Composition
These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1950 general election.
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Note: This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
- The National Liberals, (Scottish) Unionists and Ulster Unionists were in alliance with the Conservatives, bringing total Conservative strength to 298 seats.
This is a complete list of Members of Parliament elected to the 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1950 general election, held on 23 February 1950.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Edward Heath, Horace King, Fred Mulley, Bernard Braine, Harry Hylton-Foster, Iain Macleod, Gerald Nabarro, Reginald Maudling, Robert Carr, Bill Deedes, Enoch Powell, David Ormsby-Gore, Christopher Soames, Anthony Crosland, and Jo Grimond.
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| Constituency |
MP |
Party |
| Aberavon |
William Cove |
Labour |
| Aberdare |
David Thomas |
Labour |
| Aberdeen North |
Hector Hughes |
Labour |
| Aberdeen South |
Lady Tweedsmuir |
Conservative |
| Aberdeenshire East |
Robert Boothby |
Conservative |
| Aberdeenshire West |
Henry Spence |
Conservative |
| Abertillery |
George Daggar |
Labour |
| Abingdon |
Sir Ralph Glyn, Bt |
Conservative |
| Accrington |
Henry Hynd |
Labour |
| Acton |
Joseph Sparks |
Labour |
| Aldershot |
Oliver Lyttelton |
Conservative |
| Altrincham and Sale |
Frederick Erroll |
Conservative |
| Anglesey |
Lady Megan Lloyd-George |
Liberal |
| Angus North and Mearns |
Colin Thornton-Kemsley |
Conservative & National Liberal |
| Angus South |
James Duncan |
Conservative & National Liberal |
| Antrim, North |
Hugh O'Neill |
Ulster Unionist |
| Antrim, South |
Douglas Savory |
Ulster Unionist |
| Argyll |
Duncan McCallum |
Conservative |
| Armagh |
James Harden |
Ulster Unionist |
| Arundel and Shoreham |
William Cuthbert |
Conservative |
| Ashford |
Bill Deedes |
Conservative |
| Ashton-under-Lyne |
Hervey Rhodes |
Labour |
| Aylesbury |
Spencer Summers |
Conservative |
| Ayr |
Thomas Moore |
Conservative |
| Ayrshire, Central |
Archie Manuel |
Labour |
| Ayrshire North and Bute |
Sir Charles MacAndrew |
Conservative |
| Ayrshire South |
Emrys Hughes |
Labour |
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| Banbury |
Douglas Dodds-Parker |
Conservative |
| Banffshire |
William Duthie |
Conservative |
| Barking |
Somerville Hastings |
Labour |
| Barkston Ash |
Leonard Ropner |
Conservative |
| Barnet |
Reginald Maudling |
Conservative |
| Barnsley |
Frank Collindridge |
Labour |
| Barrow-in-Furness |
Walter Monslow |
Labour |
| Barry |
Dorothy Rees |
Labour |
| Basingstoke |
Patrick Donner |
Conservative |
| Bassetlaw |
Fred Bellenger |
Labour |
| Bath |
James Pitman |
Conservative |
| Batley and Morley |
Alfred Broughton |
Labour |
| Battersea North |
Douglas Jay |
Labour |
| Battersea South |
Caroline Ganley |
Co-op & Labour |
| Bebington |
Hendrie Oakshott |
Conservative |
| Beckenham |
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn |
Conservative |
| Bedford |
Christopher Soames |
Conservative |
| Bedfordshire Mid |
Alan Lennox-Boyd |
Conservative |
| Bedfordshire South |
Edward Moeran |
Labour |
| Bedwellty |
Harold Finch |
Labour |
| Belfast, East |
Alan McKibbin |
Ulster Unionist |
| Belfast, North |
H. Montgomery Hyde |
Ulster Unionist |
| Belfast, South |
Conolly Gage |
Ulster Unionist |
| Belfast, West |
Rev. James Godfrey MacManaway × |
Ulster Unionist |
| Belper |
George Brown |
Labour |
| Bermondsey |
Bob Mellish |
Labour |
| Berwick and East Lothian |
John Robertson |
Labour |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Robert Thorp |
Conservative |
| Bethnal Green |
Percy Holman |
Co-op & Labour |
| Beverley |
George Odey |
Conservative |
| Bexley |
Edward Heath |
Conservative |
| Billericay |
Bernard Braine |
Conservative |
| Bilston |
Will Nally |
Co-op & Labour |
| Birkenhead |
Percy Collick |
Labour |
| Birmingham Aston |
Woodrow Wyatt |
Labour |
| Birmingham Edgbaston |
Sir Peter Bennett |
