England: 1955 general election results

How England voted at the 1955 general election: the Conservatives won 292 of 511 seats with 50.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.

256 for a majority

Con292
Lab216
Lib2
Oth1

England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	292	+37	11,140,424	50.3%	+5.1	508
Labour	216	−19	10,355,892	46.8%	−2.1	510
Liberal	2	0	571,034	2.6%	+0.3	95
Others	1	+1	69,140	0.3%	+0.2	20

Change compared with the 1951 general election in England.

Constituencies

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

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Questions and answers

Who won in England at the 1955 general election?

The Conservatives won 292 of the 511 seats in England, with 50.3% of the vote.

How many seats were there in England in 1955?

511 constituencies.

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