1950 United Kingdom general election

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United Kingdom general election parliamentary election

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was a post-war national parliamentary election that resulted in a narrow victory for Clement Attlee’s Labour Party, significantly reducing its previously large majority.

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1950 United Kingdom general election canonical 3
1950 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
boundaryChanges first general election fought on new boundaries recommended by the Boundary Commission after WWII ⓘ
campaignIssue austerity and rationing ⓘ
housing and welfare state ⓘ
nationalisation policies ⓘ
conservativePopularVoteShare 43.4% ⓘ
conservativeSeatsWon 298 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 23 February 1950 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateCharacteristic conducted under near-universal adult suffrage ⓘ
followedBy 1951 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
follows 1945 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the beginning of the end of the post-war Labour landslide ⓘ
labourPopularVoteShare 46.1% ⓘ
labourSeatsWon 315 ⓘ
leaderOfRunnerUpParty Winston Churchill ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Clement Attlee ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
liberalPopularVoteShare 9.1% ⓘ
liberalSeatsWon 9 ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
mainParty1 Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
mainParty2 Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchAtTime George VI ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 625 ⓘ
otherSignificantParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
othersSeatsWon 3 ⓘ
overallMajorityForGovernment 5 ⓘ
parliamentElected 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Thirty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf elections in the United Kingdom ⓘ
postwarContext first general election after World War II with new constituency boundaries ⓘ
previousLabourMajority 146 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Clement Attlee ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Clement Attlee ⓘ
regionIncluded England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
resultSummary narrow victory for Labour with greatly reduced majority ⓘ
runnerUpParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
turnoutDescription highest turnout in a UK general election up to that time ⓘ
type parliamentary ⓘ
voterTurnout 83.9% ⓘ
winningParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
year 1950 ⓘ

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1945 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → 1950 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
36th United Kingdom Parliament → formedByElection → 1950 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1951 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 1950 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 1950 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1950 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield