321Conservative seats
48.0%Largest party’s vote share
82.6%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day25 October 1951
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won321
03Vote share48.0%
04Turnout82.6%
1951 note: Labour received the higher UK-wide vote share, but the Conservatives won more seats and formed the government.
Government outcome
Conservative government · majority 16.
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
Conservative321
Labour295
Liberal6
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”.