England: 1959 general election results

How England voted at the 1959 general election: the Conservatives won 315 of 511 seats with 50.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

256 for a majority

Con315
Lab193
Lib3

England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	315	+23	11,558,980	50.0%	−0.4	509
Labour	193	−23	10,085,117	43.6%	−3.2	511
Liberal	3	+1	1,449,593	6.3%	+3.7	191
1 other parties and independents			33,839	0.2%

Change compared with the 1955 general election in England.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	10,972	21.3	80.8%	Con hold
Accrington	Lab	600	1.4	87.9%	Lab hold
Acton	Con	920	2.4	80.7%	Con gain from Lab
Aldershot	Con	12,891	29.9	75.9%	Con hold
Altrincham and Sale	Con	15,851	29.6	82.6%	Con hold
Arundel and Shoreham	Con	24,289	42.0	76.5%	Con hold
Ashfield	Lab	20,742	41.4	82.0%	Lab hold
Ashford	Con	10,400	25.8	77.5%	Con hold
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	2,752	5.6	81.1%	Lab hold
Aylesbury	Con	8,955	20.4	81.3%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	6,714	12.9	81.0%	Con hold
Barking	Lab	12,000	29.6	78.5%	Lab hold
Barkston Ash	Con	7,553	16.8	82.4%	Con hold
Barnet	Con	13,399	25.3	81.7%	Con hold
Barnsley	Lab	27,376	47.4	82.7%	Lab hold
Barons Court	Con	913	2.4	76.3%	Con gain from Lab
Barrow in Furness	Lab	3,974	9.4	81.7%	Lab hold
Basingstoke	Con	11,244	23.2	79.6%	Con hold
Bassetlaw	Lab	7,713	16.1	80.2%	Lab hold
Bath	Con	6,533	13.7	83.6%	Con hold
Batley and Morley	Lab	7,666	16.7	81.9%	Lab hold
Battersea North	Lab	10,306	35.7	70.6%	Lab hold
Battersea South	Con	1,752	6.0	78.9%	Con hold
Bebington	Con	9,821	17.1	81.8%	Con hold
Beckenham	Con	23,133	39.0	80.8%	Con hold
Bedford	Con	6,767	14.7	83.6%	Con hold
Belper	Lab	4,337	7.4	84.2%	Lab hold
Bermondsey	Lab	14,341	53.7	70.4%	Lab hold
Berwick upon Tweed	Con	8,267	26.2	77.0%	Con hold
Bethnal Green	Lab	16,816	44.2	66.0%	Lab hold
Bexley	Con	8,633	15.6	85.4%	Con hold
Billericay	Con	4,822	7.7	80.4%	Con hold
Bilston	Lab	3,545	7.0	76.8%	Lab hold
Birkenhead	Lab	3,629	7.7	78.4%	Lab hold
Birmingham All Saints	Con	20	0.1	70.9%	Con gain from Lab
Birmingham Aston	Lab	2,534	6.3	70.3%	Lab hold
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	14,928	39.4	68.0%	Con hold
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	13,717	29.5	76.2%	Con hold
Birmingham Handsworth	Con	10,127	26.5	68.8%	Con hold
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	6,324	27.4	59.1%	Lab hold
Birmingham Northfield	Lab	940	1.6	78.4%	Lab hold
Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	183	0.5	78.5%	Lab hold
Birmingham Selly Oak	Con	8,356	20.1	71.6%	Con hold
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	4,931	14.7	65.7%	Lab hold
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Con	886	2.6	72.5%	Con gain from Lab
Birmingham Stechford	Lab	2,923	7.1	73.5%	Lab hold
Birmingham Yardley	Con	1,385	3.0	77.1%	Con gain from Lab
Bishop Auckland	Lab	8,329	21.1	80.8%	Lab hold
Blackburn	Lab	2,866	5.5	85.9%	Lab hold
Blackpool North	Con	15,857	36.3	74.8%	Con hold
Blackpool South	Con	12,430	31.8	73.9%	Con hold
Blaydon	Lab	12,250	30.9	82.9%	Lab hold
Blyth	Lab	25,494	49.3	82.6%	Lab hold
Bodmin	Con	2,801	7.6	81.5%	Con hold
Bolsover	Lab	23,460	56.4	82.5%	Lab hold
Bolton East	Con	2,732	5.6	80.9%	Con hold
Bolton West	Lib	3,988	9.3	79.7%	Lib hold
Bootle	Lab	2,915	7.4	78.3%	Lab hold
Bosworth	Lab	1,393	2.6	83.0%	Lab hold
Bournemouth East and Christchurch	Con	19,792	42.5	76.7%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	Con	17,618	35.6	72.6%	Con hold
Bradford East	Lab	5,527	16.0	72.8%	Lab hold
Bradford North	Con	2,671	6.2	82.8%	Con hold
Bradford South	Lab	3,014	6.5	81.0%	Lab hold
Bradford West	Con	5,106	12.5	81.8%	Con hold
Brentford and Chiswick	Con	2,919	8.9	82.3%	Con hold
Bridgwater	Con	8,296	18.2	81.8%	Con hold
Bridlington	Con	17,391	46.4	69.9%	Con hold
Brierley Hill	Con	4,133	7.1	81.9%	Con gain from Lab
Brigg	Lab	2,104	3.8	78.6%	Lab hold
Brighouse and Spenborough	Lab	47	0.1	85.5%	Lab hold
Brighton Kemptown	Con	5,746	12.8	73.8%	Con hold
Brighton Pavilion	Con	15,974	40.0	69.8%	Con hold
Bristol Central	Lab	2,696	7.3	75.0%	Lab hold
Bristol North East	Con	2,684	5.3	79.1%	Con gain from Lab
Bristol North West	Con	1,919	4.0	82.9%	Con gain from Lab
Bristol South	Lab	9,582	21.6	75.7%	Lab hold
Bristol South East	Lab	5,827	12.5	81.4%	Lab hold
Bristol West	Con	20,117	48.8	73.6%	Con hold
Bromley	Con	15,452	40.0	79.0%	Con hold
Bromsgrove	Con	9,040	16.2	83.5%	Con hold
Buckingham	Con	1,746	3.7	86.4%	Con hold
Burnley	Lab	6,773	13.9	83.8%	Lab hold
Burton	Con	5,894	12.3	82.4%	Con hold
Bury and Radcliffe	Con	3,908	7.3	82.2%	Con hold
Bury St Edmunds	Con	7,962	17.5	78.6%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	2,251	4.2	79.2%	Con hold
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	11,382	30.4	64.6%	Lab hold
Cambridge	Con	6,807	14.3	79.8%	Con hold
Cambridgeshire	Con	7,479	15.8	78.0%	Con hold
Cannock	Lab	7,139	13.7	79.6%	Lab hold
Canterbury	Con	15,100	32.4	75.1%	Con hold
Carlisle	Con	1,998	4.8	84.6%	Con hold
Carlton	Con	8,077	15.1	82.7%	Con hold
Carshalton	Con	13,244	23.5	82.5%	Con hold
Central Norfolk	Con	6,787	15.6	79.9%	Con hold
Cheadle	Con	17,319	29.1	83.7%	Con hold
Chelmsford	Con	9,868	19.7	81.3%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	14,677	47.4	65.8%	Con hold
Cheltenham	Con	9,272	21.5	81.5%	Con hold
Chertsey	Con	10,686	24.2	79.4%	Con hold
Chester-le-Street	Lab	23,063	51.6	83.0%	Lab hold
Chesterfield	Lab	13,450	24.9	82.7%	Lab hold
Chichester	Con	21,209	44.9	73.8%	Con hold
Chigwell	Con	5,562	13.5	82.2%	Con hold
Chippenham	Con	8,785	21.1	80.2%	Con hold
Chislehurst	Con	6,679	13.1	85.8%	Con hold
Chorley	Lab	676	1.3	85.6%	Lab hold
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	Con	11,855	26.7	76.6%	Con gain from Oth
Cities of London and Westminster	Con	17,188	40.7	61.3%	Con hold
City of Chester	Con	10,355	22.8	78.7%	Con hold
Cleveland	Con	1,655	2.8	83.1%	Con gain from Lab
Clitheroe	Con	6,211	16.2	86.6%	Con hold
Colchester	Con	7,496	15.7	82.4%	Con hold
Colne Valley	Lab	6,254	14.4	84.1%	Lab hold
Consett	Lab	16,270	33.7	81.7%	Lab hold
Coventry East	Lab	7,762	13.5	81.7%	Lab hold
Coventry North	Lab	1,241	2.8	83.6%	Lab hold
Coventry South	Con	1,830	3.3	82.1%	Con gain from Lab
