General election results from 1945 – 2010

The table below shows seats won by political parties or independent candidates in all UK General Elections held since 1945. Blank entries indicate that the party gained no seats or was not contesting in that year. Parties which currently have MPs are marked in bold.

Further details about each general election are available.

PARTY		'45	'50	'51	'55	'59	'64	'66	'70	'74	'74	'79	'83	'87	'92	'97	'01	'05	'10
	Alliance																		1
Common Wealth		1
Communist		2
	Conservative	213	272	321	314	331	285	239	321	296	276	339	395	375	336	165	166	198	306
	DUP									1		3	3	3	3	2	5	9	8
	Green																		1
Independent		11					1	1	1		1	1				1		1
Ind Kid Hosp																	1	1
Ind Labour		1							1	1
Ind Labour Party		2
Ind Liberal		2	1
Ind Unionist		1				1
Irish Labour				1
Irish Nationalist		2	2	2
	Labour	393	315	295	277	258	317	363	287	301	319	268	209	229	271	418	412	355	258
Lab & Co-op									16	16	15	17
Liberal		10	9	6	6	6	9	12	6	14	13	11
Liberal Alliance													17	17
	Lib Dem														20	46	52	62	57
National Liberal		13	16	19	21	21	6	3
Nationalist		2
Non Party									1	1	1
Official Unionist												5	11
	Plaid Cymru									2	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3
Protestant Unionist									1
Provisional Sinn Fein													1	1
Republican Labour								1	1	1
	Respect																	1
	SNP								1	7	11	2	2	3	3	6	5	6	6
SDP/Alliance													6	5
	Sinn Fein				2											2	4	5	5
Social Democrat										1
	SDLP											1	1		4		3	3	3
Speaker												1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
UK Unionist Group																1
Ulster Popular Union													1	1	1
	UUP	10	10	9	10	12	12	11	6		10	1		9	9	10	6	1
United Ulster Unionists										10		1
Unity									1
YEAR		'45	'50	'51	'55	'59	'64	'66	'70	'74	'74	'79	'83	'87	'92	'97	'01	'05	'10

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