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Summary | |
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CON | 323 |
LAB | 260 |
NL & CON | 21 |
LAB Co-op | 17 |
LIB | 6 |
SF | 2 |
Speaker | 1 |
Aberavon | |||
41,709/52,616 | 79.27 | ||
Labour Party | 29,003 | 69.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,706 | 30.46 | |
Majority | 16,297 | 39.07 | |
Aberdare | |||
39,393/50,333 | 78.26 | ||
Labour Party | 29,528 | 74.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,162 | 15.64 | |
Plaid Cymru | 3,703 | 9.40 | |
Majority | 23,366 | 59.32 | |
Aberdeen North | |||
49,510/66,385 | 74.58 | ||
Labour Party | 33,153 | 66.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,357 | 33.04 | |
Majority | 16,796 | 33.92 | |
Aberdeen South | |||
46,444/57,921 | 80.19 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,817 | 57.74 | |
Labour Party | 19,627 | 42.26 | |
Majority | 7,190 | 15.48 | |
Abertillery | |||
30,939/39,111 | 79.11 | ||
Labour Party | 25,599 | 82.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,081 | 13.19 | |
Plaid Cymru | 1,259 | 4.07 | |
Majority | 21,518 | 69.55 | |
Abingdon | |||
46,862/58,487 | 80.12 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,613 | 54.66 | |
Labour Party | 16,979 | 36.23 | |
Liberal Party | 4,270 | 9.11 | |
Majority | 8,634 | 18.42 | |
Accrington | |||
43,659/50,938 | 85.71 | ||
Labour Party | 22,502 | 51.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,157 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 1,345 | 3.08 | |
Acton | |||
40,765/49,373 | 82.57 | ||
Labour Party | 20,645 | 50.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,120 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 525 | 1.29 | |
Aldershot | |||
40,062/54,209 | 73.90 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,701 | 56.66 | |
Labour Party | 13,129 | 32.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,232 | 10.56 | |
Majority | 9,572 | 23.89 | |
Altrincham & Sale | |||
49,196/61,525 | 79.96 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,586 | 62.17 | |
Labour Party | 12,174 | 24.75 | |
Liberal Party | 6,436 | 13.08 | |
Majority | 18,412 | 37.43 | |
Anglesey | |||
28,915/35,980 | 80.36 | ||
Labour Party | 13,986 | 48.37 | |
Liberal Party | 9,413 | 32.55 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,333 | 11.53 | |
Plaid Cymru | 2,183 | 7.55 | |
Majority | 4,573 | 15.82 | |
Argyll | |||
28,097/42,182 | 66.61 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,006 | 67.64 | |
Labour Party | 9,091 | 32.36 | |
Majority | 9,915 | 35.29 | |
10 May 1958 Death of Sir Duncan McCallum. | |||
12 June 1958 | 26,800/39,963 | 67.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,541 | 46.79 | |
Liberal Party | 7,375 | 27.52 | |
Labour Party | 6,884 | 25.69 | |
Majority | 5,166 | 19.28 | |
Armagh | |||
59,980/72,492 | 82.74 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 38,617 | 64.38 | |
Sinn Féin | 21,363 | 35.62 | |
Majority | 17,254 | 28.77 | |
Arundel & Shoreham | |||
50,368/69,034 | 72.96 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,180 | 69.85 | |
Labour Party | 15,188 | 30.15 | |
Majority | 19,992 | 39.69 | |
Ashfield | |||
45,741/59,820 | 76.46 | ||
Labour Party | 32,905 | 71.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,836 | 28.06 | |
Majority | 20,069 | 43.88 | |
Ashford | |||
39,677/50,821 | 78.07 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,992 | 60.47 | |
Labour Party | 15,685 | 39.53 | |
Majority | 8,307 | 20.94 | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
50,467/62,468 | 80.79 | ||
Labour Party | 26,216 | 51.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,251 | 48.05 | |
Majority | 1,965 | 3.89 | |
Aylesbury | |||
40,768/49,833 | 81.81 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,330 | 49.87 | |
Labour Party | 14,569 | 35.74 | |
Liberal Party | 5,869 | 14.40 | |
Majority | 5,761 | 14.13 | |
Ayr | |||
33,872/43,931 | 77.10 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,006 | 59.06 | |
Labour Party | 13,866 | 40.94 | |
Majority | 6,140 | 18.13 | |
Banbury | |||
47,071/61,019 | 77.14 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,598 | 54.38 | |
Labour Party | 21,473 | 45.62 | |
Majority | 4,125 | 8.76 | |
Banffshire | |||
20,980/38,378 | 54.67 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,643 | 69.80 | |
Labour Party | 6,337 | 30.20 | |
Majority | 8,306 | 39.59 | |
Barking | |||
39,211/53,314 | 73.55 | ||
Labour Party | 27,129 | 69.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,082 | 30.81 | |
Majority | 15,047 | 38.37 | |
Barkston Ash | |||
42,221/52,066 | 81.09 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,194 | 57.30 | |
Labour Party | 18,027 | 42.70 | |
Majority | 6,167 | 14.61 | |
Barnet | |||
49,869/61,255 | 81.41 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,299 | 60.76 | |
Labour Party | 19,570 | 39.24 | |
Majority | 10,729 | 21.51 | |
Barnsley | |||
54,261/68,997 | 78.64 | ||
Labour Party | 39,485 | 72.77 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 14,776 | 27.23 | |
Majority | 24,709 | 45.54 | |
Barons Court | |||
41,371/54,613 | 75.75 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 20,748 | 50.15 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,623 | 49.85 | |
Majority | 125 | 0.30 | |
Barrow-in-Furness | |||
42,825/53,073 | 80.69 | ||
Labour Party | 22,792 | 53.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,033 | 46.78 | |
Majority | 2,759 | 6.44 | |
Barry | |||
46,807/56,003 | 83.58 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,085 | 57.87 | |
Labour Party | 19,722 | 42.13 | |
Majority | 7,363 | 15.73 | |
Basingstoke | |||
43,656/57,025 | 76.56 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,973 | 57.20 | |
Labour Party | 18,683 | 42.80 | |
Majority | 6,290 | 14.41 | |
Bassetlaw | |||
46,248/58,203 | 79.46 | ||
Labour Party | 26,873 | 58.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,375 | 41.89 | |
Majority | 7,498 | 16.21 | |
Bath | |||
47,146/57,175 | 82.46 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,489 | 51.94 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,646 | 37.43 | |
Liberal Party | 5,011 | 10.63 | |
Majority | 6,843 | 14.51 | |
Batley & Morley | |||
45,148/56,513 | 79.89 | ||
Labour Party | 27,178 | 60.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,970 | 39.80 | |
Majority | 9,208 | 20.40 | |
Battersea North | |||
29,660/42,766 | 69.35 | ||
Labour Party | 20,980 | 70.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,058 | 27.17 | |
Pacifist | 622 | 2.10 | |
Majority | 12,922 | 43.57 | |
Battersea South | |||
31,628/39,239 | 80.60 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,044 | 47.57 | |
Labour Party | 14,365 | 45.42 | |
Liberal Party | 2,219 | 7.02 | |
Majority | 679 | 2.15 | |
Bebington | |||
53,977/68,186 | 79.16 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,700 | 58.73 | |
Labour Party | 22,277 | 41.27 | |
Majority | 9,423 | 17.46 | |
Beckenham | |||
55,541/73,177 | 75.90 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 38,164 | 68.71 | |
Labour Party | 17,377 | 31.29 | |
Majority | 20,787 | 37.43 | |
15 February 1957 Elevation of Rt Hon Patrick Buchan-Hepburn to the Peerage - Baron Hailes. | |||
21 March 1957 | 47,066/73,177 | 64.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,621 | 62.94 | |
Labour Party | 17,445 | 37.06 | |
Majority | 12,176 | 25.87 | |
Bedford | |||
44,525/54,439 | 81.79 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,733 | 55.55 | |
Labour Party | 19,792 | 44.45 | |
Majority | 4,941 | 11.10 | |
Bedwellty | |||
36,516/44,753 | 81.59 | ||
Labour Party | 30,104 | 82.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,412 | 17.56 | |
Majority | 23,692 | 64.88 | |
Belfast East | |||
43,135/61,258 | 70.42 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,938 | 62.45 | |
Labour Party | 13,041 | 30.23 | |
Sinn Féin | 3,156 | 7.32 | |
Majority | 13,897 | 32.22 | |
2 December 1958 Death of Alan McKibbin. | |||
19 March 1959 | 33,788/58,388 | 57.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,524 | 57.78 | |
Labour Party | 14,264 | 42.22 | |
Majority | 5,260 | 15.57 | |
Belfast North | |||
53,344/76,990 | 69.29 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,745 | 63.26 | |
Labour Party | 15,065 | 28.24 | |
Sinn Féin | 4,534 | 8.50 | |
Majority | 18,680 | 35.02 | |
Belfast South | |||
42,579/64,844 | 65.66 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,392 | 78.42 | |
Labour Party | 7,508 | 17.63 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,679 | 3.94 | |
Majority | 25,884 | 60.79 | |
Belfast West | |||
58,688/78,589 | 74.68 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,191 | 58.26 | |
Irish Labour | 16,050 | 27.35 | |
Sinn Féin | 8,447 | 14.39 | |
Majority | 18,141 | 30.91 | |
Belper | |||
54,329/66,585 | 81.59 | ||
Labour Party | 30,214 | 55.61 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,115 | 44.39 | |
Majority | 6,099 | 11.23 | |
Bermondsey | |||
28,287/40,695 | 69.51 | ||
Labour Party | 21,709 | 76.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,309 | 15.23 | |
Liberal Party | 1,554 | 5.49 | |
Independent Labour Party | 715 | 2.53 | |
Majority | 17,400 | 61.51 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
30,325/41,664 | 72.78 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,301 | 60.35 | |
Labour Party | 12,024 | 39.65 | |
Majority | 6,277 | 20.70 | |
Berwickshire & East Lothian | |||
40,768/50,764 | 80.31 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,739 | 53.32 | |
Labour Party | 19,029 | 46.68 | |
Majority | 2,710 | 6.65 | |
Bethnal Green | |||
39,250/61,410 | 63.91 | ||
Labour Party | 27,205 | 69.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,504 | 16.57 | |
Liberal Party | 5,541 | 14.12 | |
Majority | 20,701 | 52.74 | |
Bexley | |||
52,721/63,863 | 82.55 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,610 | 54.27 | |
Labour Party | 24,111 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 4,499 | 8.53 | |
Billericay | |||
44,448/58,872 | 75.50 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,327 | 54.73 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 20,121 | 45.27 | |
Majority | 4,206 | 9.46 | |
Bilston | |||
45,972/61,824 | 74.36 | ||
Labour Party | 26,490 | 57.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,482 | 42.38 | |
Majority | 7,008 | 15.24 | |
Birkenhead | |||
45,878/60,587 | 75.72 | ||
Labour Party | 24,526 | 53.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,352 | 46.54 | |
Majority | 3,174 | 6.92 | |
Birmingham All Saints | |||
36,427/51,562 | 70.65 | ||
Labour Party | 18,867 | 51.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,560 | 48.21 | |
Majority | 1,307 | 3.59 | |
Birmingham Aston | |||
42,830/59,889 | 71.52 | ||
Labour Party | 25,546 | 59.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,284 | 40.35 | |
Majority | 8,262 | 19.29 | |
Birmingham Edgbaston | |||
39,888/58,469 | 68.22 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,991 | 67.67 | |
Labour Party | 12,897 | 32.33 | |
Majority | 14,094 | 35.33 | |
Birmingham Hall Green | |||
46,389/61,640 | 75.26 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,543 | 61.53 | |
Labour Party | 17,846 | 38.47 | |
Majority | 10,697 | 23.06 | |
Birmingham Handsworth | |||
40,561/58,322 | 69.55 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,349 | 60.03 | |
Labour Party | 14,064 | 34.67 | |
Independent | 2,148 | 5.30 | |
Majority | 10,285 | 25.36 | |
Birmingham Ladywood | |||
28,141/46,904 | 60.00 | ||
Labour Party | 18,476 | 65.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,665 | 34.34 | |
Majority | 8,811 | 31.31 | |
Birmingham Northfield | |||
51,260/65,219 | 78.60 | ||
Labour Party | 27,072 | 52.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,188 | 47.19 | |
Majority | 2,884 | 5.63 | |
Birmingham Perry Barr | |||
36,712/50,500 | 72.70 | ||
Labour Party | 18,732 | 51.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,052 | 46.45 | |
Communist Party | 928 | 2.53 | |
Majority | 1,680 | 4.58 | |
Birmingham Selly Oak | |||
44,828/60,356 | 74.27 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,774 | 57.50 | |
Labour Party | 19,054 | 42.50 | |
Majority | 6,720 | 14.99 | |
Birmingham Small Heath | |||
36,928/56,101 | 65.82 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 22,444 | 60.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,484 | 39.22 | |
Majority | 7,960 | 21.56 | |
Birmingham Sparkbrook | |||
36,853/51,057 | 72.18 | ||
Labour Party | 20,032 | 54.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,821 | 45.64 | |
Majority | 3,211 | 8.71 | |
29 May 1959 Death of Percy Shurmer. | |||
Birmingham Stechford | |||
39,976/55,004 | 72.68 | ||
Labour Party | 23,358 | 58.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,618 | 41.57 | |
Majority | 6,740 | 16.86 | |
Birmingham Yardley | |||
44,320/59,078 | 75.02 | ||
Labour Party | 23,722 | 53.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,598 | 46.48 | |
Majority | 3,124 | 7.05 | |
Bishop Auckland | |||
37,763/49,051 | 76.99 | ||
Labour Party | 21,804 | 57.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,959 | 42.26 | |
Majority | 5,845 | 15.48 | |
Blackburn | |||
51,993/62,548 | 83.12 | ||
Labour Party | 26,241 | 50.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,752 | 49.53 | |
Majority | 489 | 0.94 | |
Blackpool North | |||
37,768/56,648 | 66.67 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,899 | 71.22 | |
Labour Party | 10,869 | 28.78 | |
Majority | 16,030 | 42.44 | |
Blackpool South | |||
37,321/55,100 | 67.73 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,773 | 66.38 | |
Labour Party | 12,548 | 33.62 | |
Majority | 12,225 | 32.76 | |
Blaydon | |||
38,023/47,138 | 80.66 | ||
Labour Party | 25,273 | 66.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,750 | 33.53 | |
Majority | 12,523 | 32.94 | |
3 November 1955 Death of Rt Hon William Whiteley. | |||
2 February 1956 | 26,868/47,581 | 56.47 | |
Labour Party | 18,791 | 69.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,077 | 30.06 | |
Majority | 10,714 | 39.88 | |
Blyth | |||
49,951/62,235 | 80.26 | ||
Labour Party | 36,522 | 73.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,429 | 26.88 | |
Majority | 23,093 | 46.23 | |
Bodmin | |||
36,361/45,715 | 79.54 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,858 | 49.11 | |
Liberal Party | 10,199 | 28.05 | |
Labour Party | 8,304 | 22.84 | |
Majority | 7,659 | 21.06 | |
Bolsover | |||
38,129/49,144 | 77.59 | ||
Labour Party | 30,074 | 78.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,055 | 21.13 | |
Majority | 22,019 | 57.75 | |
Bolton East | |||
48,779/61,601 | 79.19 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,145 | 53.60 | |
Labour Party | 22,634 | 46.40 | |
Majority | 3,511 | 7.20 | |
Bolton West | |||
44,841/56,724 | 79.05 | ||
Liberal Party | 24,827 | 55.37 | |
Labour Party | 20,014 | 44.63 | |
Majority | 4,813 | 10.73 | |
Bootle | |||
36,602/48,381 | 75.65 | ||
Labour Party | 19,020 | 51.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,582 | 48.04 | |
Majority | 1,438 | 3.93 | |
Bosworth | |||
51,152/63,360 | 80.73 | ||
Labour Party | 27,626 | 54.01 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,526 | 45.99 | |
Majority | 4,100 | 8.02 | |
Bothwell | |||
43,120/54,628 | 78.93 | ||
Labour Party | 23,365 | 54.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,755 | 45.81 | |
Majority | 3,610 | 8.37 | |
Bournemouth East & Christchurch | |||
43,867/58,092 | 75.51 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,757 | 65.55 | |
Labour Party | 10,259 | 23.39 | |
Liberal Party | 4,851 | 11.06 | |
Majority | 18,498 | 42.17 | |
Bournemouth West | |||
47,078/65,651 | 71.71 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,931 | 67.83 | |
Labour Party | 15,147 | 32.17 | |
Majority | 16,784 | 35.65 | |
Bradford East | |||
38,301/51,453 | 74.44 | ||
Labour Party | 23,588 | 61.59 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 14,713 | 38.41 | |
Majority | 8,875 | 23.17 | |
Bradford North | |||
42,099/51,472 | 81.79 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21,084 | 50.08 | |
Labour Party | 21,015 | 49.92 | |
Majority | 69 | 0.16 | |
Bradford South | |||
43,275/53,849 | 80.36 | ||
Labour Party | 20,478 | 47.32 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 16,768 | 38.75 | |
Liberal Party | 6,029 | 13.93 | |
Majority | 3,710 | 8.57 | |
Bradford West | |||
41,453/50,726 | 81.72 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 22,306 | 53.81 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,147 | 46.19 | |
Majority | 3,159 | 7.62 | |
Breconshire & Radnorshire | |||
45,110/51,969 | 86.80 | ||