Conservative |
| Birmingham Erdington |
Julius Silverman |
Labour |
| Birmingham Hall Green |
Aubrey Jones |
Conservative |
| Birmingham Handsworth |
Harold Roberts |
Conservative |
| Birmingham King's Norton |
Geoffrey Lloyd |
Conservative |
| Birmingham Ladywood |
Victor Yates |
Labour |
| Birmingham Northfield |
Raymond Blackburn |
Labour |
| Birmingham Perry Barr |
Cecil Poole |
Labour |
| Birmingham Small Heath |
Fred Longden |
Co-op & Labour |
| Birmingham Sparkbrook |
Percy Shurmer |
Labour |
| Birmingham Stechford |
Roy Jenkins |
Labour |
| Birmingham Yardley |
Henry Usborne |
Labour |
| Bishop Auckland |
Hugh Dalton |
Labour |
| Blackburn East |
Barbara Castle |
Labour |
| Blackburn West |
Ralph Assheton |
Conservative |
| Blackpool North |
Toby Low |
Conservative |
| Blackpool South |
Roland Robinson |
Conservative |
| Blaydon |
William Whiteley |
Labour |
| Blyth |
Alfred Robens |
Labour |
| Bodmin |
Douglas Marshall |
Conservative |
| Bolsover |
Harold Neal |
Labour |
| Bolton East |
Alfred Booth |
Labour |
| Bolton West |
John Lewis |
Labour |
| Bootle |
John Kinley |
Labour |
| Bosworth |
Arthur Allen |
Labour |
| Bothwell |
John Timmons |
Labour |
| Bournemouth East and Christchurch |
Brendan Bracken |
Conservative |
| Bournemouth West |
Viscount Cranborne |
Conservative |
| Bradford Central |
Maurice Webb |
Labour |
| Bradford East |
Frank McLeavy |
Labour |
| Bradford North |
William Taylor |
Conservative & Nat. Liberal |
| Bradford South |
George Craddock |
Labour |
| Brecon and Radnor |
Tudor Watkins |
Labour |
| Brentford and Chiswick |
Laddie Lucas |
Conservative |
| Bridgwater |
Gerard Wills |
Conservative |
| Bridlington |
Richard Wood |
Conservative |
| Brierley Hill |
Charles Simmons |
Labour |
| Brigg |
Lance Mallalieu |
Labour |
| Brighouse and Spenborough |
Frederick Cobb |
Labour |
| Brighton Kemptown |
Howard Johnson |
Conservative |
| Brighton Pavilion |
William Teeling |
Conservative |
| Bristol Central |
Stan Awbery |
Labour |
| Bristol North East |
Will Coldrick |
Co-op & Labour |
| Bristol North West |
Gurney Braithwaite |
Conservative |
| Bristol South |
William A. Wilkins |
Labour |
| Bristol South East |
Sir Stafford Cripps |
Labour |
| Bristol West |
Oliver Stanley |
Conservative |
| Brixton |
Marcus Lipton |
Labour |
| Bromley |
Harold Macmillan |
Conservative |
| Bromsgrove |
Michael Higgs |
Conservative |
| Broxtowe |
Seymour Cocks |
Labour |
| Buckingham |
Aidan Crawley |
Labour |
| Buckinghamshire South |
Ronald Bell |
Conservative |
| Burnley |
Wilfrid Burke |
Labour |
| Burton |
Arthur Colegate |
Conservative |
| Bury and Radcliffe |
Walter Fletcher |
Conservative |
| Bury St Edmunds |
William Aitken |
Conservative |
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| Caernarvon |
Goronwy Roberts |
Labour |
| Caerphilly |
Ness Edwards |
Labour |
| Caithness and Sutherland |
Sir David Robertson |
Conservative |
| Cambridge |
Hamilton Kerr |
Conservative |
| Cambridgeshire |
Gerald Howard |
Conservative |
| Cannock |
Jennie Lee |
Labour |
| Canterbury |
John Baker White |
Conservative |
| Cardiff, North |
David Llewellyn |
Conservative |
| Cardiff South East |
James Callaghan |
Labour |
| Cardiff West |
George Thomas |
Labour |
| Carlton |
Kenneth Pickthorn |
Conservative |
| Cardigan |
Roderic Bowen |
Liberal |
| Carlisle |
Alfred Hargreaves |
Labour |
| Carmarthen |
Rhys Hopkin Morris |
Liberal |
| Carshalton |
Anthony Head |
Conservative |
| Cheadle |
William Shepherd |
Conservative |
| Chelmsford |
Hubert Ashton |
Conservative |
| Chelsea |
Allan Noble |
Conservative |
| Cheltenham |
William W. Hicks Beach |
Conservative |
| Chertsey |
Lionel Heald |
Conservative |
| Chesterfield |
George Benson |
Labour |
| Chester-le-Street |
Patrick Bartley |
Labour |
| Chichester |
Lancelot Joynson-Hicks |
Conservative |
| Chippenham |
David Eccles |
Conservative |
| Chislehurst |
Patricia Hornsby-Smith |
Conservative |
| Chorley |
Clifford Kenyon |
Labour |
| Cirencester and Tewkesbury |
William Morrison |
Conservative |