Crewe	Lab	3,781	9.0	82.1%	Lab hold
Crosby	Con	15,056	33.8	77.5%	Con hold
Croydon North East	Con	8,905	19.4	80.3%	Con hold
Croydon North West	Con	10,453	22.8	78.8%	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	8,215	16.3	79.1%	Con hold
Dagenham	Lab	20,383	38.0	72.5%	Lab hold
Darlington	Con	4,417	8.8	84.4%	Con hold
Dartford	Lab	1,276	2.3	83.0%	Lab hold
Darwen	Con	8,342	17.9	84.1%	Con hold
Dearne Valley	Lab	27,883	55.4	84.6%	Lab hold
Deptford	Lab	8,188	23.9	69.3%	Lab hold
Derby North	Lab	2,407	5.6	76.7%	Lab hold
Derby South	Lab	3,431	8.0	79.2%	Lab hold
Devizes	Con	3,838	9.5	79.2%	Con hold
Dewsbury	Lab	3,669	8.1	82.7%	Lab hold
Don Valley	Lab	24,148	41.8	83.8%	Lab hold
Doncaster	Con	3,586	7.3	84.5%	Con hold
Dorking	Con	14,959	36.7	79.8%	Con hold
Dover	Con	3,241	6.2	82.9%	Con hold
Dudley	Lab	5,725	9.9	79.5%	Lab hold
Durham	Lab	16,689	32.8	81.8%	Lab hold
Ealing North	Con	4,276	8.5	84.2%	Con hold
Ealing South	Con	12,722	30.6	78.1%	Con hold
Easington	Lab	27,293	59.6	80.8%	Lab hold
East Grinstead	Con	21,655	42.5	77.9%	Con hold
East Ham North	Lab	3,826	13.6	74.1%	Lab hold
East Ham South	Lab	6,808	23.0	74.6%	Lab hold
East Hertfordshire	Con	10,181	18.6	82.0%	Con hold
East Surrey	Con	25,934	45.7	81.1%	Con hold
Eastbourne	Con	16,037	33.0	77.3%	Con hold
Eastleigh	Con	3,256	7.0	84.5%	Con hold
Eccles	Lab	1,986	4.0	82.9%	Lab hold
Edmonton	Lab	461	0.9	75.9%	Lab hold
Enfield East	Lab	3,624	9.9	77.5%	Lab hold
Enfield West	Con	13,803	38.4	79.9%	Con hold
Epping	Con	4,393	6.2	84.3%	Con hold
Epsom	Con	24,445	43.3	81.1%	Con hold
Erith and Crayford	Lab	5,760	13.3	81.6%	Lab hold
Esher	Con	24,221	41.2	81.5%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	Lab	88	0.2	79.9%	Lab hold
Exeter	Con	5,661	12.8	82.0%	Con hold
Eye	Con	2,484	5.2	84.0%	Con hold
Falmouth and Camborne	Lab	4,197	9.6	81.6%	Lab hold
Farnham	Con	13,738	34.5	79.4%	Con hold
Farnworth	Lab	8,037	17.2	83.3%	Lab hold
Faversham	Lab	253	0.5	83.8%	Lab hold
Feltham	Lab	2,250	5.2	80.4%	Lab hold
Finchley	Con	16,260	29.1	80.8%	Con hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	12,380	32.2	75.6%	Con hold
Fulham	Lab	2,944	7.3	77.0%	Lab hold
Gainsborough	Con	6,809	16.8	80.8%	Con hold
Gateshead East	Lab	7,665	17.8	81.6%	Lab hold
Gateshead West	Lab	9,768	29.8	76.9%	Lab hold
Gillingham	Con	7,279	18.7	80.6%	Con hold
Gloucester	Lab	2,771	6.4	82.3%	Lab hold
Goole	Lab	9,771	22.8	80.7%	Lab hold
Gosport and Fareham	Con	16,154	29.1	75.7%	Con hold
Grantham	Con	6,615	13.7	81.9%	Con hold
Gravesend	Con	2,162	4.2	82.3%	Con hold
Greenwich	Lab	5,525	12.3	74.1%	Lab hold
Grimsby	Lab	91	0.2	76.7%	Lab hold
Guildford	Con	13,442	28.4	80.2%	Con hold
Hackney Central	Lab	9,502	23.0	66.0%	Lab hold
Halifax	Con	2,515	4.5	83.3%	Con hold
Haltemprice	Con	16,352	37.7	80.5%	Con hold
Hammersmith North	Lab	6,747	18.7	69.8%	Lab hold
Hampstead	Con	12,006	25.1	68.8%	Con hold
Harborough	Con	12,514	21.8	84.6%	Con hold
Harrogate	Con	19,270	48.6	74.5%	Con hold
Harrow Central	Con	9,764	25.8	79.5%	Con hold
Harrow East	Con	5,947	14.5	83.5%	Con hold
Harrow West	Con	18,000	41.8	79.2%	Con hold
