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The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on May 26, 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a vastly increased majority for the Conservative government of 54.
| Party
| Votes
| Seats
| Loss/Gain
| Share of Vote (%)
|
| Conservative
| 13,310,891
| 345
| + 23
| 49.7
|
| Labour
| 12,405,254
| 277
| - 18
| 46.4
|
| Liberal
| 722,402
| 6
|
| 2.7
|
| Sinn Féin
| 152,310
| 2
| + 2
| 0.6
|
| Plaid Cymru
| 45,119
| 0
|
| 0.2
|
| Independent
| 43,791
| 0
|
| 0.2
|
| Communist
| 33,144
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| Irish Labour
| 16,050
| 0
| - 1
| 0.1
|
| Independent Labour
| 15,322
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| SNP
| 12,112
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| ILP
| 3,334
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
Total votes cast: 26,759,729. All parties shown. Conservatives include National Liberal Party and Ulster Unionists.
