345Conservative seats
49.7%Largest party’s vote share
76.8%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day26 May 1955
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won345
03Vote share49.7%
04Turnout76.8%
Government outcome
Conservative government · majority 59.
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
Conservative345
Labour277
Liberal6
Other parties2
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”.