Harwich	Con	12,065	27.1	76.5%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	8,882	24.7	74.2%	Con hold
Hayes and Harlington	Lab	4,152	11.2	80.5%	Lab hold
Hemel Hempstead	Con	8,235	13.6	85.3%	Con hold
Hemsworth	Lab	35,365	64.4	83.6%	Lab hold
Hendon North	Con	5,332	12.4	81.7%	Con hold
Hendon South	Con	11,955	29.1	76.8%	Con hold
Henley	Con	9,403	20.6	78.3%	Con hold
Hereford	Con	7,578	21.0	79.5%	Con hold
Hertford	Con	8,551	15.9	83.8%	Con hold
Heston and Isleworth	Con	8,850	19.7	81.6%	Con hold
Hexham	Con	10,520	26.0	81.1%	Con hold
Heywood and Royton	Con	2,154	4.4	84.7%	Con hold
High Peak	Con	4,911	12.1	82.7%	Con hold
Hitchin	Con	4,375	6.8	85.4%	Con hold
Holborn and St Pancras	Con	656	2.0	69.0%	Con gain from Lab
Holland With Boston	Con	11,174	20.6	76.8%	Con hold
Honiton	Con	13,053	28.5	80.1%	Con hold
Horncastle	Con	9,871	33.2	70.3%	Con hold
Hornchurch	Con	7,322	10.0	83.9%	Con hold
Hornsey	Con	12,338	22.6	76.7%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	13,263	21.6	80.0%	Con hold
Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	24,562	51.9	83.4%	Lab hold
Hove	Con	23,944	49.5	72.2%	Con hold
Howden	Con	12,872	35.9	75.8%	Con hold
Huddersfield East	Lab	3,085	7.4	80.6%	Lab hold
Huddersfield West	Lib	9,652	23.6	79.7%	Lib hold
Huntingdonshire	Con	8,271	22.0	80.4%	Con hold
Huyton	Lab	5,927	9.8	77.9%	Lab hold
Ilford North	Con	13,647	25.5	79.6%	Con hold
Ilford South	Con	7,307	15.5	77.9%	Con hold
Ilkeston	Lab	21,644	37.2	83.5%	Lab hold
Ince	Lab	18,957	44.6	83.0%	Lab hold
Ipswich	Lab	3,235	5.2	80.9%	Lab hold
Isle of Thanet	Con	11,898	22.0	75.1%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	12,832	25.9	74.1%	Con hold
Islington East	Lab	4,669	15.1	63.5%	Lab hold
Islington North	Lab	3,898	11.6	62.0%	Lab hold
Islington South West	Lab	10,388	30.3	60.6%	Lab hold
Jarrow	Lab	10,352	25.3	80.3%	Lab hold
Keighley	Con	170	0.4	85.6%	Con gain from Lab
Kensington North	Lab	877	2.5	67.8%	Lab hold
Kensington South	Con	21,940	61.3	61.7%	Con hold
Kettering	Lab	3,485	5.6	83.5%	Lab hold
Kidderminster	Con	9,343	20.3	79.1%	Con hold
King'S Lynn	Con	1,765	4.3	79.8%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	16,241	34.5	77.9%	Con hold
Kingston-upon-Hull East	Lab	13,019	22.3	79.0%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull North	Con	702	1.4	81.6%	Con hold
Kingston-upon-Hull West	Lab	2,435	5.0	75.6%	Lab hold
Knutsford	Con	19,153	44.2	81.8%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Lab	2,112	6.2	65.3%	Lab hold
Lambeth Norwood	Con	6,983	16.0	75.6%	Con hold
Lambeth Vauxhall	Lab	7,125	24.0	65.0%	Lab hold
Lancaster	Con	5,528	15.3	82.4%	Con hold
Leeds East	Lab	4,785	9.1	79.7%	Lab hold
Leeds North East	Con	11,531	28.2	75.0%	Con hold
Leeds North West	Con	16,702	31.1	77.6%	Con hold
Leeds South	Lab	11,486	27.5	79.0%	Lab hold
Leeds South East	Lab	9,649	28.4	70.0%	Lab hold
Leeds West	Lab	4,593	9.7	78.3%	Lab hold
Leek	Lab	1,149	1.9	83.9%	Lab hold
Leicester North East	Lab	1,431	3.8	78.4%	Lab hold
Leicester North West	Lab	1,773	4.3	79.5%	Lab hold
Leicestersouth East	Con	14,630	34.7	78.3%	Con hold
Leicestersouth West	Lab	2,743	7.3	78.5%	Lab hold
Leigh	Lab	14,775	30.4	82.4%	Lab hold
