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class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Opinion polling for the 1955 United Kingdom general election">Opinion polls</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">76.8% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5.8 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0087DC;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_Eden_(retouched).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Anthony_Eden_%28retouched%29.jpg/112px-Anthony_Eden_%28retouched%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Anthony_Eden_%28retouched%29.jpg/167px-Anthony_Eden_%28retouched%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Anthony_Eden_%28retouched%29.jpg/223px-Anthony_Eden_%28retouched%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="1300" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E4003B;"><span 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</td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 April 1955 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1935_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1935 Labour Party leadership election">25 October 1935</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 August 1945 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Warwick_and_Leamington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)">Warwick and<br />Leamington</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Walthamstow West">Walthamstow West</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Montgomeryshire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">321 seats, 48.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">295 seats, 48.8% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 seats, 2.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>345</b><sup id="cite_ref-speaker_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speaker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">277 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>23 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>18 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_General_Election,_1955.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/UK_General_Election%2C_1955.svg/200px-UK_General_Election%2C_1955.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/UK_General_Election%2C_1955.svg/300px-UK_General_Election%2C_1955.svg.png 1.5x, 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/></a></span><div>Composition of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> after the election</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Prime Minister after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1955 United Kingdom general election</b> was held on Thursday 26 May 1955, four years after the <a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">previous general election in 1951</a>. It was a <a href="/wiki/Snap_election" title="Snap election">snap election</a>: after <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> retired in April 1955, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a> took over and immediately called the election in order to gain a mandate for his government. It resulted in a majority of 60 seats for <a href="/wiki/Eden_ministry" title="Eden ministry">the government</a>; the result remains the largest party share of the vote at a post-war general election. This was the first general election to be held during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1950 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1951 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1955 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1955 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1959 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1964 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election was fought on new boundaries, with five seats added to the 625 fought in 1951. At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> had returned to power for the first time since <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and increased its popularity by accepting the <a href="/wiki/Mixed_economy" title="Mixed economy">mixed economy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welfare_state_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Welfare state in the United Kingdom">welfare state</a> created by the previous <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> government. It also was lauded for its economic policy after ending <a href="/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Rationing in the United Kingdom">rationing</a>, improving foreign trade, and even outperforming Labour in the construction of <a href="/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Public housing in the United Kingdom">public housing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorpe_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorpe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 137">: 137 </span></sup> The "giveaway budget" of Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Rab Butler</a> prior to the election also improved the popularity of the Conservative Party.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On election day, the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i> had printed the front-page headline "Don't Let the Tories Cheat Our Children", urging its readers to elect Labour on the basis that it had "built a better Britain for us all".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The BBC later described the election as one of the "dullest" after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc2005_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc2005-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Express" title="Daily Express">Daily Express</a></i> wrote that the British people were more interested in <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret#Romance_with_Peter_Townsend" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Margaret">Princess Margaret's romance with Peter Townsend</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-up19550530_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-up19550530-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Labour Party, then in its twentieth year of leadership under <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a>, steadily lost ground owing to infighting between the left-wing (<a href="/wiki/Bevanites" class="mw-redirect" title="Bevanites">Bevanites</a>) and the right-wing (<a href="/wiki/Gaitskellites" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaitskellites">Gaitskellites</a>), resulting in an unclear election message. It pledged <a href="/wiki/Equal_pay_for_women" class="mw-redirect" title="Equal pay for women">equal pay for women</a>, renationalization of the steel industry and road haulage, <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Comprehensive education">comprehensive secondary education</a>, and vague guarantees of greater <a href="/wiki/Industrial_democracy" title="Industrial democracy">industrial democracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_control" title="Workers' control">workers' control</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nationalized" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalized">nationalized</a> industries as demanded by Bevanites but otherwise offered little new policy.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorpe_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorpe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 140–141">: 140–141 </span></sup> It was the fifth and last general election fought by Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a>, who by this time was 72 years old. Eden had only become Leader of the Conservative Party a few weeks before the election, after the retirement of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, but he had long been considered the heir apparent to the Conservative leadership. Eden called a dissolution of parliament and a new general election as soon as he took office in April 1955. The Conservatives were hoping to take advantage of the end of <a href="/wiki/Food_rationing_in_Britain#Post-Second_World_War_1945–1954" class="mw-redirect" title="Food rationing in Britain">food rationing</a> and the positive atmosphere created by the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II">coronation of Queen Elizabeth II</a> in 1953. Eden himself was telegenic (although not as great a public speaker as Churchill, who was now infirm and 80 years old) and gradual economic growth benefited the party greatly.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc2005_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc2005-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parliament was dissolved on 6 May.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The result showed very little change from 1951, with fewer than 25 seats changing hands and only a small swing from Labour to the Conservatives. The only real highlight of the night was in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> won two seats at a UK election for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a> (before the secession of <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Southern Ireland</a>). </p><p>The Labour Party suffered at this time from deep internal divisions, yet for it this election was not the disaster it could have been. </p><p>Although little changed, this was a strong victory for the Conservatives, who won the largest share of seats for a single party at a post-war general election. It became the first party since the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Act_1867" title="Reform Act 1867">Reform Act 1867</a> to increase its parliamentary majority after a term in office.