cambridge	East of England	Con	7,127	15.2	78.5%
Cambridgeshire	East of England	Con	3,974	8.6	78.7%
Cannock	West Midlands	Lab	8,298	18.4	76.9%
Canterbury	South East	Con	14,295	33.1	72.7%
Cardiff North	Wales	Con	9,185	18.5	80.9%
Cardiff South East	Wales	Lab	3,240	6.7	79.3%
Cardiff West	Wales	Lab	4,962	10.5	76.7%
Cardigan	Wales	Lib	8,817	30.4	72.7%
Carlisle	North West	Con	370	0.9	82.3%
Carlton	East Midlands	Con	6,857	14.2	81.0%
Carmarthen	Wales	Lib	3,333	6.8	85.1%
Carshalton	London	Con	11,505	21.1	80.7%
Central Ayrshire	Scotland	Con	167	0.4	83.3%
Central Norfolk	East of England	Con	5,563	14.6	77.4%
Cheadle	North West	Con	19,974	40.2	80.6%
Chelmsford	East of England	Con	5,149	11.3	81.8%
Chelsea	London	Con	15,052	46.8	65.5%
Cheltenham	South West	Con	7,621	18.6	79.4%
Chertsey	South East	Con	8,365	22.2	77.2%
Chester-le-Street	North East	Lab	22,276	52.6	79.6%
Chesterfield	East Midlands	Lab	7,854	15.3	79.9%
Chichester	South East	Con	18,122	41.6	71.8%
Chigwell	East of England	Con	1,875	5.1	79.7%
Chippenham	South West	Con	6,695	16.7	80.0%
Chislehurst	London	Con	3,870	7.9	84.9%
Chorley	North West	Lab	1,338	2.8	84.3%
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	South West	Oth	—	—	68.3%
Cities of London and Westminster	London	Con	18,044	40.5	60.1%
City of Chester	North West	Con	11,002	25.0	77.9%
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire	Scotland	Lab	7,009	17.5	79.8%
Cleveland	North East	Lab	181	0.3	80.8%
Clitheroe	North West	Con	4,944	12.9	85.3%
Coatbridge and Airdrie	Scotland	Lab	4,664	11.7	79.4%
Colchester	East of England	Con	4,898	11.0	80.5%
Colne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,596	8.4	81.1%
Consett	North East	Lab	15,755	34.1	77.5%
Conway	Wales	Con	4,824	12.4	84.7%
Coventry East	West Midlands	Lab	6,104	12.4	81.2%
Coventry North	West Midlands	Lab	3,173	6.9	82.3%
Coventry South	West Midlands	Lab	1,688	3.2	81.4%
Crewe	North West	Lab	6,356	15.4	81.5%
Crosby	North West	Con	15,436	36.0	73.7%
Croydon North East	London	Con	8,481	18.6	77.7%
Croydon North West	London	Con	10,537	22.8	77.5%
Croydon South	London	Con	6,700	14.0	77.2%
Dagenham	London	Lab	25,093	47.8	68.9%
Darlington	North East	Con	2,581	5.3	82.3%
Dartford	South East	Lab	4,198	8.8	81.0%
Darwen	North West	Con	7,916	17.4	82.3%
Dearne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	26,316	55.9	80.6%
Denbigh	Wales	Con	4,641	10.9	79.1%
Deptford	London	Lab	11,453	31.5	69.6%
Derby North	East Midlands	Lab	5,006	11.6	75.7%
Derby South	East Midlands	Lab	6,509	15.1	78.8%
Devizes	South West	Con	2,075	5.4	78.6%
Dewsbury	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,417	16.6	80.8%
Don Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	24,732	47.4	81.2%
Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,660	3.5	81.8%
Dorking	South East	Con	12,509	34.4	76.9%
Dover	South East	Con	3,018	5.9	81.8%
Down North	Northern Ireland	Con	48,678	93.7	61.1%
Down South	Northern Ireland	Con	18,297	31.8	73.9%
Dudley	West Midlands	Lab	11,051	19.3	79.8%
Dumfries	Scotland	Con	9,078	22.7	73.7%
Dundee East	Scotland	Lab	4,040	8.6	82.3%
Dundee West	Scotland	Lab	1,874	3.6	82.7%
Dunfermline Burghs	Scotland	Lab	7,976	22.0	77.6%
Durham	North East	Lab	15,772	32.2	79.5%
Ealing North	London	Con	246	0.5	85.2%
Ealing South	London	Con	12,530	28.7	77.9%
Easington	North East	Lab	25,257	58.1	79.4%
East Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Con	10,057	37.1	59.8%
East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Lab	1,130	2.3	81.6%
East Fife	Scotland	Con	15,232	41.2	73.2%
East Flintshire	Wales	Lab	2,274	5.2	84.1%
East Grinstead	South East	Con	16,700	36.1	75.1%
East Ham North	London	Lab	5,545	18.3	74.9%
East Ham South	London	Lab	8,699	28.1	73.1%
East Hertfordshire	East of England	Con	6,518	13.8	79.1%
East Renfrewshire	Scotland	Con	16,588	36.6	78.1%
East Surrey	South East	Con	24,709	49.6	76.5%
Eastbourne	South East	Con	14,218	31.4	75.8%
Eastleigh	South East	Con	545	1.4	81.5%
Ebbw Vale	Wales	Lab	19,236	58.5	83.7%
Eccles	North West	Lab	2,326	4.8	81.5%
Edinburgh Central	Scotland	Lab	939	2.9	68.8%
Edinburgh East	Scotland	Lab	2,042	5.1	75.4%
Edinburgh Leith	Scotland	Lab	5,644	17.1	77.8%
Edinburgh North	Scotland	Con	7,761	23.5	72.0%
Edinburgh Pentlands	Scotland	Con	7,485	19.0	77.3%
Edinburgh South	Scotland	Con	12,887	35.0	77.2%
Edinburgh West	Scotland	Con	13,216	34.1	75.7%
Edmonton	London	Lab	7,038	13.2	74.5%
Enfield East	London	Lab	7,701	21.6	75.5%
Enfield West	London	Con	11,518	35.4	78.2%
Epping	East of England	Con	3,523	6.3	82.3%
Epsom	South East	Con	22,073	42.9	77.6%
Erith and Crayford	London	Lab	8,618	20.9	79.0%
Esher	South East	Con	20,642	38.9	79.3%
Eton and Slough	South East	Lab	2,443	6.3	79.8%
Exeter	South West	Con	5,388	12.6	79.3%
Eye	East of England	Con	889	1.9	82.9%
Falmouth and Camborne	South West	Lab	1,047	2.5	78.3%
Farnham	South East	Con	10,906	29.9	76.3%
Farnworth	North West	Lab	6,598	15.3	81.5%
Faversham	South East	Lab	59	0.1	83.2%
Feltham	London	Lab	3,350	8.4	78.4%
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Northern Ireland	Oth	261	0.4	92.4%
Finchley	London	Con	12,825	23.1	78.3%
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	Con	11,002	30.0	72.8%
Fulham	London	Lab	4,394	10.1	78.6%
Gainsborough	East Midlands	Con	4,469	11.6	76.8%
Galloway	Scotland	Con	8,014	33.7	69.1%
Gateshead East	North East	Lab	4,947	12.9	78.8%
Gateshead West	North East	Lab	10,331	30.6	72.5%
Gillingham	South East	Con	4,145	11.0	79.5%
Glasgow Bridgeton	Scotland	Lab	8,101	22.8	66.0%
Glasgow Cathcart	Scotland	Con	15,751	45.3	75.7%
Glasgow Central	Scotland	Lab	6,367	23.6	64.1%
Glasgow Craigton	Scotland	Con	210	0.6	79.1%
Glasgow Gorbals	Scotland	Lab	10,728	29.1	65.2%
Glasgow Govan	Scotland	Lab	9,602	24.0	71.8%
Glasgow Hillhead	Scotland	Con	10,458	35.2	72.9%
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Scotland	Con	2,888	10.8	67.6%
Glasgow Maryhill	Scotland	Lab	8,638	25.6	69.9%
Glasgow Pollok	Scotland	Con	8,845	22.6	75.5%
Glasgow Provan	Scotland	Lab	180	0.6	74.7%
Glasgow Scotstoun	Scotland	Con	428	1.2	79.5%
Glasgow Shettleston	Scotland	Lab	5,819	15.7	69.3%
Glasgow Springburn	Scotland	Lab	5,773	20.6	69.1%
Glasgow Woodside	Scotland	Con	4,303	12.2	72.8%
Gloucester	South West	Lab	748	1.8	80.9%
Goole	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,964	24.4	78.3%
Gosport and Fareham	South East	Con	12,486	25.3	74.2%
Gower	Wales	Lab	18,169	47.1	76.8%
Grantham	East Midlands	Con	2,375	5.0	82.8%
Gravesend	South East	Con	2,909	6.1	80.7%
Greenock	Scotland	Lab	1,033	2.7	77.9%
Greenwich	London	Lab	7,939	17.7	73.2%
Grimsby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,522	7.6	73.3%
Guildford	London	Con	11,328	26.4	76.4%
Hackney Central	London	Lab	11,800	27.0	66.1%
