United Kingdom 1959 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 345 of 630 seats.
- United Kingdom
- Held
Result
316 for a majority
- Conservative Party345
- Labour Party258
- National Liberal Party20
- Liberal Party6
- Other parties (seats only)1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives and National Liberals | 0 | 0 | 49.4 | −0.3 | 13,750,875 |
| Labour Party | 258 | −19 | 43.8 | −2.6 | 12,216,172 |
| Liberal Party | 6 | 0 | 5.9 | +3.2 | 1,640,760 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | +0.1 | 77,571 |
| Conservative Party | 345 | +21 | |||
| National Liberal Party | 20 | −1 | |||
| Other parties (seats only) | 1 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 1955 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservatives and National Liberals 13,750,875
- Labour Party 12,216,172
- Liberal Party 1,640,760
- Plaid Cymru 77,571
- Conservative Party
- National Liberal Party
- Other parties (seats only)
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
27,862,652 votes were valid. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Labour Party43.8% of votes41.0% of seats
- Liberal Party5.9% of votes1.0% of seats
- Conservatives and National Liberals49.4% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 52.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.3 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Conservatives and National Liberals led Labour Party by 5.6 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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