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Encyclopedia > United Kingdom general election, 1955
1951 election
1955 election
1959 election

The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on May 26, 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a vastly increased majority for the Conservative government of 60. The 1951 election was held soon after the UK general election, 1950, which Labour won, but with an unworkable majority. ... This United Kingdom general election was held on October 8, 1959, and marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative party, led by Harold MacMillan. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1951 election was held soon after the UK general election, 1950, which Labour won, but with an unworkable majority. ...

Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
Conservative 13,310,891 345 + 23 49.7
Labour 12,405,254 277 - 18 46.4
Liberal 722,402 6 2.7
Sinn Féin 152,310 2 + 2 0.6
Plaid Cymru 45,119 0 0.2
Independent 43,791 0 0.2
Communist 33,144 0 0.1
Irish Labour 16,050 0 - 1 0.1
Independent Labour 15,322 0 0.0
SNP 12,112 0 0.0
ILP 3,334 0 0.0

Total votes cast: 26,759,729. All parties shown. Conservatives include National Liberal Party and Ulster Unionists. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... The name Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish), which means ourselves or we ourselves (not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone or we alone) has been applied to a series of political movements since 1905 in Ireland, each of which claim or claimed sole descent from the original party... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a political party in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1920 to 1991. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a former political party in the United Kingdom. ... The National Liberals, also known as Liberal Nationals, were a political party in the United Kingdom who broke away from the Liberal Party. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ...

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