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The 1951 election was held soon after the UK general election, 1950, which Labour won, but with an unworkable majority. They called an election on October 25, 1951, hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the Conservative Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17, despite gaining less votes than Labour.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Labour	13,948,883	295	- 20	48.8
Conservative	12,660,061	302	+ 20	48
National Liberal	1,058,138	19	+ 3	3.7
Liberal	730,546	6	- 10	2.5
Independent Nationalist	92,787	2		0.3
Irish Labour	33,174	1	+ 1	0.1
Sinn Féin	23,362	0		0.1
Communist	21,640	0		0.1
Independent	19,791	0		0.1
Plaid Cymru	10,920	0		0.0
SNP	7,299	0		0.0
Independent Conservative	5,904	0		0.0
ILP	4,057	0		0.0

Total votes cast: 28,596,594. All parties with more than 2,000 votes shown. Conservative result includes the Ulster Unionists.

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