Labour Party | 23,953 | 53.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,412 | 36.38 | |
Liberal Party | 4,745 | 10.52 | |
Majority | 7,541 | 16.72 | |
Brentford & Chiswick | |||
34,873/42,528 | 82.00 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,489 | 53.02 | |
Labour Party | 16,384 | 46.98 | |
Majority | 2,105 | 6.04 | |
Bridgwater | |||
42,057/53,920 | 78.00 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,887 | 59.17 | |
Labour Party | 17,170 | 40.83 | |
Majority | 7,717 | 18.35 | |
Bridlington | |||
36,494/52,583 | 69.40 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,880 | 70.92 | |
Labour Party | 10,614 | 29.08 | |
Majority | 15,266 | 41.83 | |
Brierley Hill | |||
49,077/62,179 | 78.93 | ||
Labour Party | 25,013 | 50.97 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,064 | 49.03 | |
Majority | 949 | 1.93 | |
Brigg | |||
50,673/67,808 | 74.73 | ||
Labour Party | 27,847 | 54.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,826 | 45.05 | |
Majority | 5,021 | 9.91 | |
Brighouse & Spenborough | |||
45,722/54,616 | 83.72 | ||
Labour Party | 23,674 | 51.78 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 22,048 | 48.22 | |
Majority | 1,626 | 3.56 | |
Brighton Kemptown | |||
41,027/58,622 | 69.99 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,142 | 56.41 | |
Labour Party | 17,885 | 43.59 | |
Majority | 5,257 | 12.81 | |
Brighton Pavilion | |||
39,870/59,053 | 67.52 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,128 | 68.04 | |
Labour Party | 12,742 | 31.96 | |
Majority | 14,386 | 36.08 | |
Bristol Central | |||
41,564/56,326 | 73.79 | ||
Labour Party | 25,158 | 60.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,406 | 39.47 | |
Majority | 8,752 | 21.06 | |
Bristol North East | |||
48,840/62,614 | 78.00 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 22,740 | 46.56 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21,864 | 44.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,236 | 8.67 | |
Majority | 876 | 1.79 | |
Bristol North West | |||
44,245/55,942 | 79.09 | ||
Labour Party | 22,950 | 51.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,295 | 48.13 | |
Majority | 1,655 | 3.74 | |
Bristol South | |||
38,932/52,142 | 74.67 | ||
Labour Party | 24,954 | 64.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,978 | 35.90 | |
Majority | 10,976 | 28.19 | |
Bristol South East | |||
42,467/54,499 | 77.92 | ||
Labour Party | 25,257 | 59.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,210 | 40.53 | |
Majority | 8,047 | 18.95 | |
Bristol West | |||
43,533/58,359 | 74.60 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,767 | 75.27 | |
Labour Party | 10,766 | 24.73 | |
Majority | 22,001 | 50.54 | |
11 February 1957 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Walter Monckton to the Peerage - Viscount Monckton. | |||
7 March 1957 | 35,008/57,301 | 61.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,585 | 70.23 | |
Labour Party | 10,423 | 29.77 | |
Majority | 14,162 | 40.45 | |
Brixton | |||
36,153/53,045 | 68.16 | ||
Labour Party | 20,594 | 56.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,559 | 43.04 | |
Majority | 5,035 | 13.93 | |
Bromley | |||
36,085/47,954 | 75.25 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,612 | 68.21 | |
Labour Party | 11,473 | 31.79 | |
Majority | 13,139 | 36.41 | |
Bromsgrove | |||
49,748/60,898 | 81.69 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,461 | 55.20 | |
Labour Party | 22,287 | 44.80 | |
Majority | 5,174 | 10.40 | |
Buckingham | |||
45,360/53,298 | 85.11 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,250 | 51.26 | |
Labour Party | 22,110 | 48.74 | |
Majority | 1,140 | 2.51 | |
Burnley | |||
50,124/60,005 | 83.53 | ||
Labour Party | 27,895 | 55.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,229 | 44.35 | |
Majority | 5,666 | 11.30 | |
Burton | |||
46,065/57,025 | 80.78 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,519 | 53.23 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 21,546 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 2,973 | 6.45 | |
Bury & Radcliffe | |||
52,411/65,379 | 80.16 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,080 | 53.58 | |
Labour Party | 24,331 | 46.42 | |
Majority | 3,749 | 7.15 | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
44,494/56,854 | 78.26 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,532 | 55.14 | |
Labour Party | 19,962 | 44.86 | |
Majority | 4,570 | 10.27 | |
Bute & North Ayrshire | |||
31,521/44,065 | 71.53 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,338 | 64.52 | |
Labour Party | 11,183 | 35.48 | |
Majority | 9,155 | 29.04 | |
Caernarvon | |||
35,235/42,753 | 82.42 | ||
Labour Party | 17,682 | 50.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,461 | 24.01 | |
Plaid Cymru | 5,815 | 16.50 | |
Liberal Party | 3,277 | 9.30 | |
Majority | 9,221 | 26.17 | |
Caerphilly | |||
37,032/47,131 | 78.57 | ||
Labour Party | 27,852 | 75.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,180 | 24.79 | |
Majority | 18,672 | 50.42 | |
Caithness & Sutherland | |||
18,491/26,619 | 69.47 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,453 | 56.53 | |
Labour Party | 5,364 | 29.01 | |
Liberal Party | 2,674 | 14.46 | |
Majority | 5,089 | 27.52 | |
January 1959 Sir David Robertson resigns the Conservative whip. | |||
Cambridge | |||
46,991/59,868 | 78.49 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,059 | 57.58 | |
Labour Party | 19,932 | 42.42 | |
Majority | 7,127 | 15.17 | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
46,076/58,425 | 78.86 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,025 | 54.31 | |
Labour Party | 21,051 | 45.69 | |
Majority | 3,974 | 8.62 | |
Cannock | |||
45,056/58,553 | 76.95 | ||
Labour Party | 26,677 | 59.21 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 18,379 | 40.79 | |
Majority | 8,298 | 18.42 | |
Canterbury | |||
43,183/59,431 | 72.66 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,739 | 66.55 | |
Labour Party | 14,444 | 33.45 | |
Majority | 14,295 | 33.10 | |
Cardiff North | |||
49,633/61,352 | 80.90 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,409 | 59.25 | |
Labour Party | 20,224 | 40.75 | |
Majority | 9,185 | 18.51 | |
Cardiff South East | |||
48,204/60,767 | 79.33 | ||
Labour Party | 25,722 | 53.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,482 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 3,240 | 6.72 | |
Cardiff West | |||
47,122/61,446 | 76.69 | ||
Labour Party | 26,042 | 55.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,080 | 44.73 | |
Majority | 4,962 | 10.53 | |
Cardiganshire | |||
28,998/39,902 | 72.67 | ||
Liberal Party | 18,908 | 65.20 | |
Labour Party | 10,090 | 34.80 | |
Majority | 8,818 | 30.41 | |
Carlisle | |||
39,772/48,324 | 82.30 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,071 | 50.47 | |
Labour Party | 19,701 | 49.53 | |
Majority | 370 | 0.93 | |
Carlton | |||
48,185/59,479 | 81.01 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,521 | 57.12 | |
Labour Party | 20,664 | 42.88 | |
Majority | 6,857 | 14.23 | |
Carmarthen | |||
49,322/57,956 | 85.10 | ||
Liberal Party | 24,410 | 49.49 | |
Labour Party | 21,077 | 42.73 | |
Plaid Cymru | 3,835 | 7.78 | |
Majority | 3,333 | 6.76 | |
22 November 1956 Death of Sir Rhys Morris. | |||
28 February 1957 | 50,030/57,183 | 87.49 | |
Labour Party | 23,679 | 47.33 | |
Liberal Party | 20,610 | 41.20 | |
Plaid Cymru | 5,741 | 11.48 | |
Majority | 3,069 | 6.13 | |
Carshalton | |||
54,630/67,655 | 80.75 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,429 | 55.70 | |
Labour Party | 18,924 | 34.64 | |
Liberal Party | 5,277 | 9.66 | |
Majority | 11,505 | 21.06 | |
Central Ayrshire | |||
39,259/47,112 | 83.33 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,713 | 50.21 | |
Labour Party | 19,546 | 49.79 | |
Majority | 167 | 0.43 | |
Central Norfolk | |||
38,139/49,268 | 77.41 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21,851 | 57.29 | |
Labour Party | 16,288 | 42.71 | |
Majority | 5,563 | 14.59 | |
Cheadle | |||
49,662/61,626 | 80.59 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,940 | 62.30 | |
Labour Party | 10,966 | 22.08 | |
Liberal Party | 7,756 | 15.62 | |
Majority | 19,974 | 40.22 | |
Chelmsford | |||
45,751/55,920 | 81.82 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,450 | 55.63 | |
Labour Party | 20,301 | 44.37 | |
Majority | 5,149 | 11.25 | |
Chelsea | |||
32,144/49,049 | 65.53 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,598 | 73.41 | |
Labour Party | 8,546 | 26.59 | |
Majority | 15,052 | 46.83 | |
Cheltenham | |||
40,897/51,491 | 79.43 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,259 | 59.32 | |
Labour Party | 16,638 | 40.68 | |
Majority | 7,621 | 18.63 | |
Chertsey | |||
37,677/48,812 | 77.19 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,021 | 61.10 | |
Labour Party | 14,656 | 38.90 | |
Majority | 8,365 | 22.20 | |
Chester-le-Street | |||
42,370/53,247 | 79.57 | ||
Labour Party | 32,323 | 76.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,047 | 23.71 | |
Majority | 22,276 | 52.57 | |
25 June 1956 Death of Patrick Bartley. | |||
27 September 1956 | 34,537/53,191 | 64.93 | |
Labour Party | 27,912 | 80.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,625 | 19.18 | |
Majority | 21,287 | 61.64 | |
Chesterfield | |||
51,350/64,250 | 79.92 | ||
Labour Party | 29,602 | 57.65 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21,748 | 42.35 | |
Majority | 7,854 | 15.30 | |
Chichester | |||
43,592/60,712 | 71.80 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,857 | 70.79 | |
Labour Party | 12,735 | 29.21 | |
Majority | 18,122 | 41.57 | |
27 June 1958 Succession of Hon Sir Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, Bt to the Peerage - 3rd Viscount Brentford. | |||
6 November 1958 | 32,662/63,119 | 51.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,158 | 70.90 | |
Labour Party | 9,504 | 29.10 | |
Majority | 13,654 | 41.80 | |
Chigwell | |||
37,131/46,583 | 79.71 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,503 | 52.52 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,628 | 47.48 | |
Majority | 1,875 | 5.05 | |
13 May 1957 The Conservative Whip was withdrawn from John Biggs-Davison. | |||
11 July 1958 The Conservative Whip was restored to John Biggs-Davison. | |||
Chippenham | |||
40,207/50,278 | 79.97 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,847 | 51.85 | |
Labour Party | 14,152 | 35.20 | |
Liberal Party | 5,208 | 12.95 | |
Majority | 6,695 | 16.65 | |
Chislehurst | |||
49,278/58,063 | 84.87 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,514 | 49.75 | |
Labour Party | 20,644 | 41.89 | |
Liberal Party | 4,120 | 8.36 | |
Majority | 3,870 | 7.85 | |
Chorley | |||
48,650/57,700 | 84.32 | ||
Labour Party | 24,994 | 51.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,656 | 48.62 | |
Majority | 1,338 | 2.75 | |
Cirencester & Tewkesbury | |||
37,766/55,305 | 68.29 | ||
Speaker of the House of Commons | 25,372 | 67.18 | |
Independent Labour | 12,394 | 32.82 | |
Majority | 12,978 | 34.36 | |
Cities of London & Westminster | |||
44,584/74,162 | 60.12 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,314 | 70.24 | |
Labour Party | 13,270 | 29.76 | |
Majority | 18,044 | 40.47 | |
City of Chester | |||
43,953/56,452 | 77.86 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,905 | 56.66 | |
Labour Party | 13,903 | 31.63 | |
Liberal Party | 5,145 | 11.71 | |
Majority | 11,002 | 25.03 | |
1956 Resignation of Basil Nield on appointment as Judge of Crown Court and Recorder of Manchester. | |||
15 November 1956 | 40,868/57,137 | 71.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,137 | 51.72 | |
Labour Party | 14,789 | 36.19 | |
Liberal Party | 4,942 | 12.09 | |
Majority | 6,348 | 15.53 | |
Clackmannan & East Stirlingshire | |||
40,167/50,342 | 79.79 | ||
Labour Party | 23,588 | 58.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,579 | 41.28 | |
Majority | 7,009 | 17.45 | |
Clapham | |||
44,571/59,015 | 75.52 | ||
Labour Party | 22,398 | 50.25 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,173 | 49.75 | |
Majority | 225 | 0.50 | |
Cleveland | |||
55,117/68,208 | 80.81 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 27,649 | 50.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,468 | 49.84 | |
Majority | 181 | 0.33 | |
Clitheroe | |||
38,286/44,893 | 85.28 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,615 | 56.46 | |
Labour Party | 16,671 | 43.54 | |
Majority | 4,944 | 12.91 | |
19 May 1959 Death of Richard Fort. | |||
Coatbridge & Airdrie | |||
39,874/50,220 | 79.40 | ||
Labour Party | 22,269 | 55.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,605 | 44.15 | |
Majority | 4,664 | 11.70 | |
Colchester | |||
44,694/55,527 | 80.49 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,796 | 55.48 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,898 | 44.52 | |
Majority | 4,898 | 10.96 | |
Colne Valley | |||
42,620/52,540 | 81.12 | ||
Labour Party | 23,108 | 54.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,512 | 45.78 | |
Majority | 3,596 | 8.44 | |
Consett | |||
46,203/59,607 | 77.51 | ||
Labour Party | 30,979 | 67.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,224 | 32.95 | |
Majority | 15,755 | 34.10 | |
Conway | |||
38,822/45,846 | 84.68 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,705 | 48.18 | |
Labour Party | 13,881 | 35.76 | |
Liberal Party | 3,217 | 8.29 | |
Plaid Cymru | 3,019 | 7.78 | |
Majority | 4,824 | 12.43 | |
Coventry East | |||
49,320/60,769 | 81.16 | ||
Labour Party | 27,712 | 56.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,608 | 43.81 | |
Majority | 6,104 | 12.38 | |
Coventry North | |||
45,957/55,845 | 82.29 | ||
Labour Party | 24,565 | 53.45 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,392 | 46.55 | |
Majority | 3,173 | 6.90 | |
Coventry South | |||
53,210/65,404 | 81.36 | ||
Labour Party | 27,449 | 51.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,761 | 48.41 | |
Majority | 1,688 | 3.17 | |
Crewe | |||
41,208/50,577 | 81.48 | ||
Labour Party | 21,629 | 52.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,273 | 37.06 | |
Liberal Party | 4,306 | 10.45 | |
Majority | 6,356 | 15.42 | |
Crosby | |||
42,886/58,188 | 73.70 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,161 | 68.00 | |
Labour Party | 13,725 | 32.00 | |
Majority | 15,436 | 35.99 | |
Croydon North East | |||
45,605/58,663 | 77.74 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,097 | 55.03 | |
Labour Party | 16,616 | 36.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,892 | 8.53 | |
Majority | 8,481 | 18.60 | |
Croydon North West | |||
46,196/59,575 | 77.54 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,297 | 56.92 | |
Labour Party | 15,760 | 34.12 | |
Liberal Party | 4,139 | 8.96 | |
Majority | 10,537 | 22.81 | |
Croydon South | |||
48,018/62,177 | 77.23 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,359 | 56.98 | |
Labour Party | 20,659 | 43.02 | |
Majority | 6,700 | 13.95 | |
Dagenham | |||
52,529/76,198 | 68.94 | ||
Labour Party | 38,811 | 73.88 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,718 | 26.12 | |
Majority | 25,093 | 47.77 | |
Darlington | |||
48,949/59,448 | 82.34 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,765 | 52.64 | |
Labour Party | 23,184 | 47.36 | |
Majority | 2,581 | 5.27 | |
Dartford | |||
47,658/58,854 | 80.98 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 25,928 | 54.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,730 | 45.60 | |
Majority | 4,198 | 8.81 | |
Darwen | |||
45,542/55,322 | 82.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,729 | 58.69 | |
Labour Party | 18,813 | 41.31 | |
Majority | 7,916 | 17.38 | |
Dearne Valley | |||
47,120/58,473 | 80.58 | ||
Labour Party | 36,718 | 77.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,402 | 22.08 | |
Majority | 26,316 | 55.85 | |
Denbigh | |||
42,404/53,589 | 79.13 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 18,312 | 43.18 | |
Liberal Party | 13,671 | 32.24 | |
Labour Party | 10,421 | 24.58 | |
Majority | 4,641 | 10.94 | |
Deptford | |||
36,397/52,282 | 69.62 | ||
Labour Party | 23,925 | 65.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,472 | 34.27 | |
Majority | 11,453 | 31.47 | |
Derby North | |||
43,318/57,201 | 75.73 | ||
Labour Party | 24,162 | 55.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,156 | 44.22 | |
Majority | 5,006 | 11.56 | |
Derby South | |||
43,061/54,675 | 78.76 | ||
Labour Party | 23,081 | 53.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,572 | 38.48 | |
Liberal Party | 3,408 | 7.91 | |
Majority | 6,509 | 15.12 | |
Devizes | |||
38,559/49,047 | 78.62 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,317 | 52.69 | |
Labour Party | 18,242 | 47.31 | |
