365Conservative seats
49.4%Largest party’s vote share
78.7%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day8 October 1959
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won365
03Vote share49.4%
04Turnout78.7%
Government outcome
Conservative government · majority 99.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative365
Labour258
Liberal6
Other parties1
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.