The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government.
Party | Votes | MPs | Share |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 13,266,176 | 315 | 46.1% |
Conservative | 11,507,061 | 282 | 40% |
Liberal | 2,621,487 | 16 | 9.1% |
National Liberal | 985,343 | 16 | 3.4% |
Labour got in with an unworkably slim majority, and were forced to call another general election in 1951.