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Conservative vs. Labour

The first chart and table below compare the number of seats won at UK general elections from 1945 to 2010 by the Conservative and Labour parties.

Conservative and Labour MPs elected at general elections from 1945 — 2010
  '45 '50 '51 '55 '59 '64 '66 '70 '74 '74 '79 '83 '87 '92 97 '01 '05 '10
  Con 213 272 321 314 331 285 239 321 296 276 339 395 375 336 165 166 198 306
  Labour 393 315 295 277 258 317 363 287 301 319 268 209 229 271 418 412 355 258


The next chart and table show the percentage of votes gained by the Conservative and Labour parties at each general election since 1945

Conservative and Labour general election % vote share since 1945
  '45 '50 '51 '55 '59 '64 '66 '70 '74 '74 '79 '83 '87 '92 97 '01 '05 '10
  Con 39.7 43.3 48.0 49.6 49.4 43.3 41.9 46.4 37.8 35.7 43.9 42.4 42.2 41.9 30.7 31.7 32.4 36.1
  Labour 47.7 46.1 48.8 46.4 43.8 44.1 47.9 43.0 37.2 39.3 36.9 27.6 30.8 34.4 43.2 40.7 35.2 29

Source: House of Commons Research papers 08/12, 10/36.