Halifax	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,535	2.8	80.2%
Haltemprice	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	14,342	37.8	74.8%
Hamilton	Scotland	Lab	13,526	34.8	76.1%
Hammersmith North	London	Lab	8,863	22.3	70.0%
Hampstead	London	Con	12,186	24.1	69.7%
Harborough	East Midlands	Con	10,184	20.0	83.3%
Harrogate	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	16,541	44.6	71.9%
Harrow Central	London	Con	8,041	20.1	79.4%
Harrow East	London	Con	3,622	8.9	82.6%
Harrow West	London	Con	17,297	39.9	79.4%
Harwich	East of England	Con	9,464	22.4	75.6%
Hastings	South East	Con	8,536	23.3	75.7%
Hayes and Harlington	London	Lab	6,148	18.1	76.6%
Hemel Hempstead	East of England	Con	6,136	12.2	83.8%
Hemsworth	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	34,042	66.5	79.9%
Hendon North	London	Con	4,060	9.4	80.7%
Hendon South	London	Con	10,436	25.9	73.2%
Henley	South East	Con	7,081	17.3	75.4%
Hereford	West Midlands	Con	9,400	27.0	78.8%
Hertford	East of England	Con	5,984	13.6	82.2%
Heston and Isleworth	London	Con	6,512	14.5	78.9%
Hexham	North East	Con	10,264	28.0	77.3%
Heywood and Royton	North West	Con	3,210	6.6	81.8%
High Peak	East Midlands	Con	5,442	13.8	79.5%
Hitchin	East of England	Con	965	1.9	83.2%
Holborn and St Pancras	London	Lab	931	2.7	67.3%
Holland With Boston	East Midlands	Con	9,083	17.0	76.1%
Honiton	South West	Con	14,741	32.9	79.7%
Horncastle	East Midlands	Con	10,270	33.7	71.0%
Hornchurch	London	Con	1,372	2.2	82.0%
Hornsey	London	Con	12,726	23.0	76.3%
Horsham	South East	Con	11,510	25.2	76.4%
Houghton-le-Spring	North East	Lab	22,899	52.2	79.5%
Hove	South East	Con	22,353	48.3	71.0%
Howden	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	11,398	32.4	73.7%
Huddersfield East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,224	10.2	80.2%
Huddersfield West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lib	7,927	19.5	79.3%
Huntingdonshire	East of England	Con	5,939	16.8	77.1%
Huyton	North West	Lab	2,558	5.4	78.5%
Ilford North	London	Con	10,501	20.3	76.6%
Ilford South	London	Con	6,478	13.5	75.3%
Ilkeston	East Midlands	Lab	21,693	38.6	80.4%
Ince	North West	Lab	18,647	45.5	81.0%
Inverness	Scotland	Con	966	2.8	67.6%
Ipswich	East of England	Lab	3,582	5.9	80.5%
Isle of Thanet	South East	Con	12,289	24.5	71.9%
Isle of Wight	South East	Con	12,637	25.3	74.3%
Islington East	London	Lab	6,702	20.6	66.1%
Islington North	London	Lab	7,578	20.7	64.7%
Islington South West	London	Lab	13,268	36.3	62.0%
Jarrow	North East	Lab	10,402	26.7	79.1%
Keighley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,403	8.2	83.9%
Kensington North	London	Lab	2,943	7.9	69.7%
Kensington South	London	Con	25,247	65.0	61.9%
Kettering	East Midlands	Lab	5,903	10.4	81.6%
Kidderminster	West Midlands	Con	8,224	18.7	78.4%
Kilmarnock	Scotland	Lab	8,341	21.8	81.1%
King'S Lynn	East of England	Con	1,338	3.3	78.2%
Kingston upon Thames	London	Con	14,965	31.7	76.4%
Kingston-upon-Hull East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,706	24.2	75.6%
Kingston-upon-Hull North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	590	1.2	77.4%
Kingston-upon-Hull West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,523	12.0	70.1%
Kinross and West Perthshire	Scotland	Con	12,158	50.4	70.5%
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Scotland	Lab	7,469	18.6	75.2%