Leominster	Con	9,737	32.4	76.4%	Con hold
Lewes	Con	16,577	38.8	75.8%	Con hold
Lewisham North	Con	4,613	10.8	81.2%	Con hold
Lewisham South	Lab	3,081	7.3	78.6%	Lab hold
Lewisham West	Con	6,233	14.4	80.3%	Con hold
Leyton	Lab	3,919	7.4	74.4%	Lab hold
Lichfield and Tamworth	Lab	1,550	3.8	81.9%	Lab hold
Lincoln	Lab	4,389	10.2	84.2%	Lab hold
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	699	1.8	70.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Exchange	Lab	6,971	22.6	60.5%	Lab hold
Liverpool Garston	Con	14,157	29.1	74.4%	Con hold
Liverpool Kirkdale	Con	2,747	6.5	73.7%	Con hold
Liverpool Scotland	Lab	7,667	23.6	62.5%	Lab hold
Liverpool Toxteth	Con	3,915	11.1	70.9%	Con hold
Liverpool Walton	Con	4,034	9.1	77.7%	Con hold
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	16,232	38.5	75.8%	Con hold
Liverpool West Derby	Con	3,333	7.9	76.8%	Con hold
Loughborough	Lab	3,747	8.2	84.0%	Lab hold
Louth	Con	8,803	22.2	76.5%	Con hold
Lowestoft	Con	1,489	3.2	81.6%	Con gain from Lab
Ludlow	Con	7,326	20.6	76.2%	Con hold
Luton	Con	5,019	10.2	86.8%	Con hold
Macclesfield	Con	9,326	19.2	82.6%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	10,463	21.0	78.6%	Con hold
Maldon	Con	2,240	5.0	83.1%	Con hold
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	6,742	16.2	72.6%	Lab hold
Manchester Blackley	Con	4,373	9.3	81.5%	Con hold
Manchester Cheetham	Lab	9,336	28.7	69.0%	Lab hold
Manchester Exchange	Lab	8,724	29.2	65.0%	Lab hold
Manchester Gorton	Lab	857	1.9	82.0%	Lab hold
Manchester Moss Side	Con	8,719	24.6	69.2%	Con hold
Manchester Openshaw	Lab	8,438	20.3	76.0%	Lab hold
Manchester Withington	Con	9,694	21.9	74.5%	Con hold
Manchester Wythenshawe	Con	1,309	2.3	80.9%	Con hold
Mansfield	Lab	16,366	35.8	80.8%	Lab hold
Melton	Con	12,821	22.4	81.4%	Con hold
Meriden	Con	263	0.5	84.4%	Con gain from Lab
Merton and Morden	Con	8,159	19.0	82.5%	Con hold
Mid-Bedfordshire	Con	5,174	11.4	84.5%	Con hold
Middlesbrough East	Lab	11,026	23.1	76.2%	Lab hold
Middlesbrough West	Con	8,710	19.4	84.5%	Con hold
Middleton and Prestwick	Con	10,168	19.3	80.0%	Con hold
Mitcham	Con	9,816	17.1	81.6%	Con hold
Morecambe and Lonsdale	Con	15,975	35.9	77.2%	Con hold
Morpeth	Lab	16,719	43.8	84.1%	Lab hold
Nantwich	Con	6,737	18.5	83.5%	Con hold
Nelson and Colne	Lab	1,264	3.1	85.5%	Lab hold
New Forest	Con	16,282	37.3	74.0%	Con hold
Newark	Lab	1,772	3.8	84.9%	Lab hold
Newbury	Con	9,916	20.0	78.7%	Con hold
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	6,002	11.2	84.4%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	Lab	11,566	31.7	73.2%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	Con	98	0.2	84.6%	Con gain from Lab
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	Con	11,272	29.7	79.1%	Con hold
Newcastle-Upontyne West	Lab	5,023	9.5	82.0%	Lab hold
Newton	Lab	7,976	14.7	83.1%	Lab hold
Normanton	Lab	18,503	45.3	83.1%	Lab hold
North Cornwall	Con	989	2.8	83.7%	Con hold
North Devon	Lib	362	1.0	84.8%	Lib gain from Con
North Dorset	Con	8,651	22.5	82.0%	Con hold
North East Derbyshire	Lab	15,332	25.7	80.8%	Lab hold
North Fylde	Con	15,738	41.0	73.0%	Con hold