| City of Chester |
Basil Nield |
Conservative |
| Cities of London and Westminster |
Sir Harold Webbe |
Conservative |
| Clapham |
Charles Gibson |
Labour |
| Cleveland |
Octavius Willey |
Labour |
| Clitheroe |
Richard Fort |
Conservative |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie |
Jean Mann |
Labour |
| Colchester |
Cuthbert Alport |
Conservative |
| Colne Valley |
Glenvil Hall |
Labour |
| Consett |
James Glanville |
Labour |
| Conway |
William Elwyn Edwards Jones |
Labour |
| Cornwall North |
Sir Harold Roper |
Conservative |
| Coventry East |
Richard Crossman |
Labour |
| Coventry North |
Maurice Edelman |
Labour |
| Coventry South |
Elaine Burton |
Labour |
| Crewe |
Scholefield Allen |
Labour |
| Crosby |
Malcolm Bullock |
Conservative |
| Croydon East |
Herbert Williams |
Conservative |
| Croydon, North |
Fred Harris |
Conservative |
| Croydon West |
Richard Thompson |
Conservative |
D
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| Dagenham |
John Parker |
Labour |
| Darlington |
David Hardman |
Labour |
| Dartford |
Norman Dodds |
Co-op & Labour |
| Darwen |
Stanley Prescott |
Conservative |
| Dearne Valley |
Wilfred Paling |
Labour |
| Denbigh |
Emlyn Garner Evans |
National Liberal |
| Deptford |
John Cooper |
Labour |
| Derby North |
Clifford Wilcock |
Labour |
| Derby South |
Philip Noel-Baker |
Labour |
| Derbyshire North East |
Henry White |
Labour |
| Derbyshire South East |
Arthur Champion |
Labour |
| Derbyshire West |
Edward Wakefield |
Conservative |
| Devizes |
Christopher Hollis |
Conservative |
| Devon North |
Christopher Peto |
Conservative |
| Dewsbury |
Will Paling |
Labour |
| Doncaster |
Ray Gunter |
Labour |
| Don Valley |
Tom Williams |
Labour |
| Dorking |
Gordon Touche |
Conservative |
| Dorset North |
Robert Crouch |
Conservative |
| Dorset, South |
Victor Montagu |
Conservative |
| Dorset West |
Simon Wingfield Digby |
Conservative |
| Dover |
John Arbuthnot |
Conservative |
| Down, North |
Sir W. D. Smiles |
Ulster Unionist |
| Down, South |
Lawrence Orr |
Ulster Unionist |
| Droylesden |
Rev. George Woods |
Labour |
| Dudley |
George Wigg |
Labour |
| Dulwich |
Wilfrid Vernon |
Labour |
| Dumfries |
Niall Macpherson |
National Liberal & Conservative |
| Dunbartonshire East |
David Kirkwood |
Labour |
| Dunbartonshire West |
Adam McKinlay |
Labour |
| Dundee East |
Thomas Cook |
Labour |
| Dundee West |
John Strachey |
Labour |
| Dunfermline Burghs |
James Clunie |
Labour |
| Durham |
Charles Grey |
Labour |
| Durham North West |
James Murray |
Labour |
E
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| Ealing North |
James Hudson |
Co-op & Labour |
| Ealing South |
Angus Maude |
Conservative |
| Easington |
Manny Shinwell |
Labour |
| East Ham North |
Percy Daines |
Co-op & Labour |
| East Ham South |
Alfred Barnes |
Co-op & Labour |
| Eastbourne |
Charles Taylor |
Conservative |
| East Grinstead |
Ralph Clarke |
Conservative |
| Ebbw Vale |
Aneurin Bevan |
Labour |
| Eccles |
William Proctor |
Labour |
| Edinburgh Central |
Andrew Gilzean |
Labour |
| Edinburgh East |
John Wheatley |
Labour |
| Edinburgh Leith |
James Hoy |
Labour |
| Edinburgh North |
James Latham Clyde |
Conservative |
| Edinburgh Pentlands |
John Hope |
Conservative |
| Edinburgh South |
Sir William Darling |
Conservative |
| Edinburgh West |
Ian Clark Hutchison |
Conservative |
| Edmonton |
Austen Albu |
Labour |
| Enfield East |
Ernest Davies |
Labour |
| Enfield West |
Iain Macleod |
Conservative |
| Epping |
Nigel Davies |
Conservative |
| Epsom |
Malcolm McCorquodale |
Conservative |
| Esher |
William Robson Brown |
Conservative |
| Eton and Slough |
Fenner Brockway |
Labour |
| Exeter |
J. C. Maude |
Conservative |
| Eye |
Edgar Granville |
Liberal |
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| Falmouth and Camborne |
Harold Hayman |
Labour |
| Farnham |
Godfrey Nicholson |
Conservative |
| Farnworth |
George Tomlinson |
Labour |
| Faversham |
Percy Wells |
Labour |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Cahir Healy |