Knutsford	North West	Con	19,486	50.4	77.7%
Lambeth Brixton	London	Lab	5,035	13.9	68.2%
Lambeth Norwood	London	Con	5,032	11.3	75.2%
Lambeth Vauxhall	London	Lab	8,728	29.4	62.7%
Lanark	Scotland	Con	958	2.2	85.9%
Lancaster	North West	Con	4,549	12.9	80.3%
Leeds East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,939	10.5	76.2%
Leeds North East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	9,279	22.9	73.1%
Leeds North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	15,329	31.6	75.6%
Leeds South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,016	30.3	72.9%
Leeds South East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,572	32.4	67.9%
Leeds West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	6,264	13.5	77.4%
Leek	West Midlands	Lab	1,059	1.9	81.5%
Leicester North East	East Midlands	Lab	5,170	13.1	78.5%
Leicester North West	East Midlands	Lab	3,510	8.3	78.7%
Leicestersouth East	East Midlands	Con	11,541	28.4	78.5%
Leicestersouth West	East Midlands	Lab	4,489	11.7	76.1%
Leigh	North West	Lab	11,956	24.8	80.1%
Leominster	West Midlands	Con	8,747	31.0	70.4%
Lewes	South East	Con	12,546	33.6	74.8%
Lewisham North	London	Con	3,236	7.9	77.9%
Lewisham South	London	Lab	6,343	14.9	77.7%
Lewisham West	London	Con	4,325	9.9	79.6%
Leyton	London	Lab	8,204	14.7	74.3%
Lichfield and Tamworth	West Midlands	Lab	3,105	8.0	80.9%
Lincoln	East Midlands	Lab	5,222	12.3	85.1%
Liverpool Edge Hill	North West	Lab	1,120	2.9	68.0%
Liverpool Exchange	North West	Lab	7,186	20.7	62.5%
Liverpool Garston	North West	Con	11,969	27.0	71.0%
Liverpool Kirkdale	North West	Con	1,814	4.2	70.6%
Liverpool Scotland	North West	Lab	10,107	30.0	60.1%
Liverpool Toxteth	North West	Con	4,539	12.4	69.6%
Liverpool Walton	North West	Con	2,862	6.4	75.3%
Liverpool Wavertree	North West	Con	15,620	38.4	70.8%
Liverpool West Derby	North West	Con	2,584	6.5	73.3%
Llanelli	Wales	Lab	23,381	45.8	78.7%
Londonderry County	Northern Ireland	Con	16,033	29.0	77.6%
Loughborough	East Midlands	Lab	4,263	9.7	82.4%
Louth	East Midlands	Con	6,520	17.6	73.7%
Lowestoft	East of England	Lab	1,915	4.2	79.6%
Ludlow	West Midlands	Con	7,879	23.3	71.8%
Luton	East of England	Con	4,418	9.2	83.1%
Macclesfield	North West	Con	9,189	20.0	80.6%
Maidstone	South East	Con	7,406	15.7	77.1%
Maldon	East of England	Con	550	1.3	83.5%
Manchester Ardwick	North West	Lab	2,082	4.8	71.7%
Manchester Blackley	North West	Con	5,436	12.0	77.3%
Manchester Cheetham	North West	Lab	8,531	24.4	65.7%
Manchester Exchange	North West	Lab	7,281	22.0	63.2%
Manchester Gorton	North West	Lab	269	0.6	76.5%
Manchester Moss Side	North West	Con	10,528	28.7	69.1%
Manchester Openshaw	North West	Lab	8,042	19.5	72.7%
Manchester Withington	North West	Con	12,653	28.9	71.9%
Manchester Wythenshawe	North West	Con	2,822	5.7	76.3%
Mansfield	East Midlands	Lab	16,033	37.1	78.3%
Melton	East Midlands	Con	10,780	21.8	80.9%
Meriden	West Midlands	Lab	1,105	2.5	81.5%
Merioneth	Wales	Lab	2,682	11.3	86.2%
Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	Lab	18,082	54.5	77.3%
Merton and Morden	London	Con	6,390	14.4	81.6%
Mid-Bedfordshire	East of England	Con	3,964	9.4	81.4%
Middlesbrough East	North East	Lab	10,758	24.8	72.7%
Middlesbrough West	North East	Con	7,361	16.9	82.4%
Middleton and Prestwick	North West	Con	10,107	22.9	75.5%
Midlothian	Scotland	Lab	8,786	20.3	78.1%