North Norfolk	Lab	658	1.7	79.8%	Lab hold
North Somerset	Con	6,783	12.5	85.5%	Con hold
North West Durham	Lab	14,892	36.1	81.4%	Lab hold
Northampton	Lab	2,717	4.5	82.9%	Lab hold
Northwich	Con	7,970	21.3	84.5%	Con hold
Norwich North	Lab	6,483	20.5	76.9%	Lab hold
Norwich South	Con	2,244	6.2	82.2%	Con hold
Nottingham Central	Con	2,135	4.7	73.4%	Con hold
Nottingham North	Lab	5,053	9.9	80.5%	Lab hold
Nottingham South	Con	7,372	14.2	79.2%	Con hold
Nottingham West	Con	164	0.4	80.5%	Con gain from Lab
Nuneaton	Lab	9,540	20.1	81.8%	Lab hold
Oldbury and Halesowen	Lab	2,383	4.3	80.8%	Lab hold
Oldham East	Lab	1,830	4.2	79.8%	Lab gain from Con
Oldham West	Lab	4,119	10.0	79.3%	Lab hold
Ormskirk	Con	18,251	38.3	77.6%	Con hold
Orpington	Con	14,760	34.4	82.8%	Con hold
Oswestry	Con	10,524	28.0	74.2%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	8,488	16.1	78.9%	Con hold
Paddington North	Lab	768	2.7	68.4%	Lab hold
Paddington South	Con	7,287	29.5	60.4%	Con hold
Penistone	Lab	11,308	22.2	82.9%	Lab hold
Penrith and the Borders	Con	14,209	35.1	79.1%	Con hold
Peterborough	Con	4,584	9.1	83.0%	Con hold
Petersfield	Con	15,409	39.6	73.6%	Con hold
Plymouth Devonport	Con	6,454	12.8	78.6%	Con hold
Plymouth Sutton	Con	6,761	11.5	79.3%	Con hold
Pontefract	Lab	24,310	52.8	84.3%	Lab hold
Poole	Con	11,631	22.8	80.3%	Con hold
Poplar	Lab	15,871	54.5	65.6%	Lab hold
Portsmouth Langston	Con	18,281	30.8	74.3%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	15,913	39.9	72.3%	Con hold
Portsmouth West	Con	6,266	15.3	76.9%	Con hold
Preston North	Con	4,461	10.3	83.4%	Con hold
Preston South	Con	3,019	7.4	82.1%	Con hold
Pudsey	Con	6,511	14.3	86.9%	Con hold
Reading	Con	3,942	8.1	82.8%	Con gain from Lab
Reigate	Con	12,501	25.2	82.4%	Con hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	14,186	29.9	79.4%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con	19,067	50.9	71.5%	Con hold
Ripon	Con	12,966	39.8	79.0%	Con hold
Rochdale	Lab	2,740	5.2	85.6%	Lab gain from Con
Rochester and Chatham	Con	1,023	2.0	80.8%	Con gain from Lab
Romford	Lab	607	1.0	80.4%	Lab hold
Rossendale	Lab	2,591	5.9	86.3%	Lab hold
Rother Valley	Lab	28,593	48.2	82.8%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Lab	11,539	25.6	78.9%	Lab hold
Rowley Regis and Tipton	Lab	9,977	22.5	74.0%	Lab hold
Rugby	Con	470	1.2	85.6%	Con gain from Lab
Ruislip Northwood	Con	13,056	31.7	83.7%	Con hold
Runcorn	Con	12,778	31.6	81.6%	Con hold
Rushcliffe	Con	4,440	8.8	85.4%	Con hold
Rutland and Stamford	Con	4,941	14.9	80.9%	Con hold
Rye	Con	19,916	47.0	77.6%	Con hold
Saffron Waldon	Con	6,782	17.2	81.2%	Con hold
Salford East	Lab	3,468	9.2	73.8%	Lab hold
Salford West	Lab	2,861	6.6	77.0%	Lab hold
Salisbury	Con	7,709	19.7	78.2%	Con hold
Scarborough and Whitby	Con	14,517	31.2	72.7%	Con hold
Sedgefield	Lab	8,871	16.9	82.5%	Lab hold
Sevenoaks	Con	13,921	27.7	80.2%	Con hold
Sheffield Attercliffe	Lab	18,372	37.5	75.3%	Lab hold
Sheffield Brightside	Lab	16,033	38.2	73.5%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hallam	Con	16,809	36.7	76.1%	Con hold
Sheffield Heeley	Con	10,127	18.0	77.6%	Con hold
