South East: 1955 general election results
How South East voted at the 1955 general election: the Conservatives won 56 of 62 seats with 60.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 56 | +1 | 1,657,443 | 60.2% | +3.0 | ||
| Labour | 6 | −2 | 1,032,377 | 37.5% | −2.0 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 55,188 | 2.0% | +0.6 | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 6,514 | 0.2% | |||||
Change compared with the 1951 general election in South East.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon | Con | 8,634 | 18.4 | 80.1% | |
| Aldershot | Con | 9,572 | 23.9 | 73.9% | |
| Arundel and Shoreham | Con | 19,992 | 39.7 | 73.0% | |
| Ashford | Con | 8,307 | 20.9 | 78.1% | |
| Aylesbury | Con | 5,761 | 14.1 | 81.8% | |
| Banbury | Con | 4,125 | 8.8 | 77.1% | |
| Basingstoke | Con | 6,290 | 14.4 | 76.6% | |
| Bournemouth East and Christchurch | Con | 18,498 | 42.2 | 75.5% | |
| Bournemouth West | Con | 16,784 | 35.7 | 71.7% | |
| Brighton Kemptown | Con | 5,257 | 12.8 | 70.0% | |
| Brighton Pavilion | Con | 14,386 | 36.1 | 67.5% | |
| Buckingham | Con | 1,140 | 2.5 | 85.1% | |
| Canterbury | Con | 14,295 | 33.1 | 72.7% | |
| Chertsey | Con | 8,365 | 22.2 | 77.2% | |
| Chichester | Con | 18,122 | 41.6 | 71.8% | |
| Dartford | Lab | 4,198 | 8.8 | 81.0% | |
| Dorking | Con | 12,509 | 34.4 | 76.9% | |
| Dover | Con | 3,018 | 5.9 | 81.8% | |
| East Grinstead | Con | 16,700 | 36.1 | 75.1% | |
| East Surrey | Con | 24,709 | 49.6 | 76.5% | |
| Eastbourne | Con | 14,218 | 31.4 | 75.8% | |
| Eastleigh | Con | 545 | 1.4 | 81.5% | |
| Epsom | Con | 22,073 | 42.9 | 77.6% | |
| Esher | Con | 20,642 | 38.9 | 79.3% | |
| Eton and Slough | Lab | 2,443 | 6.3 | 79.8% | |
| Farnham | Con | 10,906 | 29.9 | 76.3% | |
| Faversham | Lab | 59 | 0.1 | 83.2% | |
| Folkestone and Hythe | Con | 11,002 | 30.0 | 72.8% | |
| Gillingham | Con | 4,145 | 11.0 | 79.5% | |
| Gosport and Fareham | Con | 12,486 | 25.3 | 74.2% | |
| Gravesend | Con | 2,909 | 6.1 | 80.7% | |
| Hastings | Con | 8,536 | 23.3 | 75.7% | |
| Henley | Con | 7,081 | 17.3 | 75.4% | |
| Horsham | Con | 11,510 | 25.2 | 76.4% | |
| Hove | Con | 22,353 | 48.3 | 71.0% | |
| Isle of Thanet | Con | 12,289 | 24.5 | 71.9% | |
| Isle of Wight | Con | 12,637 | 25.3 | 74.3% | |
| Lewes | Con | 12,546 | 33.6 | 74.8% | |
| Maidstone | Con | 7,406 | 15.7 | 77.1% | |
| New Forest | Con | 14,742 | 37.5 | 73.2% | |
| Newbury | Con | 7,237 | 16.1 | 78.3% | |
| Oxford | Con | 7,778 | 14.7 | 78.2% | |
| Petersfield | Con | 14,090 | 39.6 | 69.7% | |
| 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% | |
| Reading | Lab | 238 | 0.5 | 84.1% | |
| Reigate | Con | 10,307 | 23.4 | 78.8% | |
| Rochester and Chatham | Lab | 2,447 | 4.8 | 82.2% | |
| Rye | Con | 17,940 | 45.9 | 73.4% | |
| Sevenoaks | Con | 11,078 | 23.7 | 78.1% | |
| South Buckinghamshire | Con | 17,981 | 38.1 | 78.1% | |
| Southampton Test | Con | 3,842 | 7.4 | 78.7% | |
| Southamptonitchen | Lab | 5,771 | 11.0 | 78.3% | |
| Spelthorne | Con | 5,982 | 16.7 | 77.7% | |
| Tonbridge | Con | 10,196 | 20.9 | 75.5% | |
| Winchester | Con | 11,236 | 30.9 | 76.7% | |
| Windsor | Con | 10,724 | 26.8 | 73.3% | |
| Woking | Con | 12,467 | 28.8 | 75.7% | |
| Wokingham | Con | 12,948 | 29.8 | 76.6% | |
| Worthing | Con | 21,875 | 54.2 | 72.7% | |
| Wycombe | Con | 7,940 | 15.3 | 82.0% |
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Questions and answers
Who won in South East at the 1955 general election?
The Conservatives won 56 of the 62 seats in South East, with 60.2% of the vote.
How many seats were there in South East in 1955?
62 constituencies.
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