Majority | 2,075 | 5.38 | |
Dewsbury | |||
44,671/55,257 | 80.84 | ||
Labour Party | 23,286 | 52.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,869 | 35.52 | |
Liberal Party | 5,516 | 12.35 | |
Majority | 7,417 | 16.60 | |
Don Valley | |||
52,134/64,210 | 81.19 | ||
Labour Party | 38,433 | 73.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,701 | 26.28 | |
Majority | 24,732 | 47.44 | |
Doncaster | |||
47,536/58,117 | 81.79 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,598 | 51.75 | |
Labour Party | 22,938 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 1,660 | 3.49 | |
Dorking | |||
36,393/47,328 | 76.90 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,451 | 67.19 | |
Labour Party | 11,942 | 32.81 | |
Majority | 12,509 | 34.37 | |
Dover | |||
51,614/63,064 | 81.84 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,316 | 52.92 | |
Labour Party | 24,298 | 47.08 | |
Majority | 3,018 | 5.85 | |
Dudley | |||
57,196/71,651 | 79.83 | ||
Labour Party | 31,384 | 54.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,333 | 35.55 | |
Liberal Party | 5,479 | 9.58 | |
Majority | 11,051 | 19.32 | |
Dulwich | |||
52,316/66,495 | 78.68 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,333 | 48.42 | |
Labour Party | 23,482 | 44.88 | |
Liberal Party | 3,501 | 6.69 | |
Majority | 1,851 | 3.54 | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
40,022/54,285 | 73.73 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 24,550 | 61.34 | |
Labour Party | 15,472 | 38.66 | |
Majority | 9,078 | 22.68 | |
Dundee East | |||
47,252/57,403 | 82.32 | ||
Labour Party | 25,646 | 54.27 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21,606 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 4,040 | 8.55 | |
Dundee West | |||
51,625/62,415 | 82.71 | ||
Labour Party | 26,082 | 50.52 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 24,208 | 46.89 | |
Communist Party | 1,335 | 2.59 | |
Majority | 1,874 | 3.63 | |
Dunfermline Burghs | |||
36,316/46,827 | 77.55 | ||
Labour Party | 22,146 | 60.98 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 14,170 | 39.02 | |
Majority | 7,976 | 21.96 | |
Durham | |||
49,052/61,729 | 79.46 | ||
Labour Party | 32,412 | 66.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,640 | 33.92 | |
Majority | 15,772 | 32.15 | |
Ealing North | |||
49,604/58,245 | 85.16 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,040 | 46.45 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 22,794 | 45.95 | |
Liberal Party | 3,770 | 7.60 | |
Majority | 246 | 0.50 | |
Ealing South | |||
43,636/56,046 | 77.86 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,992 | 59.57 | |
Labour Party | 13,462 | 30.85 | |
Liberal Party | 4,182 | 9.58 | |
Majority | 12,530 | 28.71 | |
1958 Angus Maude resigns the Conservative whip. | |||
18 April 1958 Resignation of Angus Maude. | |||
12 June 1958 | 34,631/53,667 | 64.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,417 | 50.29 | |
Labour Party | 11,258 | 32.51 | |
Liberal Party | 5,956 | 17.20 | |
Majority | 6,159 | 17.78 | |
Easington | |||
43,447/54,748 | 79.36 | ||
Labour Party | 34,352 | 79.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,095 | 20.93 | |
Majority | 25,257 | 58.13 | |
East Aberdeenshire | |||
27,143/45,423 | 59.76 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,600 | 68.53 | |
Labour Party | 8,543 | 31.47 | |
Majority | 10,057 | 37.05 | |
22 August 1958 Elevation of Sir Robert Boothby to the Peerage - Baron Boothby of Buchan and Rattray Head. | |||
20 November 1958 | 29,453/44,694 | 65.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,314 | 48.60 | |
Labour Party | 7,986 | 27.11 | |
Liberal Party | 7,153 | 24.29 | |
Majority | 6,328 | 21.49 | |
East Dunbartonshire | |||
49,750/61,003 | 81.55 | ||
Labour Party | 24,216 | 48.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,086 | 46.40 | |
Communist Party | 2,448 | 4.92 | |
Majority | 1,130 | 2.27 | |
East Fife | |||
36,976/50,522 | 73.19 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 26,104 | 70.60 | |
Labour Party | 10,872 | 29.40 | |
Majority | 15,232 | 41.19 | |
East Flintshire | |||
43,382/51,560 | 84.14 | ||
Labour Party | 22,828 | 52.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,554 | 47.38 | |
Majority | 2,274 | 5.24 | |
East Grinstead | |||
46,234/61,567 | 75.10 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,450 | 61.53 | |
Labour Party | 11,750 | 25.41 | |
Liberal Party | 6,034 | 13.05 | |
Majority | 16,700 | 36.12 | |
East Ham North | |||
30,377/40,548 | 74.92 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,961 | 59.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,416 | 40.87 | |
Majority | 5,545 | 18.25 | |
3 March 1957 Death of Percy Daines. | |||
30 May 1957 | 22,301/38,920 | 57.30 | |
Labour Party | 12,546 | 56.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,567 | 29.45 | |
Independent | 2,730 | 12.24 | |
Independent Labour Party | 458 | 2.05 | |
Majority | 5,979 | 26.81 | |
Edward Martell sought election for the "Peoples League for the Defence of Freedom". | |||
East Ham South | |||
30,917/42,280 | 73.12 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,808 | 64.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,109 | 35.93 | |
Majority | 8,699 | 28.14 | |
East Hertfordshire | |||
47,354/59,857 | 79.11 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,936 | 56.88 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 20,418 | 43.12 | |
Majority | 6,518 | 13.76 | |
East Renfrewshire | |||
45,330/58,024 | 78.12 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,959 | 68.30 | |
Labour Party | 14,371 | 31.70 | |
Majority | 16,588 | 36.59 | |
East Surrey | |||
49,843/65,179 | 76.47 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,276 | 74.79 | |
Labour Party | 12,567 | 25.21 | |
Majority | 24,709 | 49.57 | |
Eastbourne | |||
45,340/59,810 | 75.81 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,779 | 65.68 | |
Labour Party | 15,561 | 34.32 | |
Majority | 14,218 | 31.36 | |
Eastleigh | |||
39,885/48,929 | 81.52 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,215 | 50.68 | |
Labour Party | 19,670 | 49.32 | |
Majority | 545 | 1.37 | |
Ebbw Vale | |||
32,880/39,305 | 83.65 | ||
Labour Party | 26,058 | 79.25 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,822 | 20.75 | |
Majority | 19,236 | 58.50 | |
Eccles | |||
48,376/59,382 | 81.47 | ||
Labour Party | 25,351 | 52.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,025 | 47.60 | |
Majority | 2,326 | 4.81 | |
Edinburgh Central | |||
32,531/47,251 | 68.85 | ||
Labour Party | 16,735 | 51.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,796 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 939 | 2.89 | |
Edinburgh East | |||
40,438/53,655 | 75.37 | ||
Labour Party | 21,240 | 52.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,198 | 47.48 | |
Majority | 2,042 | 5.05 | |
Edinburgh Leith | |||
33,085/42,531 | 77.79 | ||
Labour Party | 16,337 | 49.38 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 10,693 | 32.32 | |
Independent Conservative | 6,055 | 18.30 | |
Majority | 5,644 | 17.06 | |
Edinburgh North | |||
33,089/45,952 | 72.01 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,425 | 61.73 | |
Labour Party | 12,664 | 38.27 | |
Majority | 7,761 | 23.45 | |
Edinburgh Pentlands | |||
39,507/51,119 | 77.28 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,496 | 59.47 | |
Labour Party | 16,011 | 40.53 | |
Majority | 7,485 | 18.95 | |
Edinburgh South | |||
36,785/47,626 | 77.24 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,836 | 67.52 | |
Labour Party | 11,949 | 32.48 | |
Majority | 12,887 | 35.03 | |
2 May 1957 Resignation of Sir William Darling. | |||
29 May 1957 | 31,641/48,071 | 65.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,421 | 45.58 | |
Labour Party | 9,781 | 30.91 | |
Liberal Party | 7,439 | 23.51 | |
Majority | 4,640 | 14.66 | |
Edinburgh West | |||
38,784/51,256 | 75.67 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,000 | 67.04 | |
Labour Party | 12,784 | 32.96 | |
Majority | 13,216 | 34.08 | |
Edmonton | |||
53,426/71,739 | 74.47 | ||
Labour Party | 30,232 | 56.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,194 | 43.41 | |
Majority | 7,038 | 13.17 | |
Enfield East | |||
35,615/47,197 | 75.46 | ||
Labour Party | 21,658 | 60.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,957 | 39.19 | |
Majority | 7,701 | 21.62 | |
Enfield West | |||
32,524/41,595 | 78.19 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,021 | 67.71 | |
Labour Party | 10,503 | 32.29 | |
Majority | 11,518 | 35.41 | |
Epping | |||
56,135/68,184 | 82.33 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,065 | 46.43 | |
Labour Party | 22,542 | 40.16 | |
Liberal Party | 7,528 | 13.41 | |
Majority | 3,523 | 6.28 | |
Epsom | |||
51,485/66,379 | 77.56 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,779 | 71.44 | |
Labour Party | 14,706 | 28.56 | |
Majority | 22,073 | 42.87 | |
Erith & Crayford | |||
41,296/52,253 | 79.03 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 24,957 | 60.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,339 | 39.57 | |
Majority | 8,618 | 20.87 | |
Esher | |||
53,052/66,925 | 79.27 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,774 | 63.66 | |
Labour Party | 13,132 | 24.75 | |
Liberal Party | 6,146 | 11.58 | |
Majority | 20,642 | 38.91 | |
Eton & Slough | |||
38,691/48,459 | 79.84 | ||
Labour Party | 20,567 | 53.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,124 | 46.84 | |
Majority | 2,443 | 6.31 | |
Exeter | |||
42,906/54,101 | 79.31 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,147 | 56.28 | |
Labour Party | 18,759 | 43.72 | |
Majority | 5,388 | 12.56 | |
Eye | |||
47,327/57,092 | 82.90 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,317 | 45.04 | |
Labour Party | 20,428 | 43.16 | |
Liberal Party | 5,582 | 11.79 | |
Majority | 889 | 1.88 | |
Falmouth & Camborne | |||
42,127/53,791 | 78.32 | ||
Labour Party | 21,587 | 51.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,540 | 48.76 | |
Majority | 1,047 | 2.49 | |
Farnham | |||
36,528/47,861 | 76.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,717 | 64.93 | |
Labour Party | 12,811 | 35.07 | |
Majority | 10,906 | 29.86 | |
Farnworth | |||
43,060/52,818 | 81.53 | ||
Labour Party | 24,829 | 57.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,231 | 42.34 | |
Majority | 6,598 | 15.32 | |
Faversham | |||
47,903/57,543 | 83.25 | ||
Labour Party | 23,981 | 50.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,922 | 49.94 | |
Majority | 59 | 0.12 | |
Feltham | |||
39,692/50,650 | 78.37 | ||
Labour Party | 21,521 | 54.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,171 | 45.78 | |
Majority | 3,350 | 8.44 | |
Fermanagh & South Tyrone | |||
60,797/65,770 | 92.44 | ||
Sinn Féin | 30,529 | 50.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,268 | 49.79 | |
Majority | 261 | 0.43 | |
2 September 1955 The Northern Ireland High Court unseats Philip Clarke on the basis that he was disqualified on the grounds that he was a felon - he was serving a ten-year sentence for treason - and that Lord Robert Grosvenor was duly declared elected. | |||
25 October 1955 The House of Commons upholds the Court's decision. | |||
Finchley | |||
55,416/70,757 | 78.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,233 | 54.56 | |
Labour Party | 17,408 | 31.41 | |
Liberal Party | 7,775 | 14.03 | |
Majority | 12,825 | 23.14 | |
Folkestone & Hythe | |||
36,700/50,392 | 72.83 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,851 | 64.99 | |
Labour Party | 12,849 | 35.01 | |
Majority | 11,002 | 29.98 | |
Fulham | |||
43,550/55,373 | 78.65 | ||
Labour Party | 23,972 | 55.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,578 | 44.96 | |
Majority | 4,394 | 10.09 | |
Gainsborough | |||
38,683/50,399 | 76.75 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,576 | 55.78 | |
Labour Party | 17,107 | 44.22 | |
Majority | 4,469 | 11.55 | |
13 January 1956 Elevation of Rt Hon Harry Crookshank to the Peerage - Viscount Crookshank. | |||
14 February 1956 | 31,472/50,806 | 61.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,836 | 40.79 | |
Labour Party | 11,830 | 37.59 | |
Liberal Party | 6,806 | 21.63 | |
Majority | 1,006 | 3.20 | |
Galloway | |||
23,772/34,396 | 69.11 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,893 | 66.86 | |
Labour Party | 7,879 | 33.14 | |
Majority | 8,014 | 33.71 | |
29 December 1958 Death of John Mackie. | |||
9 April 1959 | 26,175/35,980 | 72.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,204 | 50.45 | |
Liberal Party | 6,721 | 25.68 | |
Labour Party | 6,250 | 23.88 | |
Majority | 6,483 | 24.77 | |
Gateshead East | |||
38,359/48,692 | 78.78 | ||
Labour Party | 21,653 | 56.45 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,706 | 43.55 | |
Majority | 4,947 | 12.90 | |
Gateshead West | |||
33,749/46,567 | 72.47 | ||
Labour Party | 22,040 | 65.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,709 | 34.69 | |
Majority | 10,331 | 30.61 | |
11 October 1955 Death of John Hall. | |||
7 December 1955 | 19,857/46,996 | 42.25 | |
Labour Party | 13,196 | 66.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,661 | 33.54 | |
Majority | 6,535 | 32.91 | |
Gillingham | |||
37,823/47,561 | 79.53 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,984 | 55.48 | |
Labour Party | 16,839 | 44.52 | |
Majority | 4,145 | 10.96 | |
Glasgow Bridgeton | |||
35,470/53,733 | 66.01 | ||
Labour Party | 20,476 | 57.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,375 | 34.89 | |
Independent Labour Party | 2,619 | 7.38 | |
Majority | 8,101 | 22.84 | |
Glasgow Cathcart | |||
34,779/45,969 | 75.66 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,265 | 72.64 | |
Labour Party | 9,514 | 27.36 | |
Majority | 15,751 | 45.29 | |
Glasgow Central | |||
26,981/42,068 | 64.14 | ||
Labour Party | 16,674 | 61.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,307 | 38.20 | |
Majority | 6,367 | 23.60 | |
Glasgow Craigton | |||
38,030/48,067 | 79.12 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,120 | 50.28 | |
Labour Party | 18,910 | 49.72 | |
Majority | 210 | 0.55 | |
Glasgow Gorbals | |||
36,897/56,627 | 65.16 | ||
Labour Party | 22,567 | 61.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,839 | 32.09 | |
Communist Party | 2,491 | 6.75 | |
Majority | 10,728 | 29.08 | |
Glasgow Govan | |||
40,034/55,743 | 71.82 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 24,818 | 61.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,216 | 38.01 | |
Majority | 9,602 | 23.98 | |
Glasgow Hillhead | |||
29,754/40,802 | 72.92 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,106 | 67.57 | |
Labour Party | 9,648 | 32.43 | |
Majority | 10,458 | 35.15 | |
Glasgow Kelvingrove | |||
26,820/39,672 | 67.60 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,854 | 55.38 | |
Labour Party | 11,966 | 44.62 | |
Majority | 2,888 | 10.77 | |
8 January 1958 Death of Rt Hon Walter Elliot. | |||
13 March 1958 | 21,269/35,138 | 60.53 | |
Labour Party | 10,210 | 48.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,850 | 41.61 | |
Independent | 1,622 | 7.63 | |
Independent Labour Party | 587 | 2.76 | |
Majority | 1,360 | 6.39 | |
Glasgow Maryhill | |||
33,710/48,197 | 69.94 | ||
Labour Party | 21,174 | 62.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,536 | 37.19 | |
Majority | 8,638 | 25.62 | |
Glasgow Pollok | |||
39,105/51,800 | 75.49 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,975 | 61.31 | |
Labour Party | 15,130 | 38.69 | |
Majority | 8,845 | 22.62 | |
Glasgow Provan | |||
30,886/41,326 | 74.74 | ||
Labour Party | 15,533 | 50.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,353 | 49.71 | |
Majority | 180 | 0.58 | |
Glasgow Scotstoun | |||
36,880/46,370 | 79.53 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,654 | 50.58 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 18,226 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 428 | 1.16 | |
Glasgow Shettleston | |||
37,109/53,533 | 69.32 | ||
Labour Party | 21,464 | 57.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,645 | 42.16 | |
Majority | 5,819 | 15.68 | |
Glasgow Springburn | |||
28,021/40,537 | 69.12 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 16,131 | 57.57 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,358 | 36.97 | |
Communist Party | 1,532 | 5.47 | |
Majority | 5,773 | 20.60 | |
Glasgow Woodside | |||
35,389/48,632 | 72.77 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,846 | 56.08 | |
Labour Party | 15,543 | 43.92 | |
Majority | 4,303 | 12.16 | |
Gloucester | |||
41,960/51,841 | 80.94 | ||
Labour Party | 21,354 | 50.89 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,606 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 748 | 1.78 | |