Irish Nationalist |
| Fife East |
James Henderson-Stewart |
National Liberal & Conservative |
| Fife West |
Willie Hamilton |
Labour |
| Finchley |
John Crowder |
Conservative |
| Flint East |
Eirene White |
Labour |
| Flint West |
Nigel Birch |
Conservative |
| Folkestone and Hythe |
Harry Mackeson |
Conservative |
| Fulham East |
Michael Stewart |
Labour |
| Fulham West |
Edith Summerskill |
Labour |
| Fylde North |
Richard Stanley |
Conservative |
| Fylde South |
Claude Lancaster |
Conservative |
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| Gainsborough |
Harry Crookshank |
Conservative |
| Galloway |
John Mackie |
Conservative |
| Gateshead East |
Arthur Moody |
Labour |
| Gateshead West |
John Hall |
Labour |
| Gillingham |
Frederick Burden |
Conservative |
| Glasgow Bridgeton |
James Carmichael |
Labour |
| Glasgow Camlachie |
William Reid |
Labour |
| Glasgow Cathcart |
John Henderson |
Conservative |
| Glasgow Central |
James McInnes |
Labour |
| Glasgow Gorbals |
Alice Cullen |
Labour |
| Glasgow Govan |
Jack Browne |
Conservative |
| Glasgow Hillhead |
Tam Galbraith |
Conservative |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove |
Walter Elliot |
Conservative |
| Glasgow Maryhill |
William Hannan |
Labour |
| Glasgow Pollok |
Thomas Galbraith |
Conservative |
| Glasgow Scotstoun |
Sir Arthur Young, Bt |
Conservative |
| Glasgow Shettleston |
John McGovern |
Labour |
| Glasgow Springburn |
John Forman |
Co-op & Labour |
| Glasgow Tradeston |
John Rankin |
Co-op & Labour |
| Glasgow Woodside |
William Gordon Bennett |
Conservative |
| Gloucester |
Moss Turner-Samuels |
Labour |
| Gloucestershire South |
Anthony Crosland |
Labour |
| Gloucestershire West |
M. Philips Price |
Labour |
| Goole |
George Jeger |
Labour |
| Gosport and Fareham |
Reginald Bennett |
Conservative |
| Gower |
David Grenfell |
Labour |
| Grantham |
Eric Smith |
Conservative |
| Gravesend |
Sir Richard Acland, Bt |
Labour |
| Greenock |
Hector McNeil |
Labour |
| Greenwich |
Joseph Reeves |
Labour |
| Grimsby |
Kenneth Younger |
Labour |
| Guildford |
George Nugent |
Conservative |
H
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| Hackney North and Stoke Newington |
David Weitzman |
Labour |
| Hackney South |
Herbert Butler |
Labour |
| Halifax |
Dryden Brook |
Labour |
| Haltemprice |
Richard Law |
Conservative |
| Hamilton |
Tom Fraser |
Labour |
| Hammersmith North |
Frank Tomney |
Labour |
| Hammersmith South |
Thomas Williams |
Co-op & Labour |
| Hampstead |
Henry Brooke |
Conservative |
| Harborough |
John Baldock |
Conservative |
| Harrogate |
Christopher York |
Conservative |
| Harrow Central |
Patrick Bishop |
Conservative |
| Harrow East |
Ian Harvey |
Conservative |
| Harrow West |
Norman Bower |
Conservative |
| The Hartlepools |
D. T. Jones |
Labour |
| Harwich |
Sir Stanley Holmes |
National Liberal |
| Hastings |
Neill Cooper-Key |
Conservative |
| Hayes and Harlington |
Walter Ayles |
Labour |
| Hemel Hempstead |
Frances Davidson |
Conservative |
| Hemsworth |
Horace Holmes |
Labour |
| Hendon North |
Ian Orr-Ewing |
Conservative |
| Hendon South |
Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth, Bt |
Conservative |
| Henley |
John Hay |
Conservative |
| Hereford |
James Thomas |
Conservative |
| Hertford |
Derek Walker-Smith |
Conservative |
| Hertfordshire South West |
Gilbert Longden |
Conservative |
| Heston and Isleworth |
Reader Harris |
Conservative |
| Hexham |
Douglas Clifton Brown |
Conservative (Speaker) |
| Heywood and Royton |
Harold Sutcliffe |
Conservative |
| High Peak |
Hugh Molson |
Conservative |
| Hitchin |
Nigel Fisher |
Conservative |
| Holborn and St Pancras South |
Santo Jeger |
Labour |
| Holland-with-Boston |
Herbert Butcher |
National Liberal & Conservative |
| Honiton |
Cedric Drewe |
Conservative |
| Horncastle |
John Maitland |
Conservative |
| Hornchurch |
Geoffrey Bing |
Labour |
| Hornsey |
David Gammans |
Conservative |
| Horsham |
The Earl Winterton |
Conservative |
| Houghton-le-Spring |
Billy Blyton |
