United Kingdom general election, 1950

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1951 election

The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government.

The election resulted in Labour receiving an unworkably slim majority of five seats, and the party were forced to call another general election in 1951.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Labour	13,266,176	315	– 78	46.1
Conservative	11,507,061	282	+ 85	40.0
Liberal	2,621,487	9	– 3	9.1
National Liberal	985,343	16	+ 5	3.4
Communist	91,765	0	– 2	0.3
Irish Nationalist	65,211	2	– 2	0.2
Irish Labour	52,715	0		0.2
Independent	50,299	0		0.2
Independent Labour	26,395	0		0.1
Independent Conservative	24,732	0		0.1
Sinn Féin	23,362	0		0.1
Plaid Cymru	17,580	0		0.0
Independent Liberal	15,066	1	– 1	0.1
SNP	9,708	0		0.0
Anti-Partition	5,084	0		0.0
ILP	4,112	0	– 3	0.0

Total votes cast: 28,771,124. All parties with more than 2,000 votes shown. Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists.

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