6 June 1957 Death of Moss Turner-Samuels. | |||
12 September 1957 | 36,809/51,815 | 71.04 | |
Labour Party | 18,895 | 51.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,521 | 28.58 | |
Liberal Party | 7,393 | 20.08 | |
Majority | 8,374 | 22.75 | |
Goole | |||
40,876/52,190 | 78.32 | ||
Labour Party | 25,420 | 62.19 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 15,456 | 37.81 | |
Majority | 9,964 | 24.38 | |
Gosport & Fareham | |||
49,350/66,475 | 74.24 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,918 | 62.65 | |
Labour Party | 18,432 | 37.35 | |
Majority | 12,486 | 25.30 | |
Gower | |||
38,540/50,193 | 76.78 | ||
Labour Party | 26,304 | 68.25 | |
National Liberal Party | 8,135 | 21.11 | |
Plaid Cymru | 4,101 | 10.64 | |
Majority | 18,169 | 47.14 | |
Grantham | |||
47,625/57,546 | 82.76 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,188 | 50.79 | |
Labour Party | 21,813 | 45.80 | |
Liberal Party | 1,624 | 3.41 | |
Majority | 2,375 | 4.99 | |
Gravesend | |||
47,721/59,099 | 80.75 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,058 | 46.22 | |
Labour Party | 19,149 | 40.13 | |
Independent | 6,514 | 13.65 | |
Majority | 2,909 | 6.10 | |
Sir Richard Acland, Bt was opposed to the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. | |||
Greenock | |||
37,723/48,400 | 77.94 | ||
Labour Party | 19,378 | 51.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,345 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 1,033 | 2.74 | |
11 October 1955 Death of Rt Hon Hector McNeil. | |||
8 December 1955 | 36,702/48,760 | 75.27 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,698 | 53.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,004 | 46.33 | |
Majority | 2,694 | 7.34 | |
Greenwich | |||
44,907/61,314 | 73.24 | ||
Labour Party | 26,423 | 58.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,484 | 41.16 | |
Majority | 7,939 | 17.68 | |
Grimsby | |||
46,330/63,176 | 73.33 | ||
Labour Party | 24,926 | 53.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,404 | 46.20 | |
Majority | 3,522 | 7.60 | |
Guildford | |||
42,898/56,118 | 76.44 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,113 | 63.20 | |
Labour Party | 15,785 | 36.80 | |
Majority | 11,328 | 26.41 | |
Hackney Central | |||
43,754/66,183 | 66.11 | ||
Labour Party | 27,012 | 61.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,212 | 34.77 | |
Communist Party | 1,530 | 3.50 | |
Majority | 11,800 | 26.97 | |
Halifax | |||
55,077/68,714 | 80.15 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,306 | 51.39 | |
Labour Party | 26,771 | 48.61 | |
Majority | 1,535 | 2.79 | |
Haltemprice | |||
37,982/50,790 | 74.78 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,162 | 68.88 | |
Labour Party | 11,820 | 31.12 | |
Majority | 14,342 | 37.76 | |
Hamilton | |||
39,248/51,066 | 76.86 | ||
Labour Party | 26,587 | 67.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,661 | 32.26 | |
Majority | 13,926 | 35.48 | |
Hammersmith North | |||
39,697/56,677 | 70.04 | ||
Labour Party | 24,280 | 61.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,417 | 38.84 | |
Majority | 8,863 | 22.33 | |
Hampstead | |||
50,488/72,423 | 69.71 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,226 | 55.91 | |
Labour Party | 16,040 | 31.77 | |
Liberal Party | 6,222 | 12.32 | |
Majority | 12,186 | 24.14 | |
Harborough | |||
50,854/61,019 | 83.34 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,257 | 53.60 | |
Labour Party | 17,073 | 33.57 | |
Liberal Party | 6,524 | 12.83 | |
Majority | 10,184 | 20.03 | |
Harrogate | |||
37,057/51,570 | 71.86 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,799 | 72.32 | |
Labour Party | 10,258 | 27.68 | |
Majority | 16,541 | 44.64 | |
Harrow Central | |||
39,951/50,344 | 79.36 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,996 | 60.06 | |
Labour Party | 15,955 | 39.94 | |
Majority | 8,041 | 20.13 | |
Harrow East | |||
40,864/49,460 | 82.62 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,243 | 54.43 | |
Labour Party | 18,621 | 45.57 | |
Majority | 3,622 | 8.86 | |
24 November 1958 Resignation of Ian Harvey. | |||
19 March 1959 | 33,660/48,820 | 68.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,766 | 52.78 | |
Labour Party | 15,546 | 46.19 | |
National Union of Small Shopkeepers | 348 | 1.03 | |
Majority | 2,220 | 6.60 | |
Harrow West | |||
43,345/54,616 | 79.36 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,321 | 69.95 | |
Labour Party | 13,024 | 30.05 | |
Majority | 17,297 | 39.91 | |
Harwich | |||
42,324/56,003 | 75.57 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 23,889 | 56.44 | |
Labour Party | 14,425 | 34.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,010 | 9.47 | |
Majority | 9,464 | 22.36 | |
Hastings | |||
36,705/48,493 | 75.69 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,469 | 55.77 | |
Labour Party | 11,933 | 32.51 | |
Liberal Party | 4,303 | 11.72 | |
Majority | 8,536 | 23.26 | |
Hayes & Harlington | |||
33,914/44,259 | 76.63 | ||
Labour Party | 19,588 | 57.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,440 | 39.63 | |
Communist Party | 886 | 2.61 | |
Majority | 6,148 | 18.13 | |
Hemel Hempstead | |||
50,271/60,013 | 83.77 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,648 | 51.02 | |
Labour Party | 19,512 | 38.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5,111 | 10.17 | |
Majority | 6,136 | 12.21 | |
Hemsworth | |||
51,164/64,060 | 79.87 | ||
Labour Party | 42,603 | 83.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,561 | 16.73 | |
Majority | 34,042 | 66.54 | |
Hendon North | |||
43,275/53,653 | 80.66 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,934 | 50.69 | |
Labour Party | 17,874 | 41.30 | |
Liberal Party | 3,467 | 8.01 | |
Majority | 4,060 | 9.38 | |
Hendon South | |||
40,272/54,983 | 73.24 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,354 | 62.96 | |
Labour Party | 14,918 | 37.04 | |
Majority | 10,436 | 25.91 | |
Henley | |||
41,041/54,459 | 75.36 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,061 | 58.63 | |
Labour Party | 16,980 | 41.37 | |
Majority | 7,081 | 17.25 | |
Hereford | |||
34,870/44,242 | 78.82 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,058 | 51.79 | |
Liberal Party | 8,658 | 24.83 | |
Labour Party | 8,154 | 23.38 | |
Majority | 9,400 | 26.96 | |
21 December 1955 Elevation of Rt Hon James Thomas to the Peerage - Viscount Cilcennin. | |||
14 February 1956 | 27,385/44,529 | 61.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,129 | 44.29 | |
Liberal Party | 9,979 | 36.44 | |
Labour Party | 5,277 | 19.27 | |
Majority | 2,150 | 7.85 | |
Hertford | |||
44,044/53,556 | 82.24 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,014 | 56.79 | |
Labour Party | 19,030 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 5,984 | 13.59 | |
Heston & Isleworth | |||
44,898/56,883 | 78.93 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,705 | 57.25 | |
Labour Party | 19,193 | 42.75 | |
Majority | 6,512 | 14.50 | |
Hexham | |||
36,660/47,438 | 77.28 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,462 | 64.00 | |
Labour Party | 13,198 | 36.00 | |
Majority | 10,264 | 28.00 | |
Heywood & Royton | |||
48,438/59,203 | 81.82 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,824 | 53.31 | |
Labour Party | 22,614 | 46.69 | |
Majority | 3,210 | 6.63 | |
High Peak | |||
39,458/49,612 | 79.53 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,094 | 48.39 | |
Labour Party | 13,652 | 34.60 | |
Liberal Party | 6,712 | 17.01 | |
Majority | 5,442 | 13.79 | |
Hitchin | |||
51,777/62,258 | 83.17 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,371 | 50.93 | |
Labour Party | 25,406 | 49.07 | |
Majority | 965 | 1.86 | |
Holborn & St Pancras South | |||
34,514/51,282 | 67.30 | ||
Labour Party | 17,126 | 49.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,195 | 46.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,193 | 3.46 | |
Majority | 931 | 2.70 | |
Holland with Boston | |||
53,322/70,040 | 76.13 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 28,412 | 53.28 | |
Labour Party | 19,329 | 36.25 | |
Liberal Party | 5,581 | 10.47 | |
Majority | 9,083 | 17.03 | |
Honiton | |||
44,782/56,203 | 79.68 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,808 | 57.63 | |
Liberal Party | 11,067 | 24.71 | |
Labour Party | 7,907 | 17.66 | |
Majority | 14,741 | 32.92 | |
Horncastle | |||
30,514/42,967 | 71.02 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,392 | 66.83 | |
Labour Party | 10,122 | 33.17 | |
Majority | 10,270 | 33.66 | |
Hornchurch | |||
63,155/77,041 | 81.98 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,205 | 46.24 | |
Labour Party | 27,833 | 44.07 | |
Liberal Party | 6,117 | 9.69 | |
Majority | 1,372 | 2.17 | |
Hornsey | |||
55,304/72,484 | 76.30 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,294 | 60.20 | |
Labour Party | 20,568 | 37.19 | |
Communist Party | 1,442 | 2.61 | |
Majority | 12,726 | 23.01 | |
8 February 1957 Death of Sir David Gammans, Bt. | |||
30 May 1957 | 45,207/71,771 | 62.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,169 | 53.46 | |
Labour Party | 21,038 | 46.54 | |
Majority | 3,131 | 6.93 | |
Horsham | |||
45,686/59,776 | 76.43 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,598 | 62.60 | |
Labour Party | 17,088 | 37.40 | |
Majority | 11,510 | 25.19 | |
Houghton-le-Spring | |||
43,851/55,166 | 79.49 | ||
Labour Party | 33,375 | 76.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,476 | 23.89 | |
Majority | 22,899 | 52.22 | |
Hove | |||
46,275/65,209 | 70.96 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,314 | 74.15 | |
Labour Party | 11,961 | 25.85 | |
Majority | 22,353 | 48.30 | |
Howden | |||
35,149/47,676 | 73.72 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,486 | 58.28 | |
Labour Party | 9,088 | 25.86 | |
Liberal Party | 5,575 | 15.86 | |
Majority | 11,398 | 32.43 | |
Huddersfield East | |||
41,446/51,672 | 80.21 | ||
Labour Party | 22,835 | 55.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,611 | 44.90 | |
Majority | 4,224 | 10.19 | |
Huddersfield West | |||
40,763/51,427 | 79.26 | ||
Liberal Party | 24,345 | 59.72 | |
Labour Party | 16,418 | 40.28 | |
Majority | 7,927 | 19.45 | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
35,279/45,757 | 77.10 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 20,609 | 58.42 | |
Labour Party | 14,670 | 41.58 | |
Majority | 5,939 | 16.83 | |
Huyton | |||
47,158/60,036 | 78.55 | ||
Labour Party | 24,858 | 52.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,300 | 47.29 | |
Majority | 2,558 | 5.42 | |
Ilford North | |||
51,699/67,496 | 76.60 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,749 | 55.61 | |
Labour Party | 18,248 | 35.30 | |
Liberal Party | 4,702 | 9.09 | |
Majority | 10,501 | 20.31 | |
Ilford South | |||
48,106/63,866 | 75.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,292 | 56.73 | |
Labour Party | 20,814 | 43.27 | |
Majority | 6,478 | 13.47 | |
Ilkeston | |||
56,229/69,967 | 80.37 | ||
Labour Party | 38,961 | 69.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,268 | 30.71 | |
Majority | 21,693 | 38.58 | |
Ince | |||
41,013/50,614 | 81.03 | ||
Labour Party | 29,830 | 72.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,183 | 27.27 | |
Majority | 18,647 | 45.47 | |
Inverness | |||
34,629/51,197 | 67.64 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,352 | 41.45 | |
Liberal Party | 13,386 | 38.66 | |
Labour Party | 6,891 | 19.90 | |
Majority | 966 | 2.79 | |
Ipswich | |||
61,030/75,792 | 80.52 | ||
Labour Party | 32,306 | 52.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,724 | 47.07 | |
Majority | 3,582 | 5.87 | |
3 August 1957 Death of Rt Hon Richard Stokes. | |||
24 October 1957 | 58,646/77,621 | 75.55 | |
Labour Party | 26,898 | 45.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,161 | 32.67 | |
Liberal Party | 12,587 | 21.46 | |
Majority | 7,737 | 13.19 | |
Isle of Ely | |||
43,278/61,188 | 70.73 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,862 | 57.45 | |
Labour Party | 18,416 | 42.55 | |
Majority | 6,446 | 14.89 | |
Isle of Thanet | |||
50,251/69,910 | 71.88 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,270 | 62.23 | |
Labour Party | 18,981 | 37.77 | |
Majority | 12,289 | 24.46 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
50,033/67,297 | 74.35 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,335 | 62.63 | |
Labour Party | 18,698 | 37.37 | |
Majority | 12,637 | 25.26 | |
Islington East | |||
32,522/49,230 | 66.06 | ||
Labour Party | 19,612 | 60.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,910 | 39.70 | |
Majority | 6,702 | 20.61 | |
Islington North | |||
36,622/56,574 | 64.73 | ||
Labour Party | 22,100 | 60.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,522 | 39.65 | |
Majority | 7,578 | 20.69 | |
3 February 1958 Death of Wilfred Fienburgh. | |||
15 May 1958 | 19,433/54,576 | 35.61 | |
Labour Party | 13,159 | 67.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,698 | 29.32 | |
Independent Labour Party | 576 | 2.96 | |
Majority | 7,461 | 38.39 | |
Islington South West | |||
36,602/58,998 | 62.04 | ||
Labour Party | 24,935 | 68.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,667 | 31.88 | |
Majority | 13,268 | 36.25 | |
Jarrow | |||
39,010/49,340 | 79.06 | ||
Labour Party | 24,706 | 63.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,304 | 36.67 | |
Majority | 10,402 | 26.66 | |
Keighley | |||
41,735/49,750 | 83.89 | ||
Labour Party | 19,414 | 46.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,011 | 38.36 | |
Liberal Party | 6,310 | 15.12 | |
Majority | 3,403 | 8.15 | |
Kensington North | |||
37,509/53,789 | 69.73 | ||
Labour Party | 20,226 | 53.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,283 | 46.08 | |
Majority | 2,943 | 7.85 | |
Kensington South | |||
38,855/62,724 | 61.95 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,051 | 82.49 | |
Labour Party | 6,804 | 17.51 | |
Majority | 25,247 | 64.98 | |
20 August 1959 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Patrick Spens to the Peerage - Baron Spens. | |||
Kettering | |||
56,893/69,764 | 81.55 | ||
Labour Party | 31,398 | 55.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,495 | 44.81 | |
Majority | 5,903 | 10.38 | |
Kidderminster | |||
44,060/56,216 | 78.38 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,142 | 59.33 | |
Labour Party | 17,918 | 40.67 | |
Majority | 8,224 | 18.67 | |
Kilmarnock | |||
38,307/47,256 | 81.06 | ||
Labour Party | 23,324 | 60.89 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,983 | 39.11 | |
Majority | 8,341 | 21.77 | |
King's Lynn | |||
40,560/51,867 | 78.20 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,949 | 51.65 | |
Labour Party | 19,611 | 48.35 | |
Majority | 1,338 | 3.30 | |
Kingston upon Thames | |||
47,173/61,762 | 76.38 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,069 | 65.86 | |
Labour Party | 16,104 | 34.14 | |
Majority | 14,965 | 31.72 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull East | |||
52,516/69,423 | 75.65 | ||
Labour Party | 28,990 | 55.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,284 | 31.01 | |
Liberal Party | 7,242 | 13.79 | |
Majority | 12,706 | 24.19 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull North | |||
50,970/65,880 | 77.37 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,780 | 50.58 | |
Labour Party | 25,190 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 590 | 1.16 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull West | |||
46,047/65,670 | 70.12 | ||
Labour Party | 25,785 | 56.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,262 | 44.00 | |
Majority | 5,523 | 11.99 | |
Kinross & West Perthshire | |||
24,108/34,219 | 70.45 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,133 | 75.22 | |
Labour Party | 5,975 | 24.78 | |
Majority | 12,158 | 50.43 | |
Kirkcaldy Burghs | |||
40,253/53,553 | 75.16 | ||
Labour Party | 23,861 | 59.28 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 16,392 | 40.72 | |
Majority | 7,469 | 18.56 | |
Knutsford | |||
38,662/49,756 | 77.70 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,074 | 75.20 | |
Labour Party | 9,588 | 24.80 | |
Majority | 19,486 | 50.40 | |
Lanark | |||
42,698/49,726 | 85.87 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,828 | 51.12 | |
Labour Party | 20,870 | 48.88 | |
Majority | 958 | 2.24 | |
May 1957 The Conservative Whip was withdrawn from the Hon Patrick Maitland. | |||
December 1957 The Conservative Whip was restored to the Hon Patrick Maitland. | |||
Lancaster | |||
35,197/43,811 | 80.34 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,873 | 56.46 | |
Labour Party | 15,324 | 43.54 | |
Majority | 4,549 | 12.92 | |
