Home General Elections 23 February 1950

UK Polling History: Election of 23 February 1950

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Election result map

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative National
Liberal
Liberal Other National SNP Plaid
Cymru
Communist Independent
Labour
Independent
Conservative
Independent
Liberal
National
independent
Total seats 315 280 17 9 2
Total votes 13,266,615 11,507,058 996,255 2,610,877 142,840 27,288 2,875 2,184 81,796 82,783 24,732 4,966 1,380
Seats gained -39 +49 -1 -9 -4 -2
Votes gained +1,009,647 +1,698,581 +81,993 -570,450 -82,194 -53,416 -22,162
Share of votes 46.1% 40.0% 3.5% 9.1% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Share of eligible voters 38.7% 33.6% 2.9% 7.6% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Gain in share of votes -1.4% +2.8% +1.0% +0.0% -1.1% -0.1% -0.2% +0.0% +0.1% -0.2%
Gain in share of eligible voters +4.0% +6.4% +1.1% +1.0% -0.8% -0.1% -0.1% +0.0% +0.1% -0.1%
Total votes: 28,751,649
Electorate: 34,272,186
Turnout: 83.9%
Swing: 2.1% Conservative from Labour