Mitcham	London	Con	7,590	13.1	80.5%
Monmouth	Wales	Con	5,797	14.4	81.5%
Montgomery	Wales	Lib	8,500	36.1	73.6%
Moray and Nairn	Scotland	Con	5,129	21.2	67.9%
Morecambe and Lonsdale	North West	Con	17,701	42.4	74.4%
Morpeth	North East	Lab	14,833	41.1	80.4%
Motherwell	Scotland	Lab	2,885	7.7	76.5%
Nantwich	North West	Con	7,366	22.2	77.6%
Neath	Wales	Lab	21,114	52.7	77.9%
Nelson and Colne	North West	Lab	2,291	5.5	83.4%
New Forest	South East	Con	14,742	37.5	73.2%
Newark	East Midlands	Lab	2,141	4.9	83.5%
Newbury	South East	Con	7,237	16.1	78.3%
Newcastle under Lyme	West Midlands	Lab	6,745	13.5	80.7%
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	North East	Lab	13,003	33.2	70.9%
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	North East	Lab	1,822	4.2	82.5%
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	North East	Con	10,933	27.7	77.6%
Newcastle-Upontyne West	North East	Lab	5,184	11.4	79.8%
Newport	Wales	Lab	4,360	7.4	81.6%
Newton	North West	Lab	7,955	15.7	81.8%
Normanton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	17,806	47.0	78.1%
North Angus and Mearns	Scotland	Con	10,193	38.0	72.3%
North Cornwall	South West	Con	1,604	4.5	82.3%
North Devon	South West	Con	5,226	14.7	81.1%
North Dorset	South West	Con	7,159	19.7	82.2%
North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	Lab	17,344	33.0	76.7%
North Fylde	North West	Con	14,660	44.5	68.6%
North Lanarkshire	Scotland	Lab	5,523	15.7	81.5%
North Norfolk	East of England	Lab	1,242	3.1	81.6%
North Somerset	South West	Con	4,183	8.4	85.4%
North West Durham	North East	Lab	14,006	34.8	79.1%
Northampton	East Midlands	Lab	3,348	5.5	82.6%
Northwich	North West	Con	6,555	18.8	79.7%
Norwich North	East of England	Lab	6,595	21.4	75.3%
Norwich South	East of England	Con	1,758	4.9	78.3%
Nottingham Central	East Midlands	Con	758	1.9	72.7%
Nottingham North	East Midlands	Lab	6,090	12.7	79.6%
Nottingham South	East Midlands	Con	7,053	13.8	78.3%
Nottingham West	East Midlands	Lab	3,908	8.3	76.1%
Nuneaton	West Midlands	Lab	10,284	22.9	79.7%
Ogmore	Wales	Lab	22,524	51.2	78.7%
Oldbury and Halesowen	West Midlands	Lab	5,055	9.7	78.6%
Oldham East	North West	Con	380	0.9	77.7%
Oldham West	North West	Lab	3,539	8.3	78.7%
Orkney and Zetland	Scotland	Lib	7,993	43.4	66.1%
Ormskirk	North West	Con	14,539	36.7	73.1%
Orpington	London	Con	11,936	32.3	79.4%
Oswestry	West Midlands	Con	10,425	29.5	70.2%
Oxford	South East	Con	7,778	14.7	78.2%
Paddington North	London	Lab	2,092	6.8	72.2%
Paddington South	London	Con	7,047	23.6	64.3%
Paisley	Scotland	Lab	6,098	12.8	76.2%
Pembroke	Wales	Lab	1,592	3.0	84.0%
Penistone	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,636	24.6	80.0%
Penrith and the Borders	North West	Con	13,672	34.5	77.9%
Perth and East Perthshire	Scotland	Con	13,721	33.9	73.5%
Peterborough	East Midlands	Con	3,238	6.6	83.0%
Petersfield	South East	Con	14,090	39.6	69.7%
Plymouth Devonport	South West	Con	100	0.2	77.1%
Plymouth Sutton	South West	Con	3,810	6.8	78.9%
Pontefract	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	22,463	52.5	79.5%
Pontypool	Wales	Lab	16,572	45.8	77.1%
Pontypridd	Wales	Lab	17,163	42.3	74.9%
Poole	South West	Con	9,562	19.4	80.9%
Poplar	London	Lab	19,828	63.0	64.1%
Portsmouth Langston	South East	Con	14,155	28.4	73.0%
Portsmouth South	South East	Con	14,287	34.4	72.4%