Leeds East | |||
47,227/61,944 | 76.24 | ||
Labour Party | 26,083 | 55.23 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,144 | 44.77 | |
Majority | 4,939 | 10.46 | |
Leeds North East | |||
40,525/55,441 | 73.10 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,902 | 61.45 | |
Labour Party | 15,623 | 38.55 | |
Majority | 9,279 | 22.90 | |
17 January 1956 Elevation of Rt Hon Osbert Peake to the Peerage - Viscount Ingleby. | |||
9 February 1956 | 22,293/55,876 | 39.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,081 | 63.16 | |
Labour Party | 8,212 | 36.84 | |
Majority | 5,869 | 26.33 | |
Leeds North West | |||
48,517/64,142 | 75.64 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,923 | 65.80 | |
Labour Party | 16,594 | 34.20 | |
Majority | 15,329 | 31.60 | |
Leeds South | |||
39,650/54,424 | 72.85 | ||
Labour Party | 25,833 | 65.15 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,817 | 34.85 | |
Majority | 12,016 | 30.31 | |
14 December 1955 Rt Hon Hugh Gaitskell elected Leader of the Labour Party. | |||
Leeds South East | |||
38,856/57,211 | 67.92 | ||
Labour Party | 25,714 | 66.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,142 | 33.82 | |
Majority | 12,572 | 32.36 | |
Leeds West | |||
46,587/60,202 | 77.38 | ||
Labour Party | 24,576 | 52.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,312 | 39.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,699 | 7.94 | |
Majority | 6,264 | 13.45 | |
Leek | |||
55,487/68,062 | 81.52 | ||
Labour Party | 28,273 | 50.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,214 | 49.05 | |
Majority | 1,059 | 1.91 | |
Leicester North East | |||
39,358/50,121 | 78.53 | ||
Labour Party | 22,264 | 56.57 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,094 | 43.43 | |
Majority | 5,170 | 13.14 | |
Leicester North West | |||
42,104/53,472 | 78.74 | ||
Labour Party | 22,807 | 54.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,297 | 45.83 | |
Majority | 3,510 | 8.34 | |
Leicester South East | |||
40,599/51,747 | 78.46 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,070 | 64.21 | |
Labour Party | 14,529 | 35.79 | |
Majority | 11,541 | 28.43 | |
29 October 1957 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Waterhouse. | |||
28 November 1957 | 29,564/52,452 | 56.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,023 | 60.96 | |
Labour Party | 11,541 | 39.04 | |
Majority | 6,482 | 21.93 | |
Leicester South West | |||
38,485/50,602 | 76.05 | ||
Labour Party | 21,487 | 55.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,998 | 44.17 | |
Majority | 4,489 | 11.66 | |
Leigh | |||
48,240/60,256 | 80.06 | ||
Labour Party | 30,098 | 62.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,142 | 37.61 | |
Majority | 11,956 | 24.78 | |
Leominster | |||
28,227/40,098 | 70.40 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,487 | 65.49 | |
Labour Party | 9,740 | 34.51 | |
Majority | 8,747 | 30.99 | |
Lewes | |||
37,330/49,885 | 74.83 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,938 | 66.80 | |
Labour Party | 12,392 | 33.20 | |
Majority | 12,546 | 33.61 | |
Lewisham North | |||
40,904/52,485 | 77.93 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,070 | 53.96 | |
Labour Party | 18,834 | 46.04 | |
Majority | 3,236 | 7.91 | |
29 November 1956 Death of Sir Austin Hudson, Bt. | |||
14 February 1957 | 37,409/52,862 | 70.77 | |
Labour Party | 18,516 | 49.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,406 | 46.53 | |
Loyalist | 1,487 | 3.97 | |
Majority | 1,110 | 2.97 | |
Lewisham South | |||
42,699/54,981 | 77.66 | ||
Labour Party | 23,821 | 55.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,478 | 40.93 | |
Pacifist | 1,400 | 3.28 | |
Majority | 6,343 | 14.86 | |
John Loverseed was opposed to the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. | |||
Lewisham West | |||
43,807/55,056 | 79.57 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,066 | 54.94 | |
Labour Party | 19,741 | 45.06 | |
Majority | 4,325 | 9.87 | |
Leyton | |||
55,711/74,944 | 74.34 | ||
Labour Party | 29,747 | 53.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,543 | 38.67 | |
Liberal Party | 4,421 | 7.94 | |
Majority | 8,204 | 14.73 | |
Lichfield & Tamworth | |||
39,037/48,250 | 80.91 | ||
Labour Party | 21,071 | 53.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,966 | 46.02 | |
Majority | 3,105 | 7.95 | |
Lincoln | |||
42,324/49,729 | 85.11 | ||
Labour Party | 23,773 | 56.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,551 | 43.83 | |
Majority | 5,222 | 12.34 | |
Liverpool Edge Hill | |||
39,000/57,391 | 67.95 | ||
Labour Party | 20,060 | 51.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,940 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 1,120 | 2.87 | |
Liverpool Exchange | |||
34,656/55,458 | 62.49 | ||
Labour Party | 19,457 | 56.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,271 | 35.41 | |
Independent Labour | 2,928 | 8.45 | |
Majority | 7,186 | 20.74 | |
Liverpool Garston | |||
44,291/62,373 | 71.01 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,130 | 63.51 | |
Labour Party | 16,161 | 36.49 | |
Majority | 11,969 | 27.02 | |
13 May 1957 Sir Victor Raikes leaves the Conservative Party. | |||
8 November 1957 Resignation of Sir Victor Raikes. | |||
5 December 1957 | 31,545/63,445 | 49.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,521 | 49.20 | |
Labour Party | 11,217 | 35.56 | |
Liberal Party | 4,807 | 15.24 | |
Majority | 4,304 | 13.64 | |
Liverpool Kirkdale | |||
42,898/60,738 | 70.63 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,356 | 52.11 | |
Labour Party | 20,542 | 47.89 | |
Majority | 1,814 | 4.23 | |
Liverpool Scotland | |||
33,749/56,176 | 60.08 | ||
Labour Party | 21,928 | 64.97 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,821 | 35.03 | |
Majority | 10,107 | 29.95 | |
Liverpool Toxteth | |||
36,613/52,575 | 69.64 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,576 | 56.20 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 16,037 | 43.80 | |
Majority | 4,539 | 12.40 | |
Liverpool Walton | |||
44,840/59,522 | 75.33 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,851 | 53.19 | |
Labour Party | 20,989 | 46.81 | |
Majority | 2,862 | 6.38 | |
Liverpool Wavertree | |||
40,724/57,489 | 70.84 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,172 | 69.18 | |
Labour Party | 12,552 | 30.82 | |
Majority | 15,620 | 38.36 | |
Liverpool West Derby | |||
39,664/54,100 | 73.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,124 | 53.26 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 18,540 | 46.74 | |
Majority | 2,584 | 6.51 | |
Llanelly | |||
51,059/64,858 | 78.72 | ||
Labour Party | 34,021 | 66.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,640 | 20.84 | |
Plaid Cymru | 6,398 | 12.53 | |
Majority | 23,381 | 45.79 | |
Londonderry | |||
55,313/71,297 | 77.58 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,673 | 64.49 | |
Sinn Féin | 19,640 | 35.51 | |
Majority | 16,033 | 28.99 | |
Loughborough | |||
43,825/53,183 | 82.40 | ||
Labour Party | 24,044 | 54.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,781 | 45.14 | |
Majority | 4,263 | 9.73 | |
Louth | |||
37,072/50,329 | 73.66 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,796 | 58.79 | |
Labour Party | 15,276 | 41.21 | |
Majority | 6,520 | 17.59 | |
Lowestoft | |||
45,259/56,850 | 79.61 | ||
Labour Party | 23,587 | 52.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,672 | 47.88 | |
Majority | 1,915 | 4.23 | |
Ludlow | |||
33,753/47,040 | 71.75 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,816 | 61.67 | |
Labour Party | 12,937 | 38.33 | |
Majority | 7,879 | 23.34 | |
Luton | |||
48,166/57,932 | 83.14 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 24,722 | 51.33 | |
Labour Party | 20,304 | 42.15 | |
Liberal Party | 3,140 | 6.52 | |
Majority | 4,418 | 9.17 | |
Macclesfield | |||
45,913/56,991 | 80.56 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,551 | 60.01 | |
Labour Party | 18,362 | 39.99 | |
Majority | 9,189 | 20.01 | |
Maidstone | |||
47,128/61,144 | 77.08 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,267 | 57.86 | |
Labour Party | 19,861 | 42.14 | |
Majority | 7,406 | 15.71 | |
Maldon | |||
43,454/52,027 | 83.52 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,002 | 50.63 | |
Labour Party | 21,452 | 49.37 | |
Majority | 550 | 1.27 | |
Manchester Ardwick | |||
43,562/60,737 | 71.72 | ||
Labour Party | 22,822 | 52.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,740 | 47.61 | |
Majority | 2,082 | 4.78 | |
Manchester Blackley | |||
45,354/58,653 | 77.33 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,395 | 55.99 | |
Labour Party | 19,959 | 44.01 | |
Majority | 5,436 | 11.99 | |
Manchester Cheetham | |||
34,911/53,169 | 65.66 | ||
Labour Party | 21,721 | 62.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,190 | 37.78 | |
Majority | 8,531 | 24.44 | |
Manchester Exchange | |||
33,125/52,376 | 63.24 | ||
Labour Party | 20,203 | 60.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,922 | 39.01 | |
Majority | 7,281 | 21.98 | |
Manchester Gorton | |||
41,935/54,824 | 76.49 | ||
Labour Party | 21,102 | 50.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,833 | 49.68 | |
Majority | 269 | 0.64 | |
Manchester Moss Side | |||
36,734/53,194 | 69.06 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,631 | 64.33 | |
Labour Party | 13,103 | 35.67 | |
Majority | 10,528 | 28.66 | |
Manchester Openshaw | |||
41,234/56,720 | 72.70 | ||
Labour Party | 24,638 | 59.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,596 | 40.25 | |
Majority | 8,042 | 19.50 | |
Manchester Withington | |||
43,838/60,941 | 71.94 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,707 | 58.64 | |
Labour Party | 13,054 | 29.78 | |
Liberal Party | 5,077 | 11.58 | |
Majority | 12,653 | 28.86 | |
Manchester Wythenshawe | |||
49,578/64,968 | 76.31 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,200 | 52.85 | |
Labour Party | 23,378 | 47.15 | |
Majority | 2,822 | 5.69 | |
Mansfield | |||
43,253/55,215 | 78.34 | ||
Labour Party | 29,643 | 68.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,610 | 31.47 | |
Majority | 16,033 | 37.07 | |
Melton | |||
49,368/60,986 | 80.95 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,074 | 60.92 | |
Labour Party | 19,294 | 39.08 | |
Majority | 10,780 | 21.84 | |
16 November 1956 Resignation of Rt Hon Anthony Nutting over the Prime Minister's handling of the Suez crisis. | |||
19 December 1956 | 35,904/63,516 | 56.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,133 | 53.29 | |
Labour Party | 16,771 | 46.71 | |
Majority | 2,362 | 6.58 | |
Meriden | |||
44,487/54,596 | 81.48 | ||
Labour Party | 22,796 | 51.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,691 | 48.76 | |
Majority | 1,105 | 2.48 | |
Merionethshire | |||
23,674/27,472 | 86.18 | ||
Labour Party | 9,056 | 38.25 | |
Liberal Party | 6,374 | 26.92 | |
Plaid Cymru | 5,243 | 22.15 | |
National Liberal Party | 3,001 | 12.68 | |
Majority | 2,682 | 11.33 | |
Merthyr Tydfil | |||
33,178/42,933 | 77.28 | ||
Labour Party | 25,630 | 77.25 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,548 | 22.75 | |
Majority | 18,082 | 54.50 | |
Merton & Morden | |||
44,356/54,332 | 81.64 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,373 | 57.20 | |
Labour Party | 18,983 | 42.80 | |
Majority | 6,390 | 14.41 | |
Mid Bedfordshire | |||
42,060/51,699 | 81.36 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,012 | 54.71 | |
Labour Party | 19,048 | 45.29 | |
Majority | 3,964 | 9.42 | |
Mid Ulster | |||
59,214/66,847 | 88.58 | ||
Sinn Féin | 29,737 | 50.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,477 | 49.78 | |
Majority | 260 | 0.44 | |
18 July 1955 Disqualification of Thomas Mitchell on the grounds that he was a felon - he was serving a ten-year sentence for treason. A petition was not lodged. | |||
11 August 1955 | 59,978/66,847 | 89.72 | |
Sinn Féin | 30,392 | 50.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,586 | 49.33 | |
Majority | 806 | 1.34 | |
7 October 1955 Disqualification of Thomas Mitchell on the grounds that he was a felon. Charles Beattie was declared elected. | |||
25 October 1955 The decision of the Northern Ireland High Court was upheld by the House of Commons. | |||
15 December 1955 Disqualification of Charles Beattie on the grounds that he occupied an office of profit under the Crown - he was a member of three Northern Ireland National Insurance and National Assistance Tribunals. | |||
7 February 1956 The disqualification was ratified by the House of Commons. | |||
March 1956 A Bill was passed indemnifying Charles Beattie of the consequences of sitting and voting in the House while disqualified, although it did not ratify his election. | |||
19 April 1956 A new writ for election was issued. | |||
8 May 1956 | 59,150/66,891 | 88.43 | |
Independent Conservative | 28,605 | 48.36 | |
Sinn Féin | 24,124 | 40.78 | |
Nationalist | 6,421 | 10.86 | |
Majority | 4,481 | 7.58 | |
Middlesbrough East | |||
43,314/59,563 | 72.72 | ||
Labour Party | 27,036 | 62.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,278 | 37.58 | |
Majority | 10,758 | 24.84 | |
Middlesbrough West | |||
43,629/52,916 | 82.45 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,495 | 58.44 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 18,134 | 41.56 | |
Majority | 7,361 | 16.87 | |
Middleton & Prestwich | |||
44,085/58,416 | 75.47 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,096 | 61.46 | |
Labour Party | 16,989 | 38.54 | |
Majority | 10,107 | 22.93 | |
Midlothian | |||
43,202/55,307 | 78.11 | ||
Labour Party | 25,994 | 60.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,208 | 39.83 | |
Majority | 8,786 | 20.34 | |
2 August 1959 Death of David Pryde. | |||
Mitcham | |||
58,006/72,028 | 80.53 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,798 | 56.54 | |
Labour Party | 25,208 | 43.46 | |
Majority | 7,590 | 13.08 | |
Monmouth | |||
40,143/49,252 | 81.51 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,970 | 57.22 | |
Labour Party | 17,173 | 42.78 | |
Majority | 5,797 | 14.44 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
23,542/31,983 | 73.61 | ||
Liberal Party | 16,021 | 68.05 | |
Labour Party | 7,521 | 31.95 | |
Majority | 8,500 | 36.11 | |
Moray & Nairnshire | |||
24,205/35,663 | 67.87 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,667 | 60.59 | |
Labour Party | 9,538 | 39.41 | |
Majority | 5,129 | 21.19 | |
Morecambe & Lonsdale | |||
41,711/56,089 | 74.37 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,706 | 71.22 | |
Labour Party | 12,005 | 28.78 | |
Majority | 17,701 | 42.44 | |
1 August 1958 Elevation of Sir William Fraser to the Peerage - Baron Fraser of Lonsdale. | |||
6 November 1958 | 36,615/57,349 | 63.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,923 | 65.34 | |
Labour Party | 12,692 | 34.66 | |
Majority | 11,231 | 30.67 | |
Morpeth | |||
36,071/44,866 | 80.40 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 25,452 | 70.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,619 | 29.44 | |
Majority | 14,833 | 41.12 | |
Motherwell | |||
37,409/48,875 | 76.54 | ||
Labour Party | 20,147 | 53.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,262 | 46.14 | |
Majority | 2,885 | 7.71 | |
Nantwich | |||
33,134/42,679 | 77.64 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,250 | 61.12 | |
Labour Party | 12,884 | 38.88 | |
Majority | 7,366 | 22.23 | |
Neath | |||
40,048/51,422 | 77.88 | ||
Labour Party | 30,581 | 76.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,467 | 23.64 | |
Majority | 21,114 | 52.72 | |
Nelson & Colne | |||
41,979/50,355 | 83.37 | ||
Labour Party | 22,135 | 52.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,844 | 47.27 | |
Majority | 2,291 | 5.46 | |
New Forest | |||
39,312/53,724 | 73.17 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,027 | 68.75 | |
Labour Party | 12,285 | 31.25 | |
Majority | 14,742 | 37.50 | |
Newark | |||
43,973/52,655 | 83.51 | ||
Labour Party | 23,057 | 52.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,916 | 47.57 | |
Majority | 2,141 | 4.87 | |
Newbury | |||
44,923/57,404 | 78.26 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,080 | 58.05 | |
Labour Party | 18,843 | 41.95 | |
Majority | 7,237 | 16.11 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central | |||
39,201/55,309 | 70.88 | ||
Labour Party | 26,102 | 66.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,099 | 33.41 | |
Majority | 13,003 | 33.17 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne East | |||
43,810/53,907 | 81.27 | ||
Labour Party | 22,816 | 52.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,994 | 47.92 | |
Majority | 1,822 | 4.16 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne North | |||
