315Labour seats
46.1%Largest party’s vote share
83.9%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day23 February 1950
01Largest party by seatsLabour
02Seats won315
03Vote share46.1%
04Turnout83.9%
Government outcome
Labour government · majority 6.
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
Conservative298
Labour315
Liberal9
Other parties3
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”.