The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government.
Labour got in with an unworkably slim majority (of 5), and were forced to call another general election in 1951.
| Party
| Votes
| Seats
| Loss/Gain
| Share of Vote (%)
|
| Labour
| 13,266,176
| 315
| - 78
| 46.1
|
| Conservative
| 11,507,061
| 282
| + 85
| 40.0
|
| Liberal
| 2,621,487
| 9
| - 3
| 9.1
|
| National Liberal
| 985,343
| 16
| + 5
| 3.4
|
| Communist
| 91,765
| 0
| - 2
| 0.3
|
| Irish Nationalist
| 65,211
| 2
| - 2
| 0.2
|
| Irish Labour
| 52,715
| 0
|
| 0.2
|
| Independent
| 50,299
| 0
|
| 0.2
|
| Independent Labour
| 26,395
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| Independent Conservative
| 24,732
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| Sinn Féin
| 23,362
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| Plaid Cymru
| 17,580
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Independent Liberal
| 15,066
| 1
| - 1
| 0.1
|
| SNP
| 9,708
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Anti-Partition
| 5,084
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| ILP
| 4,112
| 0
| - 3
| 0.0
|
Total votes cast: 28,771,124. All parties with more than 2,000 votes shown. Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists.