39,539/50,955 | 77.60 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 25,236 | 63.83 | |
Labour Party | 14,303 | 36.17 | |
Majority | 10,933 | 27.65 | |
12 February 1957 Elevation of Rt Hon Gwilym Lloyd George to the Peerage - Viscount Tenby. | |||
21 March 1957 | 31,572/49,240 | 64.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,017 | 60.23 | |
Labour Party | 12,555 | 39.77 | |
Majority | 6,462 | 20.47 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne West | |||
45,618/57,142 | 79.83 | ||
Labour Party | 25,401 | 55.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,217 | 44.32 | |
Majority | 5,184 | 11.36 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
49,883/61,776 | 80.75 | ||
Labour Party | 28,314 | 56.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,569 | 43.24 | |
Majority | 6,745 | 13.52 | |
Newport | |||
58,714/71,989 | 81.56 | ||
Labour Party | 31,537 | 53.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,177 | 46.29 | |
Majority | 4,360 | 7.43 | |
19 May 1956 Death of Peter Freeman. | |||
6 July 1956 | 51,903/71,943 | 72.14 | |
Labour Party | 29,205 | 56.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,720 | 39.92 | |
Plaid Cymru | 1,978 | 3.81 | |
Majority | 8,485 | 16.35 | |
Newton | |||
50,643/61,885 | 81.83 | ||
Labour Party | 29,299 | 57.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,344 | 42.15 | |
Majority | 7,955 | 15.71 | |
Normanton | |||
37,886/48,514 | 78.09 | ||
Labour Party | 27,846 | 73.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,040 | 26.50 | |
Majority | 17,806 | 47.00 | |
North Angus & Mearns | |||
26,839/37,146 | 72.25 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 18,516 | 68.99 | |
Labour Party | 8,323 | 31.01 | |
Majority | 10,193 | 37.98 | |
North Antrim | |||
48,572/67,315 | 72.16 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 41,763 | 85.98 | |
Sinn Féin | 6,809 | 14.02 | |
Majority | 34,954 | 71.96 | |
North Cornwall | |||
35,509/43,145 | 82.30 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,824 | 47.38 | |
Liberal Party | 15,220 | 42.86 | |
Labour Party | 3,465 | 9.76 | |
Majority | 1,604 | 4.52 | |
North Devon | |||
35,614/43,906 | 81.11 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,784 | 47.13 | |
Liberal Party | 11,558 | 32.45 | |
Labour Party | 7,272 | 20.42 | |
Majority | 5,226 | 14.67 | |
North Dorset | |||
36,286/44,142 | 82.20 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,906 | 52.10 | |
Liberal Party | 11,747 | 32.37 | |
Labour Party | 5,633 | 15.52 | |
Majority | 7,159 | 19.73 | |
7 May 1957 Death of Robert Fisher Crouch. | |||
27 June 1957 | 34,372/45,346 | 75.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,513 | 45.13 | |
Liberal Party | 12,411 | 36.11 | |
Labour Party | 6,278 | 18.26 | |
Independent | 170 | 0.49 | |
Majority | 3,102 | 9.02 | |
North Down | |||
51,952/84,968 | 61.14 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,315 | 96.85 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,637 | 3.15 | |
Majority | 48,678 | 93.70 | |
North East Derbyshire | |||
52,586/68,537 | 76.73 | ||
Labour Party | 34,965 | 66.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,621 | 33.51 | |
Majority | 17,344 | 32.98 | |
North Fylde | |||
32,964/48,081 | 68.56 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,812 | 72.24 | |
Labour Party | 9,152 | 27.76 | |
Majority | 14,660 | 44.47 | |
North Lanarkshire | |||
35,091/43,050 | 81.51 | ||
Labour Party | 20,307 | 57.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,784 | 42.13 | |
Majority | 5,523 | 15.74 | |
North Norfolk | |||
40,556/49,674 | 81.64 | ||
Labour Party | 20,899 | 51.53 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 19,657 | 48.47 | |
Majority | 1,242 | 3.06 | |
North Somerset | |||
49,787/58,282 | 85.42 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,985 | 54.20 | |
Labour Party | 22,802 | 45.80 | |
Majority | 4,183 | 8.40 | |
North West Durham | |||
40,226/50,885 | 79.05 | ||
Labour Party | 27,116 | 67.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,110 | 32.59 | |
Majority | 14,006 | 34.82 | |
Northampton | |||
60,890/73,712 | 82.61 | ||
Labour Party | 32,119 | 52.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,771 | 47.25 | |
Majority | 3,348 | 5.50 | |
Northwich | |||
34,839/43,691 | 79.74 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,697 | 59.41 | |
Labour Party | 14,142 | 40.59 | |
Majority | 6,555 | 18.82 | |
Norwich North | |||
30,769/40,843 | 75.33 | ||
Labour Party | 18,682 | 60.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,087 | 39.28 | |
Majority | 6,595 | 21.43 | |
Norwich South | |||
35,560/45,402 | 78.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,659 | 52.47 | |
Labour Party | 16,901 | 47.53 | |
Majority | 1,758 | 4.94 | |
Norwood | |||
44,630/59,385 | 75.15 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,831 | 55.64 | |
Labour Party | 19,799 | 44.36 | |
Majority | 5,032 | 11.27 | |
Nottingham Central | |||
41,048/56,463 | 72.70 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,903 | 50.92 | |
Labour Party | 20,145 | 49.08 | |
Majority | 758 | 1.85 | |
Nottingham North | |||
47,930/60,234 | 79.57 | ||
Labour Party | 26,552 | 55.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,462 | 42.69 | |
Communist Party | 916 | 1.91 | |
Majority | 6,090 | 12.71 | |
2 May 1959 Death of James Harrison. | |||
Nottingham South | |||
51,237/65,449 | 78.29 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,145 | 56.88 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 22,092 | 43.12 | |
Majority | 7,053 | 13.77 | |
Nottingham West | |||
47,170/61,969 | 76.12 | ||
Labour Party | 25,539 | 54.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,631 | 45.86 | |
Majority | 3,908 | 8.28 | |
Nuneaton | |||
44,988/56,452 | 79.69 | ||
Labour Party | 25,112 | 55.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,828 | 32.96 | |
Liberal Party | 5,048 | 11.22 | |
Majority | 10,284 | 22.86 | |
Ogmore | |||
44,026/55,976 | 78.65 | ||
Labour Party | 33,275 | 75.58 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,751 | 24.42 | |
Majority | 22,524 | 51.16 | |
Oldbury & Halesowen | |||
52,362/66,622 | 78.60 | ||
Labour Party | 24,123 | 46.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,068 | 36.42 | |
Liberal Party | 9,171 | 17.51 | |
Majority | 5,055 | 9.65 | |
Oldham East | |||
43,496/55,980 | 77.70 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,185 | 44.11 | |
Labour Party | 18,805 | 43.23 | |
Liberal Party | 5,506 | 12.66 | |
Majority | 380 | 0.87 | |
Oldham West | |||
42,429/54,352 | 78.06 | ||
Labour Party | 23,164 | 54.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,265 | 45.41 | |
Majority | 3,899 | 9.19 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
18,427/27,868 | 66.12 | ||
Liberal Party | 11,753 | 63.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,760 | 20.40 | |
Labour Party | 2,914 | 15.81 | |
Majority | 7,993 | 43.38 | |
5 November 1956 Jo Grimond elected Leader of the Liberal Party. | |||
Ormskirk | |||
39,593/54,198 | 73.05 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,066 | 68.36 | |
Labour Party | 12,527 | 31.64 | |
Majority | 14,539 | 36.72 | |
Orpington | |||
37,006/46,581 | 79.44 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,166 | 59.90 | |
Labour Party | 10,230 | 27.64 | |
Liberal Party | 4,610 | 12.46 | |
Majority | 11,936 | 32.25 | |
Oswestry | |||
35,293/50,289 | 70.18 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,859 | 64.77 | |
Labour Party | 12,434 | 35.23 | |
Majority | 10,425 | 29.54 | |
Oxford | |||
52,974/67,721 | 78.22 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,708 | 52.30 | |
Labour Party | 19,930 | 37.62 | |
Liberal Party | 5,336 | 10.07 | |
Majority | 7,778 | 14.68 | |
Paddington North | |||
30,832/42,689 | 72.22 | ||
Labour Party | 16,462 | 53.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,370 | 46.61 | |
Majority | 2,092 | 6.79 | |
Paddington South | |||
29,911/46,505 | 64.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,479 | 61.78 | |
Labour Party | 11,432 | 38.22 | |
Majority | 7,047 | 23.56 | |
Paisley | |||
47,548/63,276 | 75.14 | ||
Labour Party | 26,823 | 56.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,725 | 43.59 | |
Majority | 6,098 | 12.82 | |
Peckham | |||
38,862/61,050 | 63.66 | ||
Labour Party | 26,315 | 67.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,547 | 32.29 | |
Majority | 13,768 | 35.43 | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
52,412/62,381 | 84.02 | ||
Labour Party | 27,002 | 51.52 | |
Independent | 25,410 | 48.48 | |
Majority | 1,592 | 3.04 | |
Penistone | |||
47,228/59,029 | 80.01 | ||
Labour Party | 29,432 | 62.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,796 | 37.68 | |
Majority | 11,636 | 24.64 | |
6 February 1959 Death of Henry McGhee. | |||
11 June 1959 | 39,511/60,800 | 64.99 | |
Labour Party | 25,315 | 64.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,196 | 35.93 | |
Majority | 11,119 | 28.14 | |
Penrith & The Border | |||
39,620/50,875 | 77.88 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,791 | 57.52 | |
Labour Party | 9,119 | 23.02 | |
Liberal Party | 7,342 | 18.53 | |
Independent | 368 | 0.93 | |
Majority | 13,672 | 34.51 | |
Perth & East Perthshire | |||
40,488/55,054 | 73.54 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,948 | 56.68 | |
Scottish National Party | 9,227 | 22.79 | |
Labour Party | 8,313 | 20.53 | |
Majority | 13,721 | 33.89 | |
Peterborough | |||
49,400/59,513 | 83.01 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,319 | 53.28 | |
Labour Party | 23,081 | 46.72 | |
Majority | 3,238 | 6.55 | |
Petersfield | |||
35,562/50,994 | 69.74 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,826 | 69.81 | |
Labour Party | 10,736 | 30.19 | |
Majority | 14,090 | 39.62 | |
Plymouth Devonport | |||
52,642/68,235 | 77.15 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 24,821 | 47.15 | |
Labour Party | 24,721 | 46.96 | |
Liberal Party | 3,100 | 5.89 | |
Majority | 100 | 0.19 | |
Plymouth Sutton | |||
56,292/71,367 | 78.88 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,051 | 53.38 | |
Labour Party | 26,241 | 46.62 | |
Majority | 3,810 | 6.77 | |
Pontefract | |||
42,829/53,877 | 79.49 | ||
Labour Party | 32,646 | 76.22 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 10,183 | 23.78 | |
Majority | 22,463 | 52.45 | |
Pontypool | |||
36,172/46,920 | 77.09 | ||
Labour Party | 26,372 | 72.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,800 | 27.09 | |
Majority | 16,572 | 45.81 | |
2 August 1958 Elevation of Daniel West to the Peerage - Baron Granville-West. | |||
10 November 1958 | 29,200/47,332 | 61.69 | |
Labour Party | 20,000 | 68.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,273 | 21.48 | |
Plaid Cymru | 2,927 | 10.02 | |
Majority | 13,727 | 47.01 | |
Pontypridd | |||
40,599/54,214 | 74.89 | ||
Labour Party | 28,881 | 71.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,718 | 28.86 | |
Majority | 17,163 | 42.27 | |
Poole | |||
49,376/61,004 | 80.94 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,594 | 53.86 | |
Labour Party | 17,032 | 34.49 | |
Liberal Party | 5,750 | 11.65 | |
Majority | 9,562 | 19.37 | |
Poplar | |||
31,456/49,038 | 64.15 | ||
Labour Party | 25,642 | 81.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,814 | 18.48 | |
Majority | 19,828 | 63.03 | |
Portsmouth Langstone | |||
49,873/68,299 | 73.02 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,014 | 64.19 | |
Labour Party | 17,859 | 35.81 | |
Majority | 14,155 | 28.38 | |
Portsmouth South | |||
41,487/57,311 | 72.39 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,887 | 67.22 | |
Labour Party | 13,600 | 32.78 | |
Majority | 14,287 | 34.44 | |
Portsmouth West | |||
43,789/56,597 | 77.37 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,729 | 54.19 | |
Labour Party | 20,060 | 45.81 | |
Majority | 3,669 | 8.38 | |
Preston North | |||
41,717/51,220 | 81.45 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,310 | 53.48 | |
Labour Party | 19,407 | 46.52 | |
Majority | 2,903 | 6.96 | |
Preston South | |||
42,520/51,933 | 81.87 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,497 | 50.56 | |
Labour Party | 21,023 | 49.44 | |
Majority | 474 | 1.11 | |
Pudsey | |||
42,852/50,175 | 85.41 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,445 | 47.71 | |
Labour Party | 15,881 | 37.06 | |
Liberal Party | 6,526 | 15.23 | |
Majority | 4,564 | 10.65 | |
Putney | |||
50,743/66,776 | 75.99 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,969 | 57.09 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 21,774 | 42.91 | |
Majority | 7,195 | 14.18 | |
Reading | |||
50,218/59,678 | 84.15 | ||
Labour Party | 25,228 | 50.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,990 | 49.76 | |
Majority | 238 | 0.47 | |
Reigate | |||
44,113/56,013 | 78.75 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,210 | 61.68 | |
Labour Party | 16,903 | 38.32 | |
Majority | 10,307 | 23.36 | |
Rhondda East | |||
30,114/39,059 | 77.10 | ||
Labour Party | 21,859 | 72.59 | |
Communist Party | 4,544 | 15.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,711 | 12.32 | |
Majority | 17,315 | 57.50 | |
Rhondda West | |||
28,846/35,943 | 80.25 | ||
Labour Party | 21,288 | 73.80 | |
Plaid Cymru | 4,424 | 15.34 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,134 | 10.86 | |
Majority | 16,864 | 58.46 | |
Richmond (Surrey) | |||
47,567/61,365 | 77.51 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,628 | 58.08 | |
Labour Party | 14,673 | 30.85 | |
Liberal Party | 5,266 | 11.07 | |
Majority | 12,955 | 27.24 | |
Richmond (Yorks) | |||
33,953/50,490 | 67.25 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,979 | 73.57 | |
Labour Party | 8,974 | 26.43 | |
Majority | 16,005 | 47.14 | |
15 July 1959 Elevation of Sir Thomas Dugdale, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Crathorne. | |||
Ripon | |||
31,889/40,451 | 78.83 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,977 | 68.92 | |
Labour Party | 9,912 | 31.08 | |
Majority | 12,065 | 37.83 | |
Rochdale | |||
51,446/62,126 | 82.81 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,518 | 51.55 | |
Labour Party | 24,928 | 48.45 | |
Majority | 1,590 | 3.09 | |
16 December 1957 Death of Wentworth Schofield. | |||
12 February 1958 | 49,563/61,809 | 80.19 | |
Labour Party | 22,133 | 44.66 | |
Liberal Party | 17,603 | 35.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,827 | 19.83 | |
Majority | 4,530 | 9.14 | |
Rochester & Chatham | |||
50,843/61,819 | 82.24 | ||
Labour Party | 26,645 | 52.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,198 | 47.59 | |
Majority | 2,447 | 4.81 | |
Romford | |||
52,027/68,942 | 75.46 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 27,326 | 52.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,701 | 47.48 | |
Majority | 2,625 | 5.05 | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
15,932/25,746 | 61.88 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 9,929 | 62.32 | |
Labour Party | 6,003 | 37.68 | |
Majority | 3,926 | 24.64 | |
Rossendale | |||
44,033/52,288 | 84.21 | ||
Labour Party | 23,472 | 53.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,561 | 46.69 | |
Majority | 2,911 | 6.61 | |
Rother Valley | |||
52,884/67,132 | 78.78 | ||
Labour Party | 39,968 | 75.58 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,916 | 24.42 | |
Majority | 27,052 | 51.15 | |
Rotherham | |||
43,305/55,971 | 77.37 | ||
Labour Party | 27,423 | 63.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,882 | 36.67 | |
Majority | 11,541 | 26.65 | |
Rowley Regis & Tipton | |||
43,164/59,908 | 72.05 | ||
Labour Party | 28,166 | 65.25 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,998 | 34.75 | |
Majority | 13,168 | 30.51 | |
Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles | |||
45,976/56,907 | 80.79 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,925 | 47.69 | |
Liberal Party | 14,755 | 32.09 | |
Labour Party | 9,296 | 20.22 | |
Majority | 7,170 | 15.60 | |
Rugby | |||
39,314/46,011 | 85.44 | ||
Labour Party | 19,709 | 50.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,331 | 46.63 | |
Independent | 1,274 | 3.24 | |
Majority | 1,378 | 3.51 | |
Eric Shafer was opposed to the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. | |||
Ruislip-Northwood | |||
38,057/47,698 | 79.79 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,806 | 65.18 | |
Labour Party | 13,251 | 34.82 | |
Majority | 11,555 | 30.36 | |
Runcorn | |||
38,534/47,487 | 81.15 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,682 | 64.05 | |
Labour Party | 13,852 | 35.95 | |
Majority | 10,830 | 28.11 | |
Rushcliffe | |||
