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The 1950 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 23 February 1950. It was the first election to be held after the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies in addition to a reorganization of constituencies by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. It was also the first election to be held after a ...
First party Second party Third party Leader Clement Attlee: Winston Churchill: Clement Davies: Party Labour: Conservative: Liberal: Leader since 25 October 1935: 9 October 1940 2 August 1945 Leader's seat Walthamstow West [a] Woodford: Montgomeryshire: Last election 393 seats, 47.7% 208 seats, 39.1% [b] 12 seats, 9.0% Seats won 315: 298 [note 1 ...
This article lists the Labour Party's election results from the 1945 United Kingdom general election until 1955, including by-elections. All candidates were sponsored, in some cases by the Divisional Labour Party (noted as "Constituency").
Wilson achieved an absolute majority, save in the 1950 election, the runner up party always a Conservative party candidate, who polled best in 1951 with 48.7% of the vote. Political forebears. The Widnes seat was, in the early 20th century, a marginal seat: in the elections immediately preceding 1950, it alternated between the two largest parties.
The election due by 1940 was not held due to the Second World War (1939–1945). [25] 1945 37th 5 July 1945 Clement Attlee: Labour 47.7% 146 640 72.8% 1950 38th 23 February 1950 46.1% 5 625 83.9% 1951 39th 25 October 1951 Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 48.0% [e] 17 625 82.6% (Sir Anthony Eden) Elizabeth II; 1955 40th 26 May 1955
The other two candidates, standing for parties other than Labour on the left, narrowly forfeited their deposits. In 2024, Reform UK came third with 21.0% of the vote. Turnout. Turnout has ranged between 84.7% in 1950 and 50.8% in 2024 (which was below the percentage of the 1982 by-election).
Doug Hensley's column offers a take on the recently released details of the 1950 U.S. Census, made available following a 72-year waiting period
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 23 February 1950, and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. [1] The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and a majority of seats within Scotland. When combined with results from across the UK the Labour government of Clement Attlee was