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorpe_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorpe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141">: 141 </span></sup> </p><p>The Liberal Party had yet another poor performance, only slightly improving their popular vote total from the previous election, and again winning just six seats. Five of their six seats did not have Conservative challengers, as per local-level agreements to avoid vote-splitting which likely would have thrown the seats to Labour; the only Liberal candidate to be victorious against both Conservative and Labour challengers was <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a>, who was first elected in 1950. The poor national showing was widely viewed as the death knell for the embattled leadership of <a href="/wiki/Clement_Davies" title="Clement Davies">Clement Davies</a>, who resigned the following year and was replaced by Grimond. </p><p>Future Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a> lost his seat of <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Devonport" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth Devonport">Plymouth Devonport</a> at this election; he returned for <a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Vale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ebbw Vale (UK Parliament constituency)">Ebbw Vale</a> at a <a href="/wiki/1960_Ebbw_Vale_by-election" title="1960 Ebbw Vale by-election">1960 by-election</a>. </p><p>For the first time, television took a prominent role in the campaign; this is the earliest UK general election of which television coverage survives (the 1950 and 1951 election nights were broadcast on television live, but the footage was not recorded). Only three hours of the coverage, presented by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dimbleby" title="Richard Dimbleby">Richard Dimbleby</a>, was kept; this was rebroadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Parliament" title="BBC Parliament">BBC Parliament</a> on the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries of the date of the election. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1955_UK_parliament.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/1955_UK_parliament.svg/300px-1955_UK_parliament.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/1955_UK_parliament.svg/450px-1955_UK_parliament.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/1955_UK_parliament.svg/600px-1955_UK_parliament.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1253789634">@media 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sticky-header-multi" style="font-size:95%"> <caption>1955 United Kingdom general election </caption> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#E9E9E9;vertical-align:top;"> <th colspan="3"> </th> <th colspan="6" style="width:30px">Candidates </th> <th colspan="3" style="width:30px">Votes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Stood </th> <th>Elected </th> <th>Gained </th> <th>Unseated </th> <th style="width:45px">Net </th> <th>% of total </th> <th>% </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Net % </th></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#0087DC; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">624 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">345<sup id="cite_ref-speaker_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speaker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">22 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">+23 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">54.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">49.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">13,310,891 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">+1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#E4003B; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">620 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">277 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,405,254 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FFD700; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clement_Davies" title="Clement Davies">Clement Davies</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">110 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">722,402 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#326760; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paddy_McLogan" title="Paddy McLogan">Paddy McLogan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">152,310 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#005B54; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45,119 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#DCDCDC; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43,791 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:red; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Pollitt" title="Harry Pollitt">Harry Pollitt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">33,144 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#CC0000; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Labour Party">Irish Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Norton" title="William Norton">William Norton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,050 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FFBBBB; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,322 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FDF38E; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_McIntyre_(politician)" title="Robert McIntyre (politician)">Robert McIntyre</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,112 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#B22222; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour_Party" title="Independent Labour Party">Ind. Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Annie_Maxton" title="Annie Maxton">Annie Maxton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,334 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> </tbody><caption style="caption-side: bottom; font-weight:normal">All parties shown.<sup id="cite_ref-conservative_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conservative-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:70%"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Government's new majority</b> </td> <td><b>60</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total votes cast </td> <td>26,759,729 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turnout </td> <td>76.8% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Votes_summary">Votes summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Votes summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:350px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Conservative and Unionist</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:49.74%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">49.74%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:46.36%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">46.36%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:2.70%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.70%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#a9a9a9; width:1.20%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.20%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Headline swing: 1.6% to Conservative</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seats_summary">Seats summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seats summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Parliamentary seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:350px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Conservative and Unionist</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:54.76%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">54.76%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:43.97%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">43.97%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:0.95%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.95%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Sinn Féin</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#326760; width:0.32%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.32%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_declarations">Selected declarations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected declarations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>First declaration: <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Cheltenham</a> (Con: 24,259, Lab: 16,638; Con hold)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies_represented_by_sitting_Prime_Ministers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies represented by sitting Prime Ministers">Prime Minister's seat</a>: <a href="/wiki/Warwick_and_Leamington" class="mw-redirect" title="Warwick and Leamington">Warwick and Leamington</a> (Con: 29,979, Lab: 16,513; Con hold)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transfers_of_seats">Transfers of seats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Transfers of seats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>All comparisons are with the 1951 election. <ul><li>In some cases the change is due to the MP defecting to the gaining party. Such circumstances are marked with a *.</li> <li>In other circumstances the change is due to the seat having been won by the gaining party in a by-election in the intervening years, and then retained in 1955. Such circumstances are marked with a †. The parliament of 1951–55 only saw one by-election where a seat changed hands (<a href="/wiki/1953_Sunderland_South_by-election" title="1953 Sunderland South by-election">Sunderland South</a>), and unusually this was a gain for the party in government.