Sheffield Hillsborough	Lab	5,043	13.0	75.9%	Lab hold
Sheffield Park	Lab	15,480	42.2	71.2%	Lab hold
Shipley	Con	5,511	13.9	87.0%	Con hold
Shoreditch and Finsbury	Lab	11,566	34.1	63.8%	Lab hold
Shrewsbury	Con	8,632	22.9	80.5%	Con hold
Skipton	Con	9,100	21.7	85.6%	Con hold
Smethwick	Lab	3,544	9.4	75.9%	Lab hold
Solihull	Con	23,180	47.8	80.6%	Con hold
South Bedfordshire	Con	4,759	8.7	83.9%	Con hold
South Buckinghamshire	Con	21,104	36.5	79.8%	Con hold
South Dorset	Con	6,693	15.1	78.8%	Con hold
South East Derbyshire	Con	12	0.0	85.1%	Con gain from Lab
South East Essex	Con	10,133	22.0	76.5%	Con hold
South Fylde	Con	24,467	49.4	75.8%	Con hold
South Gloucestershire	Con	4,601	9.6	83.7%	Con hold
South Norfolk	Con	2,733	7.6	82.4%	Con hold
South Northamptonshire	Con	5,934	14.0	82.7%	Con hold
South Shields	Lab	8,939	15.9	74.4%	Lab hold
South West Hertfordshire	Con	10,237	17.5	84.4%	Con hold
South West Norfolk	Lab	78	0.2	83.5%	Lab hold
South Worcestershire	Con	14,940	34.3	75.6%	Con hold
Southall	Lab	2,319	5.5	76.4%	Lab hold
Southampton Test	Con	6,766	12.6	79.9%	Con hold
Southamptonitchen	Lab	3,733	6.9	78.0%	Lab hold
Southend East	Con	7,725	18.5	75.5%	Con hold
Southend West	Con	17,035	35.9	77.7%	Con hold
Southgate	Con	16,736	39.6	77.1%	Con hold
Southport	Con	15,613	32.5	76.8%	Con hold
Southwark	Lab	12,340	31.5	63.4%	Lab hold
Sowerby	Lab	1,956	4.5	82.9%	Lab hold
Spelthorne	Con	8,093	19.1	81.3%	Con hold
St.Albans	Con	8,507	19.4	82.8%	Con hold
St.Helens	Lab	14,005	24.2	76.9%	Lab hold
St.Ives	Con	6,898	21.1	74.4%	Con hold
St.Marylebone	Con	14,771	40.9	65.5%	Con hold
St.Pancras North	Lab	6,308	15.3	69.5%	Lab hold
Stafford and Stone	Con	10,073	21.8	80.8%	Con hold
Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	1,423	3.1	83.4%	Lab hold
Stepney	Lab	18,309	48.2	59.4%	Lab hold
Stockport North	Con	3,222	7.4	82.1%	Con hold
Stockport South	Con	2,540	6.6	81.5%	Con hold
Stockton on Tees	Lab	3,277	7.3	83.9%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	Lab	8,535	19.7	67.1%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent Central	Lab	10,425	22.3	75.3%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent North	Lab	12,814	27.9	78.6%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent South	Lab	9,260	18.6	78.2%	Lab hold
Stratford	Con	14,129	37.0	76.8%	Con hold
Stretford	Con	9,350	16.6	79.1%	Con hold
Stroud	Con	5,112	10.5	85.2%	Con hold
Sudbury and Woodbridge	Con	9,882	20.1	81.1%	Con hold
Sunderland North	Lab	2,208	4.8	80.5%	Lab hold
Sunderland South	Con	990	1.8	80.4%	Con hold
Surbiton	Con	12,425	34.8	79.0%	Con hold
Sutton and Cheam	Con	15,398	32.8	79.6%	Con hold
Sutton Coldfield	Con	21,754	41.9	79.4%	Con hold
Swindon	Lab	3,909	8.8	80.0%	Lab hold
Taunton	Con	6,498	14.2	87.1%	Con hold
Tavistock	Con	10,770	29.3	78.5%	Con hold
The Hartlepools	Con	182	0.4	83.3%	Con gain from Lab
The Isle of Ely	Con	6,468	14.1	74.7%	Con hold
The Wrekin	Con	2,978	7.3	84.2%	Con hold
Thirsk and Malton	Con	15,095	38.0	75.7%	Con hold
Thurrock	Lab	12,082	23.0	78.2%	Lab hold
Tiverton	Con	11,878	30.4	80.7%	Con hold
Tonbridge	Con	10,506	19.9	78.5%	Con hold
Torquay	Con	17,743	34.1	76.9%	Con hold