45,375/54,760 | 82.86 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,509 | 51.81 | |
Labour Party | 21,866 | 48.19 | |
Majority | 1,643 | 3.62 | |
Rutherglen | |||
36,181/43,016 | 84.11 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,141 | 52.90 | |
Labour Party | 17,040 | 47.10 | |
Majority | 2,101 | 5.81 | |
Rutland & Stamford | |||
32,531/40,818 | 79.70 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,675 | 54.33 | |
Labour Party | 14,856 | 45.67 | |
Majority | 2,819 | 8.67 | |
Rye | |||
39,060/53,223 | 73.39 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,500 | 72.96 | |
Labour Party | 10,560 | 27.04 | |
Majority | 17,940 | 45.93 | |
Saffron Walden | |||
38,133/47,922 | 79.57 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,671 | 54.21 | |
Labour Party | 14,253 | 37.38 | |
Liberal Party | 3,209 | 8.42 | |
Majority | 6,418 | 16.83 | |
Salford East | |||
38,974/55,853 | 69.78 | ||
Labour Party | 20,351 | 52.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,623 | 47.78 | |
Majority | 1,728 | 4.43 | |
Salford West | |||
43,967/58,701 | 74.90 | ||
Labour Party | 22,413 | 50.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,554 | 49.02 | |
Majority | 859 | 1.95 | |
Salisbury | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,271 | 53.43 | |
Labour Party | 12,632 | 33.29 | |
Liberal Party | 5,037 | 13.28 | |
Majority | 7,639 | 20.13 | |
Scarborough & Whitby | |||
46,836/64,531 | 72.58 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,133 | 57.93 | |
Labour Party | 10,488 | 22.39 | |
Liberal Party | 9,215 | 19.68 | |
Majority | 16,645 | 35.54 | |
Sedgefield | |||
45,589/57,031 | 79.94 | ||
Labour Party | 27,221 | 59.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,368 | 40.29 | |
Majority | 8,853 | 19.42 | |
Sevenoaks | |||
46,794/59,937 | 78.07 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,936 | 61.84 | |
Labour Party | 17,858 | 38.16 | |
Majority | 11,078 | 23.67 | |
Sheffield Attercliffe | |||
46,574/64,601 | 72.09 | ||
Labour Party | 33,071 | 71.01 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 13,503 | 28.99 | |
Majority | 19,568 | 42.01 | |
Sheffield Brightside | |||
41,343/58,156 | 71.09 | ||
Labour Party | 27,643 | 66.86 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 12,239 | 29.60 | |
Communist Party | 1,461 | 3.53 | |
Majority | 15,404 | 37.26 | |
Sheffield Hallam | |||
45,399/61,231 | 74.14 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 30,069 | 66.23 | |
Labour Party | 15,330 | 33.77 | |
Majority | 14,739 | 32.47 | |
22 July 1955 A House of Commons Select Committee found that Sir Roland Jennings had been a public auditor approved by HM Treasury, a position which would enable him to have been paid by HM Treasury rendering it technically an office of profit under the Crown. The Select Committee found that Sir Roland Jennings was technically disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons, but recommended that Parliament pass a Bill changing the law and indemnifying Jennings and others from the consequences of acting as an MP while disqualified. | |||
Sheffield Heeley | |||
50,545/65,667 | 76.97 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 30,798 | 60.93 | |
Labour Party | 19,747 | 39.07 | |
Majority | 11,051 | 21.86 | |
Sheffield Hillsborough | |||
39,866/54,643 | 72.96 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 23,438 | 58.79 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 16,428 | 41.21 | |
Majority | 7,010 | 17.58 | |
Sheffield Park | |||
39,469/55,373 | 71.28 | ||
Labour Party | 28,904 | 73.23 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 10,565 | 26.77 | |
Majority | 18,339 | 46.46 | |
Shipley | |||
39,833/46,205 | 86.21 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,582 | 56.69 | |
Labour Party | 17,251 | 43.31 | |
Majority | 5,331 | 13.38 | |
Shoreditch & Finsbury | |||
34,716/56,393 | 61.56 | ||
Labour Party | 25,500 | 73.45 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,216 | 26.55 | |
Majority | 16,284 | 46.91 | |
2 August 1958 Elevation of Victor Collins to the Peerage - Baron Stonham. | |||
27 November 1958 | 13,433/54,073 | 24.84 | |
Labour Party | 10,214 | 76.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,219 | 23.96 | |
Majority | 6,995 | 52.07 | |
Shrewsbury | |||
35,045/45,239 | 77.47 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,319 | 60.83 | |
Labour Party | 13,726 | 39.17 | |
Majority | 7,593 | 21.67 | |
Skipton | |||
41,020/49,710 | 82.52 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,101 | 61.19 | |
Labour Party | 15,919 | 38.81 | |
Majority | 9,182 | 22.38 | |
Smethwick | |||
39,807/52,748 | 75.47 | ||
Labour Party | 23,151 | 58.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,656 | 41.84 | |
Majority | 6,495 | 16.32 | |
Solihull | |||
40,623/51,897 | 78.28 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,323 | 72.18 | |
Labour Party | 11,300 | 27.82 | |
Majority | 18,023 | 44.37 | |
South Angus | |||
32,963/44,796 | 73.58 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 23,967 | 72.71 | |
Labour Party | 8,996 | 27.29 | |
Majority | 14,971 | 45.42 | |
South Antrim | |||
55,502/64,939 | 85.47 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,347 | 90.71 | |
Sinn Féin | 5,155 | 9.29 | |
Majority | 45,192 | 81.42 | |
South Ayrshire | |||
35,347/46,007 | 76.83 | ||
Labour Party | 21,778 | 61.61 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,569 | 38.39 | |
Majority | 8,209 | 23.22 | |
South Bedfordshire | |||
44,262/54,050 | 81.89 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 23,365 | 52.79 | |
Labour Party | 20,897 | 47.21 | |
Majority | 2,468 | 5.58 | |
South Buckinghamshire | |||
47,234/60,501 | 78.07 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,165 | 61.75 | |
Labour Party | 11,184 | 23.68 | |
Liberal Party | 6,885 | 14.58 | |
Majority | 17,981 | 38.07 | |
South Dorset | |||
43,619/55,039 | 79.25 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,119 | 50.71 | |
Labour Party | 16,702 | 38.29 | |
Liberal Party | 4,798 | 11.00 | |
Majority | 5,417 | 12.42 | |
May 1957 Viscount Hinchingbrooke resigns the Conservative whip over the "capitulation of the Conservative government" regarding the Suez crisis. | |||
1958 Viscount Hinchingbrooke is readmitted under the Conservative whip. | |||
South Down | |||
57,545/77,832 | 73.93 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,921 | 65.90 | |
Sinn Féin | 19,624 | 34.10 | |
Majority | 18,297 | 31.80 | |
South East Derbyshire | |||
49,659/60,476 | 82.11 | ||
Labour Party | 25,620 | 51.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,039 | 48.41 | |
Majority | 1,581 | 3.18 | |
South East Essex | |||
34,372/47,132 | 72.93 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,531 | 59.73 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 13,841 | 40.27 | |
Majority | 6,690 | 19.46 | |
South Fylde | |||
44,013/60,623 | 72.60 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,204 | 75.44 | |
Labour Party | 10,809 | 24.56 | |
Majority | 22,395 | 50.88 | |
South Gloucestershire | |||
41,794/51,166 | 81.68 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,760 | 52.06 | |
Labour Party | 20,034 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 1,726 | 4.13 | |
South Norfolk | |||
35,905/43,887 | 81.81 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,690 | 52.05 | |
Labour Party | 17,215 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 1,475 | 4.11 | |
South Northamptonshire | |||
38,836/47,614 | 81.56 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,497 | 55.35 | |
Labour Party | 17,339 | 44.65 | |
Majority | 4,158 | 10.71 | |
South Shields | |||
53,216/74,340 | 71.58 | ||
Labour Party | 31,734 | 59.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,482 | 40.37 | |
Majority | 10,252 | 19.26 | |
South West Hertfordshire | |||
50,725/62,383 | 81.31 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,847 | 56.87 | |
Labour Party | 21,878 | 43.13 | |
Majority | 6,969 | 13.74 | |
South West Norfolk | |||
33,369/40,396 | 82.60 | ||
Labour Party | 16,781 | 50.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,588 | 49.71 | |
Majority | 193 | 0.58 | |
9 December 1958 Death of Sidney Dye. | |||
25 March 1959 | 30,059/39,971 | 75.20 | |
Labour Party | 15,314 | 50.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,960 | 46.44 | |
Nat Ind | 785 | 2.61 | |
Majority | 1,354 | 4.50 | |
Andrew Fountaine received some support from the National Labour Party. | |||
South Worcestershire | |||
40,642/55,730 | 72.93 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,811 | 65.97 | |
Labour Party | 13,831 | 34.03 | |
Majority | 12,980 | 31.94 | |
Southall | |||
44,079/57,633 | 76.48 | ||
Labour Party | 25,207 | 57.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,872 | 42.81 | |
Majority | 6,335 | 14.37 | |
Southampton Itchen | |||
52,527/67,098 | 78.28 | ||
Labour Party | 29,149 | 55.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,378 | 44.51 | |
Majority | 5,771 | 10.99 | |
Southampton Test | |||
52,155/66,256 | 78.72 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,707 | 51.21 | |
Labour Party | 22,865 | 43.84 | |
Liberal Party | 2,583 | 4.95 | |
Majority | 3,842 | 7.37 | |
Southend East | |||
41,158/55,635 | 73.98 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,958 | 58.21 | |
Labour Party | 17,200 | 41.79 | |
Majority | 6,758 | 16.42 | |
Southend West | |||
42,567/57,424 | 74.13 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,326 | 64.20 | |
Labour Party | 8,866 | 20.83 | |
Liberal Party | 6,375 | 14.98 | |
Majority | 18,460 | 43.37 | |
7 October 1958 Death of Sir Henry Channon. | |||
29 January 1959 | 26,087/60,773 | 42.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,493 | 55.56 | |
Liberal Party | 6,314 | 24.20 | |
Labour Party | 5,280 | 20.24 | |
Majority | 8,179 | 31.35 | |
Southgate | |||
42,992/55,745 | 77.12 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,794 | 62.32 | |
Labour Party | 8,584 | 19.97 | |
Liberal Party | 7,614 | 17.71 | |
Majority | 18,210 | 42.36 | |
Southport | |||
43,095/62,618 | 68.82 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,268 | 70.24 | |
Labour Party | 12,827 | 29.76 | |
Majority | 17,441 | 40.47 | |
Southwark | |||
40,077/66,592 | 60.18 | ||
Labour Party | 28,174 | 70.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,944 | 27.31 | |
Communist Party | 959 | 2.39 | |
Majority | 17,230 | 42.99 | |
Sowerby | |||
44,447/54,631 | 81.36 | ||
Labour Party | 20,092 | 45.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,309 | 38.94 | |
Liberal Party | 7,046 | 15.85 | |
Majority | 2,783 | 6.26 | |
Spelthorne | |||
35,794/46,050 | 77.73 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,888 | 58.36 | |
Labour Party | 14,906 | 41.64 | |
Majority | 5,982 | 16.71 | |
St Albans | |||
37,935/47,827 | 79.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,828 | 57.54 | |
Labour Party | 16,107 | 42.46 | |
Majority | 5,721 | 15.08 | |
St Helens | |||
55,591/75,588 | 73.54 | ||
Labour Party | 35,737 | 64.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,854 | 35.71 | |
Majority | 15,883 | 28.57 | |
1 April 1958 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Hartley Shawcross. | |||
12 June 1958 | 40,816/74,695 | 54.64 | |
Labour Party | 26,405 | 64.69 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,411 | 35.31 | |
Majority | 11,994 | 29.39 | |
St Ives | |||
32,811/44,374 | 73.94 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 17,063 | 52.00 | |
Labour Party | 9,728 | 29.65 | |
Liberal Party | 6,020 | 18.35 | |
Majority | 7,335 | 22.36 | |
St Marylebone | |||
37,205/57,648 | 64.54 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,302 | 70.69 | |
Labour Party | 10,903 | 29.31 | |
Majority | 15,399 | 41.39 | |
St Pancras North | |||
43,561/62,739 | 69.43 | ||
Labour Party | 24,670 | 56.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,588 | 40.38 | |
Communist Party | 1,303 | 2.99 | |
Majority | 7,082 | 16.26 | |
Stafford & Stone | |||
43,756/55,395 | 78.99 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,206 | 59.89 | |
Labour Party | 17,550 | 40.11 | |
Majority | 8,656 | 19.78 | |
Stalybridge & Hyde | |||
47,079/56,359 | 83.53 | ||
Labour Party | 23,617 | 50.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,462 | 49.84 | |
Majority | 155 | 0.33 | |
Stepney | |||
37,913/65,601 | 57.79 | ||
Labour Party | 27,677 | 73.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,733 | 15.12 | |
Communist Party | 2,888 | 7.62 | |
Liberal Party | 1,615 | 4.26 | |
Majority | 21,944 | 57.88 | |
Stirling & Falkirk Burghs | |||
42,881/53,832 | 79.66 | ||
Labour Party | 20,651 | 48.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,345 | 45.11 | |
Scottish National Party | 2,885 | 6.73 | |
Majority | 1,306 | 3.05 | |
Stockport North | |||
42,527/53,271 | 79.83 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,547 | 55.37 | |
Labour Party | 18,980 | 44.63 | |
Majority | 4,567 | 10.74 | |
Stockport South | |||
37,310/47,251 | 78.96 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,698 | 55.48 | |
Labour Party | 16,612 | 44.52 | |
Majority | 4,086 | 10.95 | |
Stockton-on-Tees | |||
43,029/51,366 | 83.77 | ||
Labour Party | 23,422 | 54.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,607 | 45.57 | |
Majority | 3,815 | 8.87 | |
Stoke Newington & Hackney North | |||
44,331/65,821 | 67.35 | ||
Labour Party | 25,253 | 56.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,165 | 34.21 | |
Liberal Party | 2,388 | 5.39 | |
Communist Party | 1,525 | 3.44 | |
Majority | 10,088 | 22.76 | |
Stoke-on-Trent Central | |||
44,549/62,444 | 71.34 | ||
Labour Party | 28,452 | 63.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,097 | 36.13 | |
Majority | 12,355 | 27.73 | |
Stoke-on-Trent North | |||
44,072/58,518 | 75.31 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 29,473 | 66.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,599 | 33.13 | |
Majority | 14,874 | 33.75 | |
Stoke-on-Trent South | |||
48,742/66,212 | 73.62 | ||
Labour Party | 31,003 | 63.61 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,739 | 36.39 | |
Majority | 13,264 | 27.21 | |
Stratford | |||
35,862/47,451 | 75.58 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,587 | 68.56 | |
Labour Party | 11,275 | 31.44 | |
Majority | 13,312 | 37.12 | |
Streatham | |||
39,456/52,727 | 74.83 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,862 | 65.55 | |
Labour Party | 13,594 | 34.45 | |
Majority | 12,268 | 31.09 | |
Stretford | |||
54,368/71,410 | 76.13 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,101 | 60.88 | |
Labour Party | 21,267 | 39.12 | |
Majority | 11,834 | 21.77 | |
Stroud | |||
47,182/55,962 | 84.31 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,318 | 49.42 | |
Labour Party | 19,375 | 41.06 | |
Liberal Party | 4,489 | 9.51 | |
Majority | 3,943 | 8.36 | |
Sudbury & Woodbridge | |||
46,940/58,890 | 79.71 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,185 | 53.65 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,995 | 38.34 | |
Liberal Party | 3,760 | 8.01 | |
Majority | 7,190 | 15.32 | |
Sunderland North | |||
45,638/60,255 | 75.74 | ||
Labour Party | 24,237 | 53.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,401 | 46.89 | |
Majority | 2,836 | 6.21 | |
Sunderland South | |||
47,680/61,615 | 77.38 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,727 | 51.86 | |
Labour Party | 22,953 | 48.14 | |
Majority | 1,774 | 3.72 | |
1957 Paul Williams resigns the Conservative whip in protest at the Government's actions over Suez. | |||
Surbiton | |||
35,243/44,331 | 79.50 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,863 | 64.87 | |
Labour Party | 12,380 | 35.13 | |
Majority | 10,483 | 29.74 | |
Sutton & Cheam | |||
44,743/58,529 | 76.45 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,538 | 66.02 | |
Labour Party | 15,205 | 33.98 | |
Majority | 14,333 | 32.03 | |
Sutton Coldfield | |||
45,117/58,839 | 76.68 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,552 | 69.93 | |
Labour Party | 13,565 | 30.07 | |
Majority | 17,987 | 39.87 | |
Swansea East | |||
38,924/54,010 | 72.07 | ||
Labour Party | 28,198 | 72.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,726 | 27.56 | |
Majority | 17,472 | 44.89 | |
Swansea West | |||
44,273/58,923 | 75.14 | ||
Labour Party | 22,647 | 51.15 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,626 | 48.85 | |
Majority | 1,021 | 2.31 | |
Swindon | |||
39,913/49,879 | 80.02 | ||
Labour Party | 21,926 | 54.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,987 | 45.07 | |
Majority | 3,939 | 9.87 | |
Taunton | |||
44,066/51,564 | 85.46 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,962 | 52.11 | |
Labour Party | 17,420 | 39.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,684 | 8.36 | |