Labour |
| Hove |
Anthony Marlowe |
Conservative |
| Huddersfield East |
Joseph Mallalieu |
Labour |
| Huddersfield West |
Donald Wade |
Liberal |
| Huntingdonshire |
David Renton |
National Liberal & Conservative |
| Huyton |
Harold Wilson |
Labour |
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| Ilford North |
Geoffrey Hutchinson |
Conservative |
| Ilford South |
Albert Cooper |
Conservative |
| Ilkeston |
George Oliver |
Labour |
| Ince |
Tom Brown |
Labour |
| Inverness |
Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton |
Conservative |
| Ipswich |
Richard Stokes |
Labour |
| Isle of Ely |
Harry Legge-Bourke |
Conservative |
| Isle of Thanet |
Edward Carson |
Conservative |
| Isle of Wight |
Sir Peter Macdonald |
Conservative |
| Islington East |
Eric Fletcher |
Labour |
| Islington North |
Moelwyn Hughes |
Labour |
| Islington South West |
Albert Evans |
Labour |
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| Jarrow |
Ernest Fernyhough |
Labour |
K
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| Keighley |
Charles Hobson |
Labour |
| Kensington North |
George Rogers |
Labour |
| Kensington South |
Sir Patrick Spens |
Conservative |
| Kettering |
Gilbert Mitchison |
Labour |
| Kidderminster |
Gerald Nabarro |
Conservative |
| Kilmarnock |
Willie Ross |
Labour |
| King's Lynn |
Frederick Wise |
Labour |
| Kingston upon Hull Central |
Mark Hewitson |
Labour |
| Kingston upon Hull East |
Harry Pursey |
Labour |
| Kingston upon Hull North |
Austen Hudson |
Conservative |
| Kingston-upon-Thames |
John Boyd-Carpenter |
Conservative |
| Kinross and West Perthshire |
William McNair Snadden |
Conservative |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs |
Thomas Hubbard |
Labour |
| Knutsford |
Walter Bromley-Davenport |
Conservative |
L
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| Lanark |
Alec Douglas-Home |
Conservative |
| Lanarkshire North |
Margaret Herbison |
Labour |
| Lancaster |
Fitzroy Maclean |
Conservative |
| Leeds Central |
George Porter |
Labour |
| Leeds North East |
Alice Bacon |
Labour |
| Leeds North |
Osbert Peake |
Conservative |
| Leeds North West |
Donald Kaberry |
Conservative |
| Leeds South |
Hugh Gaitskell |
Labour |
| Leeds South East |
James Milner |
Labour |
| Leeds West |
Charles Pannell |
Labour |
| Leek |
Harold Davies |
Labour |
| Leicester North East |
Terence Donovan |
Labour |
| Leicester North West |
Barney Janner |
Labour |
| Leicester South East |
Charles Waterhouse |
Conservative |
| Leicester South West |
Bert Bowden |
Labour |
| Leigh |
Harold Boardman |
Labour |
| Leominster |
Archer Baldwin |
Conservative |
| Lewes |
Tufton Beamish |
Conservative |
| Lewisham North |
Sir Austin Hudson, Bt |
Conservative |
| Lewisham South |
Herbert Morrison |
Labour |
| Lewisham West |
Henry Price |
Conservative |
| Leyton |
Reginald Sorensen |
Labour |
| Lichfield and Tamworth |
Julian Snow |
Labour |
| Lincoln |
Geoffrey de Freitas |
Labour |
| Liverpool Edge Hill |
Arthur Irvine |
Labour |
| Liverpool Exchange |
Bessie Braddock |
Labour |
| Liverpool Garston |
Victor Raikes |
Conservative |
| Liverpool Kirkdale |
William Keenan |
Labour |
| Liverpool Scotland |
David Logan |
Labour |
| Liverpool Toxteth |
Reginald Bevins |
Conservative |
| Liverpool Walton |
Kenneth Thompson |
Conservative |
| Liverpool Wavertree |
John Tilney |
Conservative |
| Liverpool West Derby |
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe |
Conservative |
| Llanelly |
Jim Griffiths |
Labour |
| Londonderry |
Sir Ronald Ross, Bt |
Ulster Unionist |
| Loughborough |
Mont Follick |
Labour |
| Louth |
Cyril Osborne |
Conservative |
| Lowestoft |
Edward Evans |
Labour |
| Ludlow |
Uvedale Corbett |
Conservative |
| Luton |
Charles Hill |
Conservative & National Liberal |
M
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| Macclesfield |
Arthur Vere Harvey |
Conservative |
| Maidstone |
Alfred Bossom |
Conservative |
| Maldon |
Tom Driberg |
Labour |
| Manchester Ardwick |
Leslie Lever |
Labour |
| Manchester Blackley |