Portsmouth West	South East	Con	3,669	8.4	77.4%
Preston North	North West	Con	2,903	7.0	81.4%
Preston South	North West	Con	474	1.1	81.9%
Pudsey	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	4,564	10.7	85.4%
Reading	South East	Lab	238	0.5	84.1%
Reigate	South East	Con	10,307	23.4	78.8%
Rhondda East	Wales	Lab	17,315	57.5	77.1%
Rhondda West	Wales	Lab	16,864	58.5	80.3%
Richmond (Surrey)	London	Con	12,955	27.2	77.5%
Richmond (Yorkshire)	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	16,005	47.1	67.2%
Ripon	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	12,065	37.8	78.8%
Rochdale	North West	Con	1,590	3.1	82.8%
Rochester and Chatham	South East	Lab	2,447	4.8	82.2%
Romford	London	Lab	2,625	5.1	75.5%
Ross and Cromarty	Scotland	Con	3,926	24.6	61.9%
Rossendale	North West	Lab	2,911	6.6	84.2%
Rother Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	27,052	51.2	78.8%
Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,541	26.7	77.4%
Rowley Regis and Tipton	West Midlands	Lab	13,168	30.5	72.1%
Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles	Scotland	Con	7,170	15.6	80.8%
Rugby	West Midlands	Lab	1,378	3.5	85.4%
Ruislip Northwood	London	Con	11,555	30.4	79.8%
Runcorn	North West	Con	10,830	28.1	81.1%
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	Con	1,643	3.6	82.9%
Rutherglen	Scotland	Con	2,101	5.8	84.1%
Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	Con	2,819	8.7	79.7%
Rye	South East	Con	17,940	45.9	73.4%
Saffron Waldon	East of England	Con	6,418	16.8	79.6%
Salford East	North West	Lab	1,728	4.4	69.8%
Salford West	North West	Lab	859	2.0	74.9%
Salisbury	South West	Con	7,639	20.1	77.7%
Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	16,645	35.5	72.6%
Sedgefield	North East	Lab	8,853	19.4	79.9%
Sevenoaks	South East	Con	11,078	23.7	78.1%
Sheffield Attercliffe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	19,568	42.0	72.1%
Sheffield Brightside	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	15,404	37.3	71.1%
Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	14,739	32.5	74.1%
Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	11,051	21.9	77.0%
Sheffield Hillsborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,010	17.6	73.0%
Sheffield Park	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	18,339	46.5	71.3%
Shipley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	5,331	13.4	86.2%
Shoreditch and Finsbury	London	Lab	16,284	46.9	61.6%
Shrewsbury	West Midlands	Con	7,593	21.7	77.5%
Skipton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	9,182	22.4	82.5%
Smethwick	West Midlands	Lab	6,495	16.3	75.5%
Solihull	West Midlands	Con	18,023	44.4	78.3%
South Angus	Scotland	Con	14,971	45.4	73.6%
South Ayrshire	Scotland	Lab	8,209	23.2	76.8%
South Bedfordshire	East of England	Con	2,468	5.6	81.9%
South Buckinghamshire	South East	Con	17,981	38.1	78.1%
South Dorset	South West	Con	5,417	12.4	79.3%
South East Derbyshire	East Midlands	Lab	1,581	3.2	82.1%
South East Essex	East of England	Con	6,690	19.5	72.9%
South Fylde	North West	Con	22,395	50.9	72.6%
South Gloucestershire	South West	Con	1,726	4.1	81.7%
South Norfolk	East of England	Con	1,475	4.1	81.8%
South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	Con	4,158	10.7	81.6%
South Shields	North East	Lab	10,252	19.3	71.6%
South West Hertfordshire	East of England	Con	6,969	13.7	81.3%
