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This United Kingdom general election was held on October 8, 1959, and marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative party, led by Harold MacMillan. They increased their overall majority again, to 100 seats.
| Party
| Votes
| Seats
| Loss/Gain
| Share of Vote (%)
|
| Conservative
| 13,750,875
| 365
| + 20
| 49.4
|
| Labour
| 12,216,172
| 258
| - 19
| 43.8
|
| Liberal
| 1,640,760
| 6
|
| 5.9
|
| Plaid Cymru
| 77,571
| 0
|
| 0.3
|
| Sinn Féin
| 63,415
| 0
| - 2
| 0.2
|
| Communist
| 30,896
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| SNP
| 21,738
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| ILP (NI)
| 20,062
| 0
|
| 0.1
|
| Independent Conservative
| 14,118
| 1
| + 1
| 0.1
|
| Independent
| 7,492
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Fife Socialist League
| 4,886
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Independent Liberal
| 4,473
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Union Movement
| 2,821
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| Lancastrian
| 1,889
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
| National Labour
| 1,685
| 0
|
| 0.0
|
Total votes cast: 27,862,652. All parties with more than 1,200 votes shown. Conservatives include the National Liberal Party and Ulster Unionists.