Majority | 5,542 | 12.58 | |
19 January 1956 Elevation of Rt Hon Henry Hopkinson to the Peerage - Baron Colyton. | |||
14 February 1956 | 38,983/51,978 | 75.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,820 | 50.84 | |
Labour Party | 19,163 | 49.16 | |
Majority | 657 | 1.69 | |
Tavistock | |||
34,685/45,096 | 76.91 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,991 | 54.75 | |
Labour Party | 8,755 | 25.24 | |
Liberal Party | 6,939 | 20.01 | |
Majority | 10,236 | 29.51 | |
The Hartlepools | |||
48,705/59,512 | 81.84 | ||
Labour Party | 25,145 | 51.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,560 | 48.37 | |
Majority | 1,585 | 3.25 | |
The Wrekin | |||
37,560/46,897 | 80.09 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,019 | 50.64 | |
Labour Party | 18,541 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 478 | 1.27 | |
Thirsk & Malton | |||
36,849/50,212 | 73.39 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,467 | 69.11 | |
Labour Party | 11,382 | 30.89 | |
Majority | 14,085 | 38.22 | |
Thurrock | |||
47,421/63,030 | 75.24 | ||
Labour Party | 31,375 | 66.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,046 | 33.84 | |
Majority | 15,329 | 32.33 | |
Tiverton | |||
36,526/47,858 | 76.32 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,475 | 64.27 | |
Labour Party | 13,051 | 35.73 | |
Majority | 10,424 | 28.54 | |
Tonbridge | |||
48,846/64,709 | 75.49 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,521 | 60.44 | |
Labour Party | 19,325 | 39.56 | |
Majority | 10,196 | 20.87 | |
7 May 1956 Resignation of Gerald Williams. | |||
7 June 1956 | 39,428/65,100 | 60.57 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,515 | 52.03 | |
Labour Party | 18,913 | 47.97 | |
Majority | 1,602 | 4.06 | |
Torquay | |||
49,336/65,353 | 75.49 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,777 | 60.36 | |
Labour Party | 12,547 | 25.43 | |
Liberal Party | 7,012 | 14.21 | |
Majority | 17,230 | 34.92 | |
28 October 1955 Death of Rt Hon Charles Williams. | |||
15 December 1955 | 41,122/65,702 | 62.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,964 | 50.98 | |
Labour Party | 10,383 | 25.25 | |
Liberal Party | 9,775 | 23.77 | |
Majority | 10,581 | 25.73 | |
Torrington | |||
30,936/44,712 | 69.19 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 20,124 | 65.05 | |
Labour Party | 10,812 | 34.95 | |
Majority | 9,312 | 30.10 | |
17 February 1958 Succession of Hon George Lambert to the Peerage - 2nd Viscount Lambert. | |||
27 March 1958 | 35,294/43,790 | 80.60 | |
Liberal Party | 13,408 | 37.99 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 13,189 | 37.37 | |
Labour Party | 8,697 | 24.64 | |
Majority | 219 | 0.62 | |
Totnes | |||
50,639/62,710 | 80.75 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,381 | 52.10 | |
Labour Party | 14,787 | 29.20 | |
Liberal Party | 9,471 | 18.70 | |
Majority | 11,594 | 22.90 | |
Tottenham | |||
44,389/63,242 | 70.19 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 26,636 | 60.01 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,753 | 39.99 | |
Majority | 8,883 | 20.01 | |
Truro | |||
43,139/54,798 | 78.72 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,900 | 46.13 | |
Labour Party | 15,183 | 35.20 | |
Liberal Party | 8,056 | 18.67 | |
Majority | 4,717 | 10.93 | |
Twickenham | |||
57,802/75,106 | 76.96 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,726 | 58.35 | |
Labour Party | 17,450 | 30.19 | |
Liberal Party | 6,626 | 11.46 | |
Majority | 16,276 | 28.16 | |
Tynemouth | |||
56,144/70,758 | 79.35 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,949 | 55.12 | |
Labour Party | 20,113 | 35.82 | |
Liberal Party | 5,082 | 9.05 | |
Majority | 10,836 | 19.30 | |
Uxbridge | |||
43,612/53,372 | 81.71 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 22,244 | 51.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,368 | 49.00 | |
Majority | 876 | 2.01 | |
Vauxhall | |||
29,712/47,354 | 62.74 | ||
Labour Party | 19,220 | 64.69 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,492 | 35.31 | |
Majority | 8,728 | 29.38 | |
Wakefield | |||
46,615/59,828 | 77.92 | ||
Labour Party | 28,180 | 60.45 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,435 | 39.55 | |
Majority | 9,745 | 20.91 | |
Wallasey | |||
52,856/73,149 | 72.26 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,537 | 63.45 | |
Labour Party | 19,319 | 36.55 | |
Majority | 14,218 | 26.90 | |
Wallsend | |||
59,900/73,928 | 81.02 | ||
Labour Party | 34,625 | 57.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,275 | 42.20 | |
Majority | 9,350 | 15.61 | |
Walsall North | |||
42,635/55,357 | 77.02 | ||
Labour Party | 26,665 | 62.54 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 15,970 | 37.46 | |
Majority | 10,695 | 25.09 | |
Walsall South | |||
45,728/56,990 | 80.24 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,077 | 52.65 | |
Labour Party | 21,651 | 47.35 | |
Majority | 2,426 | 5.31 | |
Walthamstow East | |||
36,499/45,169 | 80.81 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,873 | 46.23 | |
Labour Party | 15,744 | 43.14 | |
Liberal Party | 3,882 | 10.64 | |
Majority | 1,129 | 3.09 | |
Walthamstow West | |||
29,404/40,570 | 72.48 | ||
Labour Party | 19,327 | 65.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,077 | 34.27 | |
Majority | 9,250 | 31.46 | |
9 December 1955 Elevation of Rt Hon Clement Attlee to the Peerage - Earl Attlee. | |||
1 March 1956 | 20,698/39,839 | 51.95 | |
Labour Party | 13,388 | 64.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,184 | 20.21 | |
Liberal Party | 3,037 | 14.67 | |
Independent | 89 | 0.43 | |
Majority | 9,204 | 44.47 | |
Wandsworth Central | |||
48,046/64,276 | 74.75 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,655 | 49.23 | |
Labour Party | 24,391 | 50.77 | |
Warrington | |||
39,796/53,826 | 73.93 | ||
Labour Party | 22,721 | 57.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,075 | 42.91 | |
Majority | 5,646 | 14.19 | |
Warwick & Leamington | |||
46,492/59,019 | 78.77 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,979 | 64.48 | |
Labour Party | 16,513 | 35.52 | |
Majority | 13,466 | 28.96 | |
11 January 1957 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Anthony Eden. | |||
7 March 1957 | 47,739/61,315 | 77.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,948 | 52.26 | |
Labour Party | 22,791 | 47.74 | |
Majority | 2,157 | 4.52 | |
Watford | |||
43,375/52,662 | 82.36 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,546 | 51.98 | |
Labour Party | 20,829 | 48.02 | |
Majority | 1,717 | 3.96 | |
Wednesbury | |||
43,184/59,260 | 72.87 | ||
Labour Party | 26,064 | 60.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,120 | 39.64 | |
Majority | 8,944 | 20.71 | |
26 November 1956 Resignation of Stanley Evans. | |||
28 February 1957 | 35,763/59,602 | 60.00 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 22,235 | 62.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,999 | 27.96 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,529 | 9.87 | |
Majority | 12,236 | 34.21 | |
M Wade fought the election entirely on the issue of the cost of living. The local Liberal Association issued a statement of qualified approval for his candidature. | |||
Wellingborough | |||
44,564/51,811 | 86.01 | ||
Labour Party | 22,745 | 51.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,819 | 48.96 | |
Majority | 926 | 2.08 | |
Wells | |||
45,369/57,057 | 79.52 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,624 | 56.48 | |
Labour Party | 19,745 | 43.52 | |
Majority | 5,879 | 12.96 | |
Wembley North | |||
40,209/48,874 | 82.27 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,701 | 56.46 | |
Labour Party | 12,592 | 31.32 | |
Liberal Party | 4,916 | 12.23 | |
Majority | 10,109 | 25.14 | |
Wembley South | |||
37,648/46,650 | 80.70 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,052 | 58.57 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 15,596 | 41.43 | |
Majority | 6,456 | 17.15 | |
West Aberdeenshire | |||
34,209/47,125 | 72.59 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,216 | 59.10 | |
Labour Party | 9,288 | 27.15 | |
Liberal Party | 4,705 | 13.75 | |
Majority | 10,928 | 31.94 | |
West Bromwich | |||
42,464/60,485 | 70.21 | ||
Labour Party | 26,242 | 61.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,222 | 38.20 | |
Majority | 10,020 | 23.60 | |
West Derbyshire | |||
35,348/44,170 | 80.03 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,052 | 59.56 | |
Labour Party | 14,296 | 40.44 | |
Majority | 6,756 | 19.11 | |
West Dorset | |||
35,251/44,026 | 80.07 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,007 | 59.59 | |
Labour Party | 14,244 | 40.41 | |
Majority | 6,763 | 19.19 | |
West Dunbartonshire | |||
41,756/49,217 | 84.84 | ||
Labour Party | 21,854 | 52.34 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,902 | 47.66 | |
Majority | 1,952 | 4.67 | |
West Fife | |||
42,876/53,417 | 80.27 | ||
Labour Party | 26,849 | 62.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,638 | 24.81 | |
Communist Party | 5,389 | 12.57 | |
Majority | 16,211 | 37.81 | |
West Flintshire | |||
37,668/46,529 | 80.96 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,980 | 55.70 | |
Labour Party | 12,628 | 33.52 | |
Liberal Party | 4,060 | 10.78 | |
Majority | 8,352 | 22.17 | |
West Gloucestershire | |||
40,712/51,772 | 78.64 | ||
Labour Party | 22,366 | 54.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,346 | 45.06 | |
Majority | 4,020 | 9.87 | |
West Ham North | |||
41,354/61,346 | 67.41 | ||
Labour Party | 27,249 | 65.89 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,712 | 25.90 | |
Liberal Party | 3,393 | 8.20 | |
Majority | 16,537 | 39.99 | |
West Ham South | |||
35,448/53,862 | 65.81 | ||
Labour Party | 29,451 | 83.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,997 | 16.92 | |
Majority | 23,454 | 66.16 | |
West Lothian | |||
43,001/57,045 | 75.38 | ||
Labour Party | 25,654 | 59.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,347 | 40.34 | |
Majority | 8,307 | 19.32 | |
West Renfrewshire | |||
38,526/46,407 | 83.02 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21,283 | 55.24 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,243 | 44.76 | |
Majority | 4,040 | 10.49 | |
West Stirlingshire | |||
34,656/43,098 | 80.41 | ||
Labour Party | 18,935 | 54.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,721 | 45.36 | |
Majority | 3,214 | 9.27 | |
Westbury | |||
43,144/52,334 | 82.44 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,684 | 45.62 | |
Labour Party | 16,295 | 37.77 | |
Liberal Party | 7,165 | 16.61 | |
Majority | 3,389 | 7.86 | |
Western Isles | |||
14,802/24,856 | 59.55 | ||
Labour Party | 8,487 | 57.34 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 6,315 | 42.66 | |
Majority | 2,172 | 14.67 | |
Westhoughton | |||
45,748/55,151 | 82.95 | ||
Labour Party | 27,900 | 60.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,848 | 39.01 | |
Majority | 10,052 | 21.97 | |
Westmorland | |||
36,637/47,222 | 77.58 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,048 | 57.45 | |
Labour Party | 7,901 | 21.57 | |
Liberal Party | 7,688 | 20.98 | |
Majority | 13,147 | 35.88 | |
Weston-super-Mare | |||
43,632/59,135 | 73.78 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,357 | 62.70 | |
Labour Party | 16,275 | 37.30 | |
Majority | 11,082 | 25.40 | |
27 April 1958 Death of Sir Ian Orr-Ewing. | |||
12 June 1958 | 43,784/59,758 | 73.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,271 | 48.58 | |
Labour Party | 11,925 | 27.24 | |
Liberal Party | 10,588 | 24.18 | |
Majority | 9,346 | 21.35 | |
Whitehaven | |||
38,502/45,957 | 83.78 | ||
Labour Party | 22,348 | 58.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,154 | 41.96 | |
Majority | 6,194 | 16.09 | |
25 April 1959 Death of Frank Anderson. | |||
18 June 1959 | 36,626/46,246 | 79.20 | |
Labour Party | 21,475 | 58.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,151 | 41.37 | |
Majority | 6,324 | 17.27 | |
Widnes | |||
38,197/45,990 | 83.06 | ||
Labour Party | 19,823 | 51.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,374 | 48.10 | |
Majority | 1,449 | 3.79 | |
Wigan | |||
46,205/57,575 | 80.25 | ||
Labour Party | 29,755 | 64.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,883 | 32.21 | |
Communist Party | 1,567 | 3.39 | |
Majority | 14,872 | 32.19 | |
14 March 1958 Death of Ronald Williams. | |||
12 June 1958 | 38,635/54,956 | 70.30 | |
Labour Party | 27,415 | 70.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,248 | 26.53 | |
Communist Party | 972 | 2.52 | |
Majority | 17,167 | 44.43 | |
Willesden East | |||
46,135/60,604 | 76.13 | ||
Labour Party | 23,397 | 50.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,738 | 49.29 | |
Majority | 659 | 1.43 | |
Willesden West | |||
47,259/63,559 | 74.35 | ||
Labour Party | 29,185 | 61.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,074 | 38.24 | |
Majority | 11,111 | 23.51 | |
Wimbledon | |||
33,734/43,099 | 78.27 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,112 | 65.55 | |
Labour Party | 11,622 | 34.45 | |
Majority | 10,490 | 31.10 | |
Winchester | |||
36,418/47,464 | 76.73 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,827 | 65.43 | |
Labour Party | 12,591 | 34.57 | |
Majority | 11,236 | 30.85 | |
Windsor | |||
40,056/54,649 | 73.30 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,390 | 63.39 | |
Labour Party | 14,666 | 36.61 | |
Majority | 10,724 | 26.77 | |
Wirral | |||
49,003/64,082 | 76.47 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,027 | 67.40 | |
Labour Party | 15,976 | 32.60 | |
Majority | 17,051 | 34.80 | |
Woking | |||
43,253/57,119 | 75.72 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,860 | 64.41 | |
Labour Party | 15,393 | 35.59 | |
Majority | 12,467 | 28.82 | |
Wokingham | |||
43,417/56,657 | 76.63 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,843 | 59.52 | |
Labour Party | 12,895 | 29.70 | |
Liberal Party | 4,679 | 10.78 | |
Majority | 12,948 | 29.82 | |
Wolverhampton North East | |||
37,983/53,171 | 71.44 | ||
Labour Party | 23,596 | 62.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,387 | 37.88 | |
Majority | 9,209 | 24.25 | |
Wolverhampton South West | |||
42,216/54,303 | 77.74 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,318 | 59.97 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 16,898 | 40.03 | |
Majority | 8,420 | 19.95 | |
Wood Green | |||
47,334/63,015 | 75.12 | ||
Labour and Co-operative Party | 25,523 | 53.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,811 | 46.08 | |
Majority | 3,712 | 7.84 | |
Woodford | |||
34,330/45,193 | 75.96 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,069 | 73.02 | |
Labour Party | 9,261 | 26.98 | |
Majority | 15,808 | 46.05 | |
Woolwich East | |||
36,204/48,964 | 73.94 | ||
Labour Party | 23,275 | 64.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,929 | 35.71 | |
Majority | 10,346 | 28.58 | |
Woolwich West | |||
46,082/55,329 | 83.29 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,981 | 52.04 | |
Labour Party | 22,101 | 47.96 | |
Majority | 1,880 | 4.08 | |
Worcester | |||
45,118/58,012 | 77.77 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,610 | 56.76 | |
Labour Party | 19,508 | 43.24 | |
Majority | 6,102 | 13.52 | |
Workington | |||
42,292/49,094 | 86.14 | ||
Labour Party | 25,110 | 59.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,182 | 40.63 | |
Majority | 7,928 | 18.75 | |
Worthing | |||
40,337/55,456 | 72.74 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,106 | 77.12 | |
Labour Party | 9,231 | 22.88 | |
Majority | 21,875 | 54.23 | |
Wrexham | |||
49,370/64,788 | 76.20 | ||
Labour Party | 27,945 | 56.60 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 16,286 | 32.99 | |
Plaid Cymru | 5,139 | 10.41 | |
Majority | 11,659 | 23.62 | |
Wycombe | |||
51,750/63,094 | 82.02 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,845 | 57.67 | |
Labour Party | 21,905 | 42.33 | |
Majority | 7,940 | 15.34 | |
Yarmouth | |||
41,717/52,350 | 79.69 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,317 | 51.10 | |
Labour Party | 20,400 | 48.90 | |
Majority | 917 | 2.20 | |
May 1957 The Conservative Whip was withdrawn from Anthony Fell. | |||
July 1958 The Conservative Whip was restored to Anthony Fell. | |||
Yeovil | |||
48,941/58,714 | 83.35 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,059 | 47.12 | |
Labour Party | 19,793 | 40.44 | |
Liberal Party | 6,089 | 12.44 | |
Majority | 3,266 | 6.67 | |
York | |||
61,700/73,849 | 83.55 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,402 | 50.89 | |
Labour Party | 30,298 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 1,104 | 1.79 |