United Kingdom 1955 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 324 of 630 seats.
- United Kingdom
- Held
Result
316 for a majority
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives and National Liberals | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | +1.7 | 13,310,891 |
| Labour Party | 277 | −18 | 46.4 | −2.4 | 12,405,254 |
| Liberal Party | 6 | 0 | 2.7 | +0.1 | 722,402 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0.6 | 152,310 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0.2 | 45,119 | ||
| Conservative Party | 324 | +22 | |||
| National Liberal Party | 21 | +2 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 1951 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservatives and National Liberals 13,310,891
- Labour Party 12,405,254
- Liberal Party 722,402
- Sinn Féin 152,310
- Plaid Cymru 45,119
- Conservative Party
- National Liberal Party
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
26,759,729 votes were valid. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Labour Party46.4% of votes44.0% of seats
- Liberal Party2.7% of votes1.0% of seats
- Sinn Féin0.6% of votes0.3% of seats
- Conservatives and National Liberals49.7% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 50.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.2 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Conservatives and National Liberals led Labour Party by 3.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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