Torrington	Con	2,265	6.0	86.2%	Con hold
Totnes	Con	13,809	27.2	80.5%	Con hold
Tottenham	Lab	6,637	15.4	72.0%	Lab hold
Truro	Con	4,487	10.1	80.2%	Con hold
Twickenham	Con	17,039	28.9	79.8%	Con hold
Tynemouth	Con	13,944	24.0	80.5%	Con hold
Uxbridge	Con	1,390	2.9	84.3%	Con gain from Lab
Wakefield	Lab	9,591	19.3	82.0%	Lab hold
Wallasey	Con	15,066	26.9	77.2%	Con hold
Wallsend	Lab	8,766	13.1	83.5%	Lab hold
Walsall North	Lab	9,952	21.9	76.7%	Lab hold
Walsall South	Con	8,782	16.8	83.1%	Con hold
Walthamstow East	Con	2,901	8.2	80.9%	Con hold
Walthamstow West	Lab	8,108	27.9	76.1%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Central	Con	1,972	4.0	80.3%	Con hold
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	1,876	4.4	76.3%	Con gain from Lab
Wandsworth Putney	Con	5,121	8.9	80.1%	Con hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	12,706	32.3	77.2%	Con hold
Wanstead and Woodford	Con	14,797	42.5	77.3%	Con hold
Warrington	Lab	5,099	12.5	76.9%	Lab hold
Warwick and Leamington	Con	13,079	25.2	82.7%	Con hold
Watford	Con	2,901	6.4	84.8%	Con hold
Wednesbury	Lab	6,683	14.4	76.9%	Lab hold
Wellingborough	Con	606	1.3	86.7%	Con gain from Lab
Wells	Con	6,905	14.4	83.6%	Con hold
Wembley North	Con	11,080	28.0	83.1%	Con hold
Wembley South	Con	7,567	20.3	82.6%	Con hold
West Bromwich	Lab	6,893	14.8	72.5%	Lab hold
West Derbyshire	Con	8,109	22.6	81.9%	Con hold
West Dorset	Con	8,211	22.7	81.9%	Con hold
West Gloucestershire	Lab	5,411	12.4	80.8%	Lab hold
West Ham North	Lab	14,778	36.3	70.4%	Lab hold
West Ham South	Lab	22,829	61.3	71.1%	Lab hold
Westbury	Con	5,826	13.0	84.1%	Con hold
Westhoughton	Lab	10,725	22.4	84.3%	Lab hold
Westmorland	Con	11,692	31.6	78.8%	Con hold
Weston Super Mare	Con	16,904	34.9	79.7%	Con hold
Whitehaven	Lab	6,130	15.5	84.5%	Lab hold
Widnes	Lab	1,598	3.9	83.4%	Lab hold
Wigan	Lab	16,049	34.7	83.8%	Lab hold
Willesden East	Con	2,210	5.1	73.4%	Con gain from Lab
Willesden West	Lab	7,734	17.2	73.0%	Lab hold
Wimbledon	Con	10,860	33.7	76.4%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	12,792	34.5	76.7%	Con hold
Windsor	Con	14,078	30.7	75.5%	Con hold
Wirral	Con	21,002	35.8	82.5%	Con hold
Woking	Con	17,311	34.8	77.3%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	15,991	29.8	80.0%	Con hold
Wolverhampton North East	Lab	3,797	10.2	72.4%	Lab hold
Wolverhampton South West	Con	11,167	27.8	78.4%	Con hold
Wood Green	Lab	1,134	2.5	75.1%	Lab hold
Woolwich East	Lab	9,715	27.8	75.5%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Con	3,695	8.0	84.7%	Con hold
Worcester	Con	7,192	15.4	79.3%	Con hold
Workington	Lab	8,643	20.4	85.9%	Lab hold
Worthing	Con	23,778	51.6	76.1%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	10,870	18.8	84.7%	Con hold
Yarmouth	Con	3,579	8.5	79.6%	Con hold
Yeovil	Con	6,133	12.1	85.2%	Con hold
York	Con	4,074	6.6	84.3%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in England at the 1959 general election?

The Conservatives won 315 of the 511 seats in England, with 50.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in England in 1959?

511 constituencies.

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