British Elections 1950-1970

[Harry Hayfield]

Wales 1950 - 1970

1950


1951
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/1566_15_07_07_5_12_20.bmp

1955
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/1566_15_07_07_5_13_22.bmp

1959
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/1566_15_07_07_5_14_04.bmp

1964
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/1566_15_07_07_5_14_43.bmp

1966
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/1566_15_07_07_5_15_33.bmp

1970
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/1566_15_07_07_5_20_03.bmp

Vote and Seats Summary in next post

[Harry Hayfield]

Wales 1950 - 1970 (Votes and Seats)
1950: Lab 58% Con 27% Lib 13% Plaid 1% Others 1%
1951: Lab 61% Con 31% Lib 8% Plaid 1% Others 0%
1955: Lab 58% Con 30% Lib 7% Plaid 3% Others 2%
1959: Lab 56% Con 33% Lib 5% Plaid 5% Others 0%
1964: Lab 58% Con 29% Lib 8% Plaid 4% Others 1%
1966: Lab 61% Con 28% Lib 6% Plaid 4% Others 1%
1970: Lab 52% Con 28% Plaid 12% Lib 7% Others 2%

1950: Lab 27 Lib 5 Con 4
1951: Lab 27 Con 6 Lib 3
1955: Lab 27 Con 6 Lib 3
1959: Lab 27 Con 7 Lib 2
1964: Lab 28 Con 6 Lib 2
1966: Lab 32 Con 3 Lib 1
1970: Lab 27 Con 7 Lib 1 Ind Lab 1

[Harry Hayfield]

Rural Wales 1950 vs 1951 has always mildly amazed me.

Rural Wales 1950 - 1951
Constituencies Covered: Ynys Mon, Brecon and Radnor, Caernarfon, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Denbigh, Merioneth, Monmouth, Montgomery, Pembroke

1950
Labour 155,114 votes (40.51%) winning 3 seats
Conservatives and allies 112,921 votes (29.49%) winning 2 seats
Liberals 107,259 votes (28.01%) winning 5 seats
Plaid Cymru 7,636 votes (1.99%) winning 0 seats

1951
Labour 168,012 votes (44.17% +3.76%) winning 5 seats (+2)
Conservative and allies 106,551 votes (28.01% -1.48%) winning 2 seats (unchanged)
Liberals 105,783 votes (27.81% -0.20%) winning 3 seats (-2)

[Harry Hayfield]

I would be very interested in your explaination as to why the SNP won the Western Isles in 1970, but Plaid failed to hold on to Carmarthen?

[Harry Hayfield]

Could you identify the constituency of the following villages please (as it has been causing me a lot of grief). Nether Whitacre, Coleshill, Shustoke and Arley

[Harry Hayfield]

I am very slowly working my way through these elections (and by-elections) and am still only halfway through 1951! But that said, here's the complete tally of results for 1950

Great Britain
Labour 13,197,830 votes (46.80%) winning 313 seats
Conservatives 12,173,457 votes (43.17%) winning 291 seats
Liberals 2,624,506 votes (9.31%) winning 9 seats
Communists 89,665 votes (0.32%) winning 0 seats
Independents 42,804 votes (0.15%) winning 0 seats
Independent Labour 30,507 votes (0.11%) winning 0 seats
Plaid Cymru 19,722 votes (0.07%) winning 0 seats
Scottish National Party 12,584 votes (0.04%) winning 0 seats
Anti-Partition Candidates 5,045 votes (0.02%) winning 0 seats
Independent Conservatives 3,411 votes (0.01%) winning 0 seats
Socialists 933 votes (0.00%) winning 0 seats
Social Credit 551 votes (0.00%) winning 0 seats
Christian Democrat 503 votes (0.00%) winning 0 seats
Turnout: 84.07%

Northern Ireland
Ulster Unionists 352,334 votes (62.76%) winning 10 seats
Labour 120,521 votes (21.47%) winning 0 seats
Sinn Fein 23,362 votes (4.16%) winning 0 seats
Irish Nationalists 65,211 votes (11.62%) winning 2 seats
Turnout: 77.48%

By-Elections
Labour 249,716 votes (49.55% -1.52% on 1950) winning 8 seats (unchanged)
Conservatives 248,960 votes (49.40% +6.51% on 1950) winning 6 seats (unchanged)
Liberals 2,752 votes (0.55% -4.83% on 1950) winning 0 seats (unchanged)
Independent Labour 1,369 votes (0.27% +0.27% on 1950) winning 0 seats (unchanged)
Communists 729 votes (0.14% -0.48% on 1950) winning 0 seats (unchanged)
Total Votes Cast: 503,979 (-119,297 on 1950)
Independents 453 votes (0.09% +0.05% on 1950) winning 0 seats (unchanged)