UK Elections Info
< General Election - May 1955 >
| Westminster Elections |
| MPs by Constituency |
| Full List |
| MPs by Age |
| MPs by Surname |
| MPs by Party |
| Candidates by Party |
| MPs by %age of Vote |
| Candidates by %age of Vote |
| Votes for Parties |
| Majorities |
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| CON | 323 |
| LAB | 260 |
| NL & CON | 21 |
| LAB Co-op | 17 |
| LIB | 6 |
| SF | 2 |
| Speaker | 1 |
| Party | MPs | Total Votes |
Percentage of Votes | Contests | %age Votes in Contested |
%age Votes of Total Electorate | %age Votes of Electorate Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 323 | 12,440,127 | 46.49 | 578 | 50.46 | 35.76 | 38.81 |
| Labour Party | 277 | 12,405,684 | 46.36 | 620 | 47.33 | 35.66 | 36.40 |
| National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21 | 830,977 | 3.11 | 43 | 47.10 | 2.39 | 36.23 |
| Liberal Party | 6 | 722,403 | 2.70 | 110 | 15.13 | 2.08 | 11.93 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 152,310 | 0.57 | 12 | 23.55 | 0.44 | 17.85 |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | 1 | 25,372 | 0.09 | 1 | 67.18 | 0.07 | 45.88 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 45,119 | 0.17 | 11 | 10.90 | 0.13 | 8.76 |
| Independent | 0 | 35,714 | 0.13 | 5 | 16.26 | 0.10 | 12.91 |
| Communist Party | 0 | 33,144 | 0.12 | 17 | 4.67 | 0.10 | 3.37 |
| Irish Labour | 0 | 16,050 | 0.06 | 1 | 27.35 | 0.05 | 20.42 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 15,322 | 0.06 | 2 | 21.16 | 0.04 | 13.83 |
| Scottish National Party | 0 | 12,112 | 0.05 | 2 | 14.53 | 0.03 | 11.12 |
| National Liberal Party | 0 | 11,136 | 0.04 | 2 | 17.90 | 0.03 | 14.34 |
| Independent Conservative | 0 | 6,055 | 0.02 | 1 | 18.30 | 0.02 | 14.24 |
| Independent Labour Party | 0 | 3,334 | 0.01 | 2 | 5.23 | 0.01 | 3.53 |
| Pacifist | 0 | 2,022 | 0.01 | 2 | 2.79 | 0.01 | 2.07 |