Jack Diamond |
Labour |
| Manchester Cheetham |
Harold Lever |
Labour |
| Manchester Clayton |
Harry Thorneycroft |
Labour |
| Manchester Exchange |
Will Griffiths |
Labour |
| Manchester Gorton |
William Oldfield |
Labour |
| Manchester Moss Side |
Florence Horsbrugh |
Conservative |
| Manchester Withington |
Frederick Cundiff |
Conservative |
| Manchester Wythenshawe |
Eveline Hill |
Conservative |
| Mansfield |
Bernard Taylor |
Labour |
| Melton |
Anthony Nutting |
Conservative |
| Merioneth |
Emrys Roberts |
Liberal |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
S. O. Davies |
Labour |
| Merton and Morden |
Robert Ryder |
Conservative |
| Middlesbrough East |
Hilary Marquand |
Labour |
| Middlesbrough West |
Geoffrey Cooper |
Labour |
| Middleton and Prestwich |
Ernest Gates |
Conservative |
| Midlothian and Peebles |
David Pryde |
Labour |
| Mitcham |
Robert Carr |
Conservative |
| Monmouth |
Peter Thorneycroft |
Conservative |
| Montgomeryshire |
Clement Davies |
Liberal |
| Moray and Nairn |
James Stuart |
Conservative |
| Morecambe and Lonsdale |
Sir Ian Fraser |
Conservative |
| Morpeth |
Robert Taylor |
Labour |
| Motherwell |
Alexander Anderson |
Labour |
N
|
| Neath |
D. J. Williams |
Labour |
| Nelson and Colne |
Sydney Silverman |
Labour |
| Newark |
George Deer |
Labour |
| Newbury |
Anthony Hurd |
Conservative |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme |
John Mack |
Labour |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central |
Lyall Wilkes |
Labour |
| Newcastle upon Tyne East |
Arthur Blenkinsop |
Labour |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North |
Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bt |
Conservative |
| Newcastle upon Tyne West |
Ernest Popplewell |
Labour |
| New Forest |
Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre |
Conservative |
| Newport |
Peter Freeman |
Labour |
| Newton |
Frederick Lee |
Labour |
| Norfolk Central |
Frank Medlicott |
National Liberal & Conservative |
| Norfolk North |
Edwin Gooch |
Labour |
| Norfolk South |
Peter Baker |
Conservative |
| Norfolk, South West |
Sidney Dye |
Labour |
| Normanton |
Thomas Brooks |
Labour |
| Northampton |
Reginald Paget |
Labour |
| Northamptonshire South |
Reginald Manningham-Buller |
Conservative |
| Northwich |
John Foster |
Conservative |
| Norwich, North |
John Paton |
Labour |
| Norwich, South |
Henry Strauss |
Conservative |
| Norwood |
John Smyth |
Conservative |
| Nottingham Central |
Ian Winterbottom |
Labour |
| Nottingham East |
James Harrison |
Labour |
| Nottingham North West |
Tom O'Brien |
Labour |
| Nottingham South |
Norman Smith |
Co-op & Labour |
| Nuneaton |
Frank Bowles |
Labour |
O
|
| Ogmore |
Walter Padley |
Labour |
| Oldbury and Halesowen |
Arthur Moyle |
Labour |
| Oldham East |
Frank Fairhurst |
Labour |
| Oldham West |
Leslie Hale |
Labour |
| Orkney and Zetland |
Jo Grimond |
Liberal |
| Ormskirk |
Sir Ronald Cross, Bt |
Conservative |
| Orpington |
Sir Waldron Smithers |
Conservative |
| Oswestry |
David Ormsby-Gore |
Conservative |
| Oxford |
Quintin Hogg |
Conservative |
P
|
| Paddington North |
William J. Field |
Labour |
| Paddington South |
Somerset de Chair |
Conservative |
| Paisley |
Douglas Johnston |
Labour |
| Peckham |
Freda Corbet |
Labour |
| Pembrokeshire |
Desmond Donnelly |
Labour |
| Penistone |
Henry McGhee |
Labour |
| Penrith and the Border |
Robert Scott |
Conservative |
| Perth and East Perthshire |
Alan Gomme-Duncan |
Conservative |
| Peterborough |
Harmar Nicholls |
Conservative |
| Petersfield |
George Jeffreys |
Conservative |
| Plymouth Devonport |
Michael Foot |
Labour |
| Plymouth Sutton |
Lucy Middleton |
Labour |
| Pontefract |
George Sylvester |
Labour |
| Pontypool |
Granville West |
Labour |
| Pontypridd |
Arthur Pearson |
Labour |
| Poole |
Mervyn Wheatley |
Conservative |
| Poplar |
Charles Key |
Labour |
| Portsmouth Langstone |
Geoffrey Stevens |
Conservative |
| Portsmouth South |
Sir Jocelyn Lucas, Bt |
Conservative |
| Portsmouth West |