South West Norfolk	East of England	Lab	193	0.6	82.6%
South Worcestershire	West Midlands	Con	12,980	31.9	72.9%
Southall	London	Lab	6,335	14.4	76.4%
Southampton Test	South East	Con	3,842	7.4	78.7%
Southamptonitchen	South East	Lab	5,771	11.0	78.3%
Southend East	East of England	Con	6,758	16.4	74.0%
Southend West	East of England	Con	18,460	43.4	74.1%
Southgate	London	Con	18,210	42.4	77.1%
Southport	North West	Con	17,441	40.5	68.8%
Southwark	London	Lab	17,230	43.0	60.2%
Sowerby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	2,783	6.3	81.4%
Spelthorne	South East	Con	5,982	16.7	77.7%
St.Albans	East of England	Con	5,721	15.1	79.3%
St.Helens	North West	Lab	15,883	28.6	73.5%
St.Ives	South West	Con	7,335	22.4	73.9%
St.Marylebone	London	Con	15,399	41.4	64.5%
St.Pancras North	London	Lab	7,082	16.3	69.4%
Stafford and Stone	West Midlands	Con	8,656	19.8	79.0%
Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	Lab	155	0.3	83.5%
Stepney	London	Lab	21,944	57.9	57.8%
Stirling and Falkirk	Scotland	Lab	1,306	3.1	79.7%
Stockport North	North West	Con	4,567	10.7	79.8%
Stockport South	North West	Con	4,086	11.0	79.0%
Stockton on Tees	North East	Lab	3,815	8.9	83.8%
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	London	Lab	10,088	22.8	67.9%
Stoke on Trent Central	West Midlands	Lab	12,355	27.7	71.3%
Stoke on Trent North	West Midlands	Lab	14,874	33.8	75.3%
Stoke on Trent South	West Midlands	Lab	13,264	27.2	73.6%
Stratford	West Midlands	Con	13,312	37.1	75.6%
Stretford	North West	Con	11,834	21.8	76.1%
Stroud	South West	Con	3,943	8.4	84.3%
Sudbury and Woodbridge	East of England	Con	7,190	15.3	79.7%
Sunderland North	North East	Lab	2,836	6.2	75.7%
Sunderland South	North East	Con	1,774	3.7	77.4%
Surbiton	London	Con	10,483	29.7	79.5%
Sutton and Cheam	London	Con	14,333	32.0	76.4%
Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	Con	17,987	39.9	76.7%
Swansea East	Wales	Lab	17,472	44.9	72.1%
Swansea West	Wales	Lab	1,021	2.3	75.1%
Swindon	South West	Lab	3,939	9.9	80.0%
Taunton	South West	Con	5,542	12.6	85.5%
Tavistock	South West	Con	10,236	29.5	76.9%
The Hartlepools	North East	Lab	1,585	3.3	81.8%
The Isle of Ely	East of England	Con	6,446	14.9	70.7%
The Wrekin	West Midlands	Con	478	1.3	80.1%
Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	14,085	38.2	73.4%
Thurrock	East of England	Lab	15,329	32.3	75.2%
Tiverton	South West	Con	10,424	28.5	76.3%
Tonbridge	South East	Con	10,196	20.9	75.5%
Torquay	South West	Con	17,230	34.9	75.5%
Torrington	South West	Con	9,312	30.1	69.2%
Totnes	South West	Con	11,594	22.9	80.8%
Tottenham	London	Lab	8,883	20.0	70.2%
Truro	South West	Con	4,717	10.9	78.7%
Twickenham	London	Con	16,276	28.2	77.0%
Tynemouth	North East	Con	10,836	19.3	79.3%
Ulster Mid	Northern Ireland	Oth	260	0.4	88.6%
Uxbridge	London	Lab	876	2.0	81.7%
Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,745	20.9	77.9%
Wallasey	North West	Con	14,218	26.9	72.3%
Wallsend	North East	Lab	9,350	15.6	81.0%
Walsall North	West Midlands	Lab	10,695	25.1	77.0%
Walsall South	West Midlands	Con	2,426	5.3	80.2%
Walthamstow East	London	Con	1,129	3.1	80.8%
Walthamstow West	London	Lab	9,250	31.5	72.5%
Wandsworth Central	London	Con	1,093	2.2	77.6%
Wandsworth Clapham	London	Lab	225	0.5	75.5%
Wandsworth Putney	London	Con	7,195	14.2	76.0%
Wandsworth Streatham	London	Con	12,268	31.1	74.8%
