South East: 1959 general election results

How South East voted at the 1959 general election: the Conservatives won 58 of 62 seats with 59.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

32 for a majority

Con58
Lab4

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	58	+2	1,765,444	59.0%	−1.2	62
Labour	4	−2	1,001,124	33.5%	−4.1	62
Liberal	0	0	225,711	7.5%	+5.5	30

Change compared with the 1955 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	10,972	21.3	80.8%	Con hold
Aldershot	Con	12,891	29.9	75.9%	Con hold
Arundel and Shoreham	Con	24,289	42.0	76.5%	Con hold
Ashford	Con	10,400	25.8	77.5%	Con hold
Aylesbury	Con	8,955	20.4	81.3%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	6,714	12.9	81.0%	Con hold
Basingstoke	Con	11,244	23.2	79.6%	Con 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
Brighton Kemptown	Con	5,746	12.8	73.8%	Con hold
Brighton Pavilion	Con	15,974	40.0	69.8%	Con hold
Buckingham	Con	1,746	3.7	86.4%	Con hold
Canterbury	Con	15,100	32.4	75.1%	Con hold
Chertsey	Con	10,686	24.2	79.4%	Con hold
Chichester	Con	21,209	44.9	73.8%	Con hold
Dartford	Lab	1,276	2.3	83.0%	Lab hold
Dorking	Con	14,959	36.7	79.8%	Con hold
Dover	Con	3,241	6.2	82.9%	Con hold
East Grinstead	Con	21,655	42.5	77.9%	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
Epsom	Con	24,445	43.3	81.1%	Con hold
Esher	Con	24,221	41.2	81.5%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	Lab	88	0.2	79.9%	Lab hold
Farnham	Con	13,738	34.5	79.4%	Con hold
Faversham	Lab	253	0.5	83.8%	Lab hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	12,380	32.2	75.6%	Con hold
Gillingham	Con	7,279	18.7	80.6%	Con hold
Gosport and Fareham	Con	16,154	29.1	75.7%	Con hold
Gravesend	Con	2,162	4.2	82.3%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	8,882	24.7	74.2%	Con hold
Henley	Con	9,403	20.6	78.3%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	13,263	21.6	80.0%	Con hold
Hove	Con	23,944	49.5	72.2%	Con 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
Lewes	Con	16,577	38.8	75.8%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	10,463	21.0	78.6%	Con hold
New Forest	Con	16,282	37.3	74.0%	Con hold
Newbury	Con	9,916	20.0	78.7%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	8,488	16.1	78.9%	Con hold
Petersfield	Con	15,409	39.6	73.6%	Con 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
Reading	Con	3,942	8.1	82.8%	Con gain from Lab
Reigate	Con	12,501	25.2	82.4%	Con hold
Rochester and Chatham	Con	1,023	2.0	80.8%	Con gain from Lab
Rye	Con	19,916	47.0	77.6%	Con hold
Sevenoaks	Con	13,921	27.7	80.2%	Con hold
South Buckinghamshire	Con	21,104	36.5	79.8%	Con hold
Southampton Test	Con	6,766	12.6	79.9%	Con hold
Southamptonitchen	Lab	3,733	6.9	78.0%	Lab hold
Spelthorne	Con	8,093	19.1	81.3%	Con hold
Tonbridge	Con	10,506	19.9	78.5%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	12,792	34.5	76.7%	Con hold
Windsor	Con	14,078	30.7	75.5%	Con hold
Woking	Con	17,311	34.8	77.3%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	15,991	29.8	80.0%	Con hold
Worthing	Con	23,778	51.6	76.1%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	10,870	18.8	84.7%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1959 general election?

The Conservatives won 58 of the 62 seats in South East, with 59.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1959?

62 constituencies.

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