Terence Clarke |
Conservative |
| Preston North |
Julian Amery |
Conservative |
| Preston South |
Edward Shackleton |
Labour |
| Pudsey |
Cyril Banks |
Conservative |
| Putney |
Hugh Linstead |
Conservative |
R
|
| Reading, North |
Ronald Mackay |
Labour |
| Reading, South |
Ian Mikardo |
Labour |
| Reigate |
John Vaughan-Morgan |
Conservative |
| Renfrewshire, East |
Guy Lloyd |
Conservative |
| Renfrewshire, West |
John Maclay |
National Liberal & Conservative |
| Rhondda East |
William Mainwaring |
Labour |
| Rhondda West |
Iorwerth Thomas |
Labour |
| Richmond (Yorks) |
Sir Thomas Dugdale, Bt |
Conservative |
| Richmond upon Thames |
Sir George Harvie-Watt |
Conservative |
| Ripon |
Malcolm Stoddart-Scott |
Conservative |
| Rochdale |
Joseph Hale |
Labour |
| Rochester and Chatham |
Arthur Bottomley |
Labour |
| Romford |
John Lockwood |
Conservative |
| Ross and Cromarty |
John MacLeod |
Liberal & Conservative |
| Rossendale |
Tony Greenwood |
Labour |
| Rotherham |
Jack Jones |
Labour |
| Rother Valley |
David Griffiths |
Labour |
| Rowley Regis and Tipton |
Arthur Henderson |
Labour |
| Roxburgh and Selkirk |
Archie Macdonald |
Liberal |
| Rugby |
James Johnson |
Labour |
| Ruislip-Northwood |
Petre Crowder |
Conservative |
| Runcorn |
Dennis Vosper |
Conservative |
| Rushcliffe |
Martin Redmayne |
Conservative |
| Rutherglen |
Gilbert McAllister |
Labour |
| Rutland and Stamford |
Roger Conant |
Conservative |
S
|
| Saffron Walden |
Rab Butler |
Conservative |
| St Albans |
John Grimston |
Conservative |
| St Helens |
Hartley Shawcross |
Labour |
| St Ives |
Greville Howard |
Conservative & Nat. Liberal |
| St Marylebone |
Sir Wavell Wakefield |
Conservative |
| St Pancras North |
Kenneth Robinson |
Labour |
| Salford East |
Edward Hardy |
Labour |
| Salford West |
Charles Royle |
Labour |
| Salisbury |
John Morrison |
Conservative |
| Scarborough and Whitby |
Alexander Spearman |
Conservative |
| Sedgefield |
Joseph Slater |
Labour |
| Sevenoaks |
John Rodgers |
Conservative |
| Sheffield, Attercliffe |
John Hynd |
Labour |
| Sheffield, Brightside |
Richard Winterbottom |
Labour |
| Sheffield, Hallam |
Roland Jennings |
Conservative & Liberal |
| Sheffield, Heeley |
Peter Roberts |
Conservative & Liberal |
| Sheffield, Hillsborough |
George Darling |
Co-op & Labour |
| Sheffield, Neepsend |
Harry Morris |
Labour |
| Sheffield, Park |
Fred Mulley |
Labour |
| Shipley |
Geoffrey Hirst |
Conservative |
| Shoreditch and Finsbury |
Ernest Thurtle |
Labour |
| Shrewsbury |
John Langford-Holt |
Conservative |
| Skipton |
Burnaby Drayson |
Conservative |
| Smethwick |
Patrick Gordon Walker |
Labour |
| Solihull |
Martin Lindsay |
Conservative |
| Somerset North |
Ted Leather |
Conservative |
| Southall |
George Pargiter |
Labour |
| Southampton, Itchen |
Ralph Morley |
Labour |
| Southampton, Test |
Horace King |
Labour |
| Southend East |
Stephen McAdden |
Conservative |
| Southend West |
Henry Channon |
Conservative |
| Southgate |
Beverley Baxter |
Conservative |
| Southport |
Robert Hudson |
Conservative |
| South Shields |
James Chuter Ede |
Labour |
| Southwark |
George Isaacs |
Labour |
| Sowerby |
Douglas Houghton |
Labour |
| Spelthorne |
Beresford Craddock |
Conservative |
| Stafford and Stone |
Hugh Fraser |
Conservative |
| Stalybridge and Hyde |
Rev. Gordon Lang |
Labour |
| Stepney |
Walter Edwards |
Labour |
| Stirling and Falkirk |
Malcolm MacPherson |
Labour |
| Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan |
Arthur Woodburn |
Labour |
| Stirlingshire West |
Alfred Balfour |
Labour |
| Stockport North |
Norman Hulbert |
Conservative |
| Stockport South |
Sir Arnold Gridley |
Conservative |
| Stockton-on-Tees |
George Chetwynd |
Labour |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central |
Barnett Stross |
Labour |
| Stoke-on-Trent North |
Albert Davies |
Labour |
| Stoke-on-Trent South |
Ellis Smith |
Labour |
| Stratford-on-Avon |
John Profumo |
Conservative |
| Streatham |
Duncan Sandys |
Conservative |
| Stretford |
Samuel Storey |
