London: 1959 general election results

How London voted at the 1959 general election: the Conservatives won 60 of 102 seats with 49.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.

52 for a majority

Con60
Lab42

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	60	+6	2,112,259	49.3%	+0.1	102
Labour	42	−6	1,856,024	43.3%	−4.5	102
Liberal	0	0	299,483	7.0%	+4.4	49
1 other parties and independents			17,462	0.4%

Change compared with the 1955 general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Acton	Con	920	2.4	80.7%	Con gain from Lab
Barking	Lab	12,000	29.6	78.5%	Lab hold
Barnet	Con	13,399	25.3	81.7%	Con hold
Barons Court	Con	913	2.4	76.3%	Con gain from Lab
Battersea North	Lab	10,306	35.7	70.6%	Lab hold
Battersea South	Con	1,752	6.0	78.9%	Con hold
Beckenham	Con	23,133	39.0	80.8%	Con hold
Bermondsey	Lab	14,341	53.7	70.4%	Lab hold
Bethnal Green	Lab	16,816	44.2	66.0%	Lab hold
Bexley	Con	8,633	15.6	85.4%	Con hold
Brentford and Chiswick	Con	2,919	8.9	82.3%	Con hold
Bromley	Con	15,452	40.0	79.0%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	2,251	4.2	79.2%	Con hold
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	11,382	30.4	64.6%	Lab hold
Carshalton	Con	13,244	23.5	82.5%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	14,677	47.4	65.8%	Con hold
Chislehurst	Con	6,679	13.1	85.8%	Con hold
Cities of London and Westminster	Con	17,188	40.7	61.3%	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
Deptford	Lab	8,188	23.9	69.3%	Lab hold
Ealing North	Con	4,276	8.5	84.2%	Con hold
Ealing South	Con	12,722	30.6	78.1%	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
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
Erith and Crayford	Lab	5,760	13.3	81.6%	Lab hold
Feltham	Lab	2,250	5.2	80.4%	Lab hold
Finchley	Con	16,260	29.1	80.8%	Con hold
Fulham	Lab	2,944	7.3	77.0%	Lab hold
Greenwich	Lab	5,525	12.3	74.1%	Lab hold
Guildford	Con	13,442	28.4	80.2%	Con hold
Hackney Central	Lab	9,502	23.0	66.0%	Lab hold
Hammersmith North	Lab	6,747	18.7	69.8%	Lab hold
Hampstead	Con	12,006	25.1	68.8%	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
Hayes and Harlington	Lab	4,152	11.2	80.5%	Lab hold
Hendon North	Con	5,332	12.4	81.7%	Con hold
Hendon South	Con	11,955	29.1	76.8%	Con hold
Heston and Isleworth	Con	8,850	19.7	81.6%	Con hold
Holborn and St Pancras	Con	656	2.0	69.0%	Con gain from Lab
Hornchurch	Con	7,322	10.0	83.9%	Con hold
Hornsey	Con	12,338	22.6	76.7%	Con hold
Ilford North	Con	13,647	25.5	79.6%	Con hold
Ilford South	Con	7,307	15.5	77.9%	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
Kensington North	Lab	877	2.5	67.8%	Lab hold
Kensington South	Con	21,940	61.3	61.7%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	16,241	34.5	77.9%	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
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
Merton and Morden	Con	8,159	19.0	82.5%	Con hold
Mitcham	Con	9,816	17.1	81.6%	Con hold
Orpington	Con	14,760	34.4	82.8%	Con hold
Paddington North	Lab	768	2.7	68.4%	Lab hold
Paddington South	Con	7,287	29.5	60.4%	Con hold
Poplar	Lab	15,871	54.5	65.6%	Lab hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	14,186	29.9	79.4%	Con hold
Romford	Lab	607	1.0	80.4%	Lab hold
Ruislip Northwood	Con	13,056	31.7	83.7%	Con hold
Shoreditch and Finsbury	Lab	11,566	34.1	63.8%	Lab hold
Southall	Lab	2,319	5.5	76.4%	Lab hold
Southgate	Con	16,736	39.6	77.1%	Con hold
Southwark	Lab	12,340	31.5	63.4%	Lab hold
St.Marylebone	Con	14,771	40.9	65.5%	Con hold
St.Pancras North	Lab	6,308	15.3	69.5%	Lab hold
Stepney	Lab	18,309	48.2	59.4%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	Lab	8,535	19.7	67.1%	Lab hold
Surbiton	Con	12,425	34.8	79.0%	Con hold
Sutton and Cheam	Con	15,398	32.8	79.6%	Con hold
Tottenham	Lab	6,637	15.4	72.0%	Lab hold
Twickenham	Con	17,039	28.9	79.8%	Con hold
Uxbridge	Con	1,390	2.9	84.3%	Con gain from Lab
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
Wembley North	Con	11,080	28.0	83.1%	Con hold
Wembley South	Con	7,567	20.3	82.6%	Con 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
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
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

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1959 general election?

The Conservatives won 60 of the 102 seats in London, with 49.3% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1959?

102 constituencies.

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