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Uk General Election, 1950 | 1945 election | | b>1950 election | | a href="/encyclopedia/UK-general-election,-1951" title="UK general election, 1951">1951 election | The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Labour got in with an unworkably slim majority (of 5), and were forced to call another general election in 1951. | Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | | Labour | 13,266,176 | 315 | - 78 | 46.1 | | Conservative | 11,507,061 | 282 | + 85 | 40.0 | | Liberal | 2,621,487 | 9 | - 3 | 9.1 | | National Liberal | 985,343 | 16 | + 5 | 3.4 | | Communist | 91,765 | 0 | - 2 | 0.3 | | Irish Nationalist | 65,211 | 2 | - 2 | 0.2 | | Irish Labour | 52,715 | 0 | | 0.2 | | Independent | 50,299 | 0 | | 0.2 | | Independent Labour | 26,395 | 0 | | 0.1 | | Independent Conservative | 24,732 | 0 | | 0.1 | | Sinn Fin | 23,362 | 0 | | 0.1 | | Plaid Cymru | 17,580 | 0 | | 0.0 | | Independent Liberal | 15,066 | 1 | - 1 | 0.1 | | SNP | 9,708 | 0 | | 0.0 | | Anti-Partition | 5,084 | 0 | | 0.0 | | ILP | 4,112 | 0 | - 3 | 0.0 | Total votes cast: 28,771,124. All parties with more than 2,000 votes shown. Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists.
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