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The 1951 election was held soon after the ], which Labour won, but with an unworkable majority. They called an election on ], ], hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the ] Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17, despite gaining fewer votes than Labour. | The 1951 election was held soon after the ], which Labour won, but with an unworkable majority. They called an election on ], ], hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the ] Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17, despite gaining fewer votes than Labour (even when the National Liberal vote total was included). | ||
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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 fewer votes than Labour (even when the National Liberal vote total was included).
Results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 295 | 3 | 23 | - 20 | 48.8 | 13,948,883 | |||
Conservative | 302 | 20 | 0 | + 20 | 44.3 | 12,660,061 | |||
National Liberal Party (UK) | 19 | 3 | 16 | + 3 | 3.7 | 1,058,138 | |||
Liberal | 6 | 1 | 4 | - 3 | 2.5 | 730,546 | |||
Independent Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 92,787 | |||
Irish Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 33,174 | |||
Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 23,362 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 21,640 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 19,791 | |||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10,920 | |||
SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,299 | |||
Independent Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,904 | |||
Ind. Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,057 | |||
British Empire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,643 | |||
Anti-Partition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,340 | |||
Independent Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 411 |
Total votes cast: 28,596,594. All parties shown. Conservative result includes the Ulster Unionists.