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| The '''1951 United Kingdom general election''' was held soon after the ], which the ] won, but with a very slim majority. They called an election on ], ], hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the ] Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17, despite gaining fewer votes than Labour (even when the National Liberal vote total was included) and despite Labour polling more votes than in the last election. This was the only universal-suffrage election where the popular vote-loser gained a majority, although Labour gained a plurality of seats against the pattern of votes in 1929. | The '''1951 United Kingdom general election''' was held soon after the ], which the ] won, but with a very slim majority. They called an election on ], ], hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the ] Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17, despite gaining fewer votes than Labour (even when the National Liberal vote total was included) and despite Labour polling more votes than in the last election. This was the only universal-suffrage election where the popular vote-loser gained a majority, although Labour gained a plurality of seats against the pattern of votes in 1929 and in the first election of 1974. | ||
| ==Results== | ==Results== | ||
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The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held soon after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party won, but with a very slim majority. They called an election on October 25, 1951, hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the Conservative Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17, despite gaining fewer votes than Labour (even when the National Liberal vote total was included) and despite Labour polling more votes than in the last election. This was the only universal-suffrage election where the popular vote-loser gained a majority, although Labour gained a plurality of seats against the pattern of votes in 1929 and in the first election of 1974.
Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 295 | 3 | 23 | - 20 | 48.8 | 13,948,883 | |||
| Conservative | 302 | 20 | 0 | + 20 | 44.3 | 12,660,061 | |||
| National Liberal Party (UK) | 19 | 3 | 0 | + 3 | 3.7 | 1,058,138 | |||
| Liberal | 6 | 1 | 4 | - 3 | 2.5 | 730,546 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 92,787 | |||
| Irish Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 33,174 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 21,640 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 19,791 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10,920 | |||
| SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,299 | |||
| Independent Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,904 | |||
| Ind. Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,057 | |||
| British Empire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,643 | |||
| Anti-Partition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,340 | |||
| Independent Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 411 | |||
Total votes cast: 28,596,594. All parties shown. Conservative result includes the Ulster Unionists.
