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1950 United Kingdom general election
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won
298
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share
43.4%
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date
23 February 1950
gptkbp:firstPastThePost
true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1950 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won
315
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share
46.1%
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Clement_Davies
gptkbp:LiberalPartyVoteShare
9.1%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon
9
gptkbp:majoritySeats
313
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:1951_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor
Labour's majority reduced to 5 seats
highest turnout in a UK general election (at the time)
first general election contested by the Labour and Conservative parties in all constituencies
first general election after major boundary changes since 1918
gptkbp:parliament
gptkb:39th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition
gptkb:1945_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister
gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkbp:seatingCapacity
625
gptkbp:voterTurnout
83.9%
gptkbp:winner
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Kingston_upon_Hull_North
gptkb:Norwich_North
gptkb:Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
gptkb:The_Labour_Government,_1945–51
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6