Wanstead and Woodford	East of England	Con	15,808	46.1	76.0%
Warrington	North West	Lab	5,646	14.2	73.9%
Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	Con	13,466	29.0	78.8%
Watford	East of England	Con	1,717	4.0	82.4%
Wednesbury	West Midlands	Lab	8,944	20.7	72.9%
Wellingborough	East Midlands	Lab	926	2.1	86.0%
Wells	South West	Con	5,879	13.0	79.5%
Wembley North	London	Con	10,109	25.1	82.3%
Wembley South	London	Con	6,456	17.2	80.7%
West Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Con	10,928	31.9	72.6%
West Bromwich	West Midlands	Lab	10,020	23.6	70.2%
West Derbyshire	East Midlands	Con	6,756	19.1	80.0%
West Dorset	South West	Con	6,763	19.2	80.1%
West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Lab	1,952	4.7	84.8%
West Fife	Scotland	Lab	16,211	37.8	80.3%
West Flintshire	Wales	Con	8,352	22.2	81.0%
West Gloucestershire	South West	Lab	4,020	9.9	78.6%
West Ham North	London	Lab	16,537	40.0	67.4%
West Ham South	London	Lab	23,454	66.2	65.8%
West Lothian	Scotland	Lab	8,307	19.3	75.4%
West Renfrewshire	Scotland	Con	4,040	10.5	83.0%
West Stirlingshire	Scotland	Lab	3,214	9.3	80.4%
Westbury	South West	Con	3,389	7.9	82.4%
Western Isles	Scotland	Lab	2,172	14.7	59.6%
Westhoughton	North West	Lab	10,052	22.0	83.0%
Westmorland	North West	Con	13,147	35.9	77.6%
Weston Super Mare	South West	Con	11,082	25.4	73.8%
Whitehaven	North West	Lab	6,194	16.1	83.8%
Widnes	North West	Lab	1,449	3.8	83.1%
Wigan	North West	Lab	14,872	32.2	80.3%
Willesden East	London	Lab	659	1.4	76.1%
Willesden West	London	Lab	11,111	23.5	74.4%
Wimbledon	London	Con	10,490	31.1	78.3%
Winchester	South East	Con	11,236	30.9	76.7%
Windsor	South East	Con	10,724	26.8	73.3%
Wirral	North West	Con	17,051	34.8	76.5%
Woking	South East	Con	12,467	28.8	75.7%
Wokingham	South East	Con	12,948	29.8	76.6%
Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	Lab	9,209	24.3	71.4%
Wolverhampton South West	West Midlands	Con	8,420	20.0	77.7%
Wood Green	London	Lab	3,712	7.8	75.1%
Woolwich East	London	Lab	10,346	28.6	73.9%
Woolwich West	London	Con	1,880	4.1	83.3%
Worcester	West Midlands	Con	6,102	13.5	77.8%
Workington	North West	Lab	7,928	18.8	86.1%
Worthing	South East	Con	21,875	54.2	72.7%
Wrexham	Wales	Lab	11,659	23.6	76.2%
Wycombe	South East	Con	7,940	15.3	82.0%
Yarmouth	East of England	Con	917	2.2	79.7%
Yeovil	South West	Con	4,266	8.5	85.1%
York	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,104	1.8	83.5%

Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk / cbp-8647

Questions and answers

Who won the 1955 general election?

The Conservatives won 344 of 630 seats with 49.7% of the vote, an overall majority of 60 (House of Commons Library figure, which counts allied groups and multi-member seats). Anthony Eden became (or remained) prime minister: Conservative majority government.

How many seats did each party win in 1955?

Conservative 344; Labour 277; Liberal 6; Others 3 (out of 630 seats; 316 were needed for a majority).

Who won the most votes in 1955?

The Conservatives won the most votes: 13,285,879 (49.7% of the 26,760,089 votes counted).

What was the turnout at the 1955 general election?

Turnout was 76.8% in contested constituencies (valid votes as a share of the electorate).

What was the closest result in 1955?

Faversham, where Labour won by 59 votes.

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