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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.

Results

UK General Election 1951
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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 11 - 10 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

Total votes cast: 28,596,594. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown. Conservative result includes the Ulster Unionists.

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