UK Elections Info
< General Election - October 1959 >
| 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 | 345 |
| LAB | 246 |
| NL & CON | 20 |
| LAB Co-op | 12 |
| LIB | 6 |
| Ind CON | 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 | 345 | 12,978,071 | 46.59 | 586 | 49.82 | 36.76 | 39.25 |
| Labour Party | 258 | 12,218,160 | 43.86 | 621 | 44.56 | 34.61 | 35.29 |
| National Liberal and Conservative Party | 20 | 755,957 | 2.71 | 38 | 46.87 | 2.14 | 37.96 |
| Liberal Party | 6 | 1,640,730 | 5.89 | 216 | 16.90 | 4.65 | 13.51 |
| Independent Conservative | 1 | 14,118 | 0.05 | 2 | 21.67 | 0.04 | 16.08 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 77,571 | 0.28 | 20 | 9.67 | 0.22 | 7.95 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 63,415 | 0.23 | 12 | 11.01 | 0.18 | 7.25 |
| Communist Party | 0 | 30,896 | 0.11 | 18 | 4.07 | 0.09 | 3.09 |
| Scottish National Party | 0 | 21,738 | 0.08 | 5 | 10.70 | 0.06 | 8.27 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 20,062 | 0.07 | 1 | 37.59 | 0.06 | 27.33 |
| National Liberal Party | 0 | 9,837 | 0.04 | 1 | 23.98 | 0.03 | 19.88 |
| Independent | 0 | 7,350 | 0.03 | 4 | 4.24 | 0.02 | 3.28 |
| Fife Soc | 0 | 4,886 | 0.02 | 1 | 10.73 | 0.01 | 8.73 |
| Independent Liberal | 0 | 4,473 | 0.02 | 2 | 5.71 | 0.01 | 4.44 |
| Union Movement | 0 | 2,821 | 0.01 | 1 | 8.08 | 0.01 | 5.48 |
| Lancastrian Party | 0 | 1,889 | 0.01 | 1 | 4.56 | 0.01 | 3.90 |
| Nationalist Labour | 0 | 1,685 | 0.01 | 1 | 4.10 | 0.00 | 2.85 |
| Fellowship | 0 | 1,189 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 2.18 |
| Independent Labour Party | 0 | 923 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.54 | 0.00 | 1.18 |
| Socialist Party of Great Britain | 0 | 899 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.36 | 0.00 | 1.56 |
| Alert Party | 0 | 788 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.86 | 0.00 | 1.46 |
| Social Credit | 0 | 142 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.30 |