UK Polling History - Election of 23 February 1950 - Edinburgh Central

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UK Polling History: Election of 23 February 1950 – Edinburgh Central

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Following election
25 October 1951

Result summary

	Parties
	Labour	Conservative	Liberal	Communist	SNP
Votes	16,568	13,631	3,446	646	282
Votes gained	+5,647	+6,930	+1,184	-673	–
Share of votes	47.9%	39.4%	10.0%	1.9%	0.8%
Share of eligible voters	35.6%	29.3%	7.4%	1.4%	0.6%
Gain in share of votes	-6.4%	+6.1%	-1.3%	-2.7%	–
Gain in share of eligible voters	+3.3%	+9.5%	+0.7%	-2.0%	–

Total votes:	34,573
Electorate:	46,513
Turnout:	74.3%
Outcome:		Labour hold
Swing:	6.2%	Conservative from Labour

Polling history

List of contests

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Labour	Conservative	SNP	Liberal	Alliance	Liberal Democrat	National Liberal	Coalition Liberal	Other	Communist

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Labour	Conservative	SNP	Liberal	Alliance	Liberal Democrat	National Liberal	Coalition Liberal	Other	Communist
7 June 2001	General Election	14,495	5,643	4,832			6,353			3,067
1 May 1997	General Election	20,125	9,055	6,750			5,605			1,200
9 April 1992	General Election	15,189	13,063	5,539			4,500			865
11 June 1987	General Election	16,502	14,240	2,559		7,333				438
9 June 1983	General Election	11,529	14,095	1,810		9,498				119
3 May 1979	General Election	12,191	7,530	2,486	3,096					176
10 October 1974	General Election	11,129	7,176	6,866	2,463
28 February 1974	General Election	11,354	10,393	4,074	4,180
18 June 1970	General Election	9,561	8,000	1,666	1,486
31 March 1966	General Election	13,682	9,667
15 October 1964	General Election	14,174	12,082
8 October 1959	General Election	15,849	15,232
26 May 1955	General Election	16,735	15,796
25 October 1951	General Election	18,429	16,847
23 February 1950	General Election	16,568	13,631	282	3,446						646
5 July 1945	General Election	10,921	6,701		2,262					232
14 November 1935	General Election	9,659	12,612		1,086
27 October 1931	General Election	10,566	17,293								1,319
30 May 1929	General Election	16,762	4,889		6,745
29 October 1924	General Election	13,628	8,897
6 December 1923	General Election	13,186			6,225
15 November 1922	General Election	12,876						9,371
14 December 1918	General Election	7,161							6,797

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