Conservative |
| Stroud and Thornbury |
Walter Perkins |
Conservative |
| Sudbury and Woodbridge |
John Hare |
Conservative |
| Sunderland North |
Fred Willey |
Labour |
| Sunderland South |
Richard Ewart |
Labour |
| Surrey East |
Michael Astor |
Conservative |
| Sutton and Cheam |
Sydney Marshall |
Conservative |
| Sutton Coldfield |
Sir John Mellor, Bt |
Conservative |
| Swansea East |
David Mort |
Labour |
| Swansea, West |
Percy Morris |
Labour |
| Swindon |
Thomas Reid |
Labour |
T
|
| Taunton |
Henry Hopkinson |
Conservative |
| Tavistock |
Henry Studholme |
Conservative |
| Thirsk and Malton |
Robin Turton |
Conservative |
| Thurrock |
Hugh Delargy |
Labour |
| Tiverton |
Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Conservative |
| Tonbridge |
Gerald Williams |
Conservative |
| Torquay |
Charles Williams |
Conservative |
| Torrington |
George Lambert |
National Liberal & Conservative |
| Totnes |
Ralph Rayner |
Conservative |
| Tottenham |
Frederick Messer |
Co-op & Labour |
| Truro |
Geoffrey Wilson |
Conservative |
| Twickenham |
Edward Keeling |
Conservative |
| Tynemouth |
Irene Ward |
Conservative |
U
|
| Ulster Mid |
Anthony Mulvey |
Irish Nationalist |
| Uxbridge |
Frank Beswick |
Co-op & Labour |
V
|
| Vauxhall |
George Strauss |
Labour |
W
|
| Wakefield |
Arthur Greenwood |
Labour |
| Wallasey |
Ernest Marples |
Conservative |
| Wallsend |
John McKay |
Labour |
| Walsall |
William Wells |
Labour |
| Walthamstow East |
Harry Wallace |
Labour |
| Walthamstow West |
Clement Attlee |
Labour |
| Wandsworth Central |
Richard Adams |
Labour |
| Warwick and Leamington |
Anthony Eden |
Conservative |
| Warrington |
Hyacinth Morgan |
Labour |
| Watford |
John Freeman |
Labour |
| Wednesbury |
Stanley Evans |
Labour |
| Wellingborough |
George Lindgren |
Labour |
| Wells |
Dennis Coleridge Boles |
Conservative |
| Wembley North |
Sir Eric Bullus |
Conservative |
| Wembley South |
Ronald Russell |
Conservative |
| West Bromwich |
John Dugdale |
Labour |
| Westbury |
Robert Grimston |
Conservative |
| Western Isles |
Malcolm Macmillan |
Labour |
| West Ham North |
Arthur Lewis |
Labour |
| West Ham South |
Elwyn Jones |
Labour |
| Westhoughton |
Rhys Davies |
Labour |
| West Lothian |
George Mathers |
Labour |
| Westmorland |
William Fletcher-Vane |
Conservative |
| Weston-super-Mare |
Ian Orr-Ewing |
Conservative |
| Whitehaven |
Frank Anderson |
Labour |
| Widnes |
James MacColl |
Labour |
| Wigan |
Ronald Williams |
Labour |
| Willesden East |
Maurice Orbach |
Labour |
| Willesden West |
Samuel Viant |
Labour |
| Wimbledon |
Cyril Black |
Conservative |
| Winchester |
Peter Smithers |
Conservative |
| Windsor |
Charles Mott-Radclyffe |
Conservative |
| Wirral |
Selwyn Lloyd |
Conservative |
| Woking |
Harold Watkinson |
Conservative |
| Wokingham |
Peter Remnant |
Conservative |
| Wolverhampton North East |
John Baird |
Labour |
| Wolverhampton South West |
Enoch Powell |
Conservative |
| Woodford |
Winston Churchill |
Conservative |
| Wood Green |
William Irving |
Co-op & Labour |
| Woolwich East |
Ernest Bevin |
Labour |
| Woolwich West |
William Steward |
Conservative |
| Worcester |
George Ward |
Conservative |
| Worcestershire South |
Rupert de la Bere |
Conservative |
| Workington |
Fred Peart |
Labour |
| Worthing |
Otho Prior-Palmer |
Conservative |
| The Wrekin |
Ivor Owen Thomas |
Labour |
| Wrexham |
Robert Richards |
Labour |
| Wycombe |
John Haire |
Labour |
Y
|
| Yarmouth |
Ernest Kinghorn |
Labour |
| Yeovil |
William Kingsmill |
Conservative |
| York |
Harry Hylton-Foster |
Conservative |
× MacManaway was disqualified for being a Church of Ireland priest. A by-election was held in November 1950.
ł Polling in Moss Side took place on 9 March after the Conservative candidate, Sqn. Ldr. Fleming, died before polling day. Florence Horsbrugh had previously stood in the main election in Midlothian and Peebles.
By-elections
See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.
See also
References
- The Times House of Commons 1950 (1950)