</li></ul></li></ul> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">From </th> <th colspan="2">To </th> <th>No. </th> <th class="unsortable">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (<b>HOLD</b>) </td> <td><i>many</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Ashfield</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Broxtowe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)">Broxtowe</a>), <a href="/wiki/Barons_Court_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)">Barons Court</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammersmith South">Hammersmith South</a>), <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackburn</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn East">Blackburn East</a>), <a href="/wiki/Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Fulham_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulham East">Fulham East</a>), <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Provan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Provan (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Provan</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Camlachie_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Camlachie (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Camlachie</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney Central</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Hackney_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Hackney South">Hackney South</a>), <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston upon Hull West">Kingston upon Hull West</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston upon Hull Central">Kingston upon Hull Central</a>), <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Openshaw" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Openshaw">Manchester Openshaw</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Droylsden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Droylsden (UK Parliament constituency)">Droylsden</a>), <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)">Midlothian</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_and_Peebles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian and Peebles (UK Parliament constituency)">Midlothian and Peebles</a>), <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham North">Nottingham North</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham East">Nottingham East</a>), <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Nottingham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Nottingham West</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_North_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham North West">Nottingham North West</a>), <a href="/wiki/Reading_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reading (UK Parliament constituency)">Reading</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Reading_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reading South (UK Parliament constituency)">Reading South</a>), <a href="/wiki/Walsall_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Walsall North">Walsall North</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Walsall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walsall (UK Parliament constituency)">Walsall</a>), et al. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #AFEEEE;" data-sort-value="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradford_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford West">Bradford West</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Bradford_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford Central">Bradford Central</a>), <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Devonport" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth Devonport">Plymouth Devonport</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Ayrshire Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)">Carlisle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ealing_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Ealing North">Ealing North</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)">Gloucestershire South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gravesend_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)">Gravesend</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halifax_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds_North_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds North East">Leeds North East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Kirkdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpool Kirkdale">Liverpool Kirkdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maldon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)">Maldon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham Central">Nottingham Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham South">Nottingham South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston South">Preston South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southampton_Test" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Test">Southampton Test</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland South">Sunderland South</a>†, <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Walthamstow East">Walthamstow East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Wandsworth Central">Wandsworth Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Watford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Watford (UK Parliament constituency)">Watford</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Wrekin_(historic_UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wrekin (historic UK Parliament constituency)">The Wrekin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>abolished</i> </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Erdington" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Erdington">Birmingham Erdington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fulham_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulham West">Fulham West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Tradeston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Tradeston (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Tradeston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds Central">Leeds Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Clayton" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Clayton">Manchester Clayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Neepsend" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Neepsend">Sheffield Neepsend</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Irish Labour Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Labour Party">Irish Labour</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast West</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #32cd32;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)">Nationalist</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#326760"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a><sup>2</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #d1ffb2;" data-sort-value="Independent Republican (Ireland)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Republican_(Ireland)" title="Independent Republican (Ireland)">Ind. Republican</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Ulster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Ulster</a><sup>1</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> (<b>HOLD</b>) </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bolton_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolton West">Bolton West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiganshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiganshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiganshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Huddersfield West">Huddersfield West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #AFEEEE;" data-sort-value="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #AFEEEE;" data-sort-value="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> (<b>HOLD</b>) </td> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Angus_and_Mearns_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)">Angus North and Mearns</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Angus_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)">Angus South</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Bedfordshire South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bradford_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford North">Bradford North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denbigh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)">Denbigh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fife_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Fife East">Fife East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Harwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holland_with_Boston" class="mw-redirect" title="Holland with Boston">Holland with Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huntingdonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Huntingdonshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Luton (UK Parliament constituency)">Luton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle upon Tyne North">Newcastle upon Tyne North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Norfolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)">Norfolk Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Renfrewshire West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross and Cromarty</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Ives_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)">St Ives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torrington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Torrington (UK Parliament constituency)">Torrington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_North_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol North West">Bristol North West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Govan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Govan</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_West_Norfolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)">Norfolk South West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (<b>HOLD</b>) </td> <td><i>many</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Selly_Oak" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Selly Oak">Birmingham Selly Oak</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Norton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham King's Norton</a>), <a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon NE</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Croydon_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon East</a>), <a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon NW</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Croydon_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon North</a>), <a href="/wiki/Croydon_South_(historic_UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon South (historic UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon South</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Croydon_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Croydon West">Croydon West</a>), <a href="/wiki/Howden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Howden (UK Parliament constituency)">Howden</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Beverley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)">Beverley</a>), <a href="/wiki/Roxburgh,_Selkirk_and_Peebles" class="mw-redirect" title="Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles">Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Roxburgh_and_Selkirk" class="mw-redirect" title="Roxburgh and Selkirk">Roxburgh and Selkirk</a>), <a href="/wiki/Stroud_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)">Stroud</a> (replaced <a href="/wiki/Stroud_and_Thornbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stroud and Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Stroud & Thornbury</a>), et al. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cirencester_and_Tewkesbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Cirencester and Tewkesbury">Cirencester and Tewkesbury</a>* </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>abolished</i> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn West">Blackburn West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leeds North (UK Parliament constituency)">Leeds North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reading_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reading North (UK Parliament constituency)">Reading North</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">North Antrim</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">South Antrim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armagh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)">Armagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Down_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Down North (UK Parliament constituency)">Down North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Down_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Down South (UK Parliament constituency)">Down South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Londonderry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)">Londonderry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Seat created</i> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_All_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham All Saints">Birmingham All Saints</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erith_and_Crayford" class="mw-redirect" title="Erith and Crayford">Erith and Crayford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feltham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Feltham (UK Parliament constituency)">Feltham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds East">Leeds East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meriden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Meriden (UK Parliament constituency)">Meriden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Seat created</i> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chigwell_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chigwell (UK Parliament constituency)">Chigwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)">Eastleigh</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_East_Essex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East Essex (UK Parliament constituency)">Essex South East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Craigton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Craigton (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Craigton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Hertfordshire East">Hertfordshire East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nantwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Nantwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rye_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rye (UK Parliament constituency)">Rye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surbiton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)">Surbiton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walsall_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Walsall South">Walsall South</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dd><sup>1</sup> Sinn Féin winner overturned on petition for a criminal conviction. The second-placed Ulster Unionist candidate was also overturned by resolution of the House; eventually the <a href="/wiki/1956_Mid_Ulster_by-election" title="1956 Mid Ulster by-election">1956 by-election</a> was held, which returned an <a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionist</a>.</dd> <dd><sup>2</sup> Sinn Féin winner overturned on petition for a criminal conviction. The second-placed candidate, an Ulster Unionist, was awarded the seat.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1955 United Kingdom general election">List of MPs elected in the 1955 United Kingdom general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Scotland_(1955%E2%80%931959)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959)">List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Wales_(1955%E2%80%931959)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1955–1959)">List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1955–1959)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1955 United Kingdom local elections">1955 United Kingdom local elections</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Progress: The Conservative and Unionist Party's Policy</i></a>, 1955 Conservative Party manifesto</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170509104421/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lab55.htm"><i>Forward With Labour: Labour's Policy for the Consideration of the Nation</i></a>, 1955 Labour Party manifesto</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170509104436/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib55.htm"><i>Crisis Unresolved</i></a>, 1955 Liberal Party manifesto</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1818 United Kingdom general election">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1826 United Kingdom general election">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1831 United Kingdom general election">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Next_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Next United Kingdom general election">Next</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1889_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1889 United Kingdom local elections">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1890_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1890 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1892 United Kingdom local elections">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1894 United Kingdom local elections">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1896 United Kingdom local elections">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1897_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1897 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1899 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1902_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1902 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1903 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1905_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1905 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1908_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1909 United Kingdom local elections">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1919_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1919 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1934 United Kingdom local elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1949 United Kingdom local elections">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1955 United Kingdom local elections">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1964 United Kingdom local elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1965 United Kingdom local elections">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1969 United Kingdom local elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1970 United Kingdom local elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1971 United Kingdom local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1972 United Kingdom local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1973 United Kingdom local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1974 United Kingdom local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1975 United Kingdom local elections">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1976 United Kingdom local elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1977 United Kingdom local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1978 United Kingdom local elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1979 United Kingdom local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1980 United Kingdom local elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1981 United Kingdom local elections">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1982 United Kingdom local elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1983 United Kingdom local elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1984 United Kingdom local elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1985 United Kingdom local elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1986 United Kingdom local elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1987 United Kingdom local elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1988 United Kingdom local elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1989 United Kingdom local elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1990 United Kingdom local elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1991 United Kingdom local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1992 United Kingdom local elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_Kingdom_local_elections" 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title="2019 United Kingdom local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2023 United Kingdom local elections">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2024 United Kingdom local elections">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2025 United Kingdom local elections">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">European elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote 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