UK General Election results February 1950

23rd February 1950

The region in which each constituency is situated is indicated in square brackets

Hemsworth — Holland with Boston

Honiton — Huyton

Hemsworth
[E] Labour win

HE Holmes	Labour	47,934	82.38%
J Asquith	Conservative & Nat Lib	10,254	17.62%

Electorate: 65,968; Turnout: 88.21%;
Majority: 37,680 (64.76%)

Hendon North
[E] unchanged:

CI Orr-Ewing	Conservative	20,755	44.40%
B Ayrton Gould	Labour	18,500	39.57%
E Martell	Liberal	6,575	14.06%
M Politt	Communist	918	1.96%

Electorate: 54,153; Turnout: 86.33%;
Majority: 2,255 (4.82%)

Hendon South
[E] unchanged:

H Lucas-Tooth	Conservative	24,917	52.19%
T Sargant	Labour	15,389	32.23%
CJH Tolley	Liberal	7,436	15.58%

Electorate: 57,089; Turnout: 83.63%;
Majority: 9,528 (19.96%)

Henley
[E] Conservative win

J Hay	Conservative	20,488	49.43%
AEG Hawkins	Labour	14,709	35.48%
P Minoprio	Liberal	6,255	15.09%

Electorate: 50,749; Turnout: 81.68%;
Majority: 5,779 (13.94%)

Hereford
[E] Conservative win

JPL Thomas	Conservative	18,314	51.64%
W Pigott	Labour	11,185	31.54%
AE Farr	Liberal	5,965	16.82%

Electorate: 44,059; Turnout: 80.49%;
Majority: 7,129 (20.10%)

Hertford
[E] Conservative win

DC Walker-Smith	Conservative	25,074	45.90%
L Scutts	Labour	19,324	35.37%
P Hughes	Liberal	10,234	18.73%

Electorate: 65,683; Turnout: 83.18%;
Majority: 5,750 (10.52%)

Hertfordshire South West
[E] Conservative win

GJM Longden	Conservative	23,608	55.37%
L Allaker	Labour	14,913	34.98%
GC Middleton	Liberal	4,114	9.65%

Electorate: 49,518; Turnout: 86.10%;
Majority: 8,695 (20.39%)

Heston & Isleworth
[E] unchanged:

RR Harris	Conservative	33,292	50.07%
WR Williams	Labour	29,013	43.64%
DK Overell	Liberal	4,183	6.29%

Electorate: 77,262; Turnout: 86.06%;
Majority: 4,279 (6.44%)

Hexham
[E] Speaker win

D Clifton Brown	Speaker	24,703	85.60%
A Hancock	Ind Liberal	4,154	14.40%

Electorate: 46,635; Turnout: 61.88%;
Majority: 20,549 (71.21%)

Heywood & Royton
[E] Conservative win

H Sutcliffe	Conservative	23,518	44.04%
CJ Hurley	Labour	21,482	40.23%
WH Watkinson	Liberal	8,404	15.74%

Electorate: 60,703; Turnout: 87.98%;
Majority: 2,036 (3.81%)

High Peak
[E] Conservative win

AHE Molson	Conservative	19,740	45.68%
WMcC Halsall	Labour	16,933	39.19%
TS Rothwell	Liberal	6,539	15.13%

Electorate: 50,351; Turnout: 85.82%;
Majority: 2,807 (6.50%)

Hitchin
[E] Conservative win

NTL Fisher	Conservative	23,580	45.11%
PA Jones	Labour	21,829	41.76%
FS Haig	Liberal	6,863	13.13%

Electorate: 60,936; Turnout: 85.78%;
Majority: 1,751 (3.35%)

Holborn & St Pancras South
[E] Labour win

SW Jeger	Labour	19,223	48.51%
PJF Chapman-Walker	Conservative	17,993	45.41%
H Buckmaster	Liberal	2,411	6.08%

Electorate: 54,958; Turnout: 72.10%;
Majority: 1,230 (3.10%)

Holland with Boston
[E] National Liberal & Conservative win

HW Butcher	Nat Lib & Conservative	30,336	53.97%
HW Lee	Labour	22,374	39.80%
RD Blankley	Liberal	3,500	6.23%

Electorate: 68,411; Turnout: 82.17%;
Majority: 7,962 (14.16%)

Honiton
[E] Conservative win

C Drewe	Conservative	26,767	57.78%
GR Sargeant	Labour	10,816	23.35%
G Barrington	Liberal	8,742	18.87%

Electorate: 54,869; Turnout: 84.43%;
Majority: 15,951 (34.43%)

Horncastle
[E] Conservative win

JFW Maitland	Conservative	22,329	65.67%
FH Clark	Labour	11,671	34.33%

Electorate: 43,183; Turnout: 78.73%;
Majority: 10,658 (31.35%)

Hornchurch
[E] unchanged:

GHC Bing	Labour	28,463	46.05%
J Wentworth Day	Conservative	26,696	43.19%
BN Seear	Liberal	6,653	10.76%

Electorate: 72,146; Turnout: 85.68%;
Majority: 1,767 (2.86%)

Hornsey
[E] Conservative win

LD Gammans	Conservative	33,927	53.79%
R Pestel	Labour	22,832	36.20%
A Leevers	Liberal	5,122	8.12%
GJ Jones	Communist	1,191	1.89%

Electorate: 74,057; Turnout: 85.17%;
Majority: 11,095 (17.59%)

Horsham
[E] Conservative win

Earl Winterton	Conservative	21,627	56.36%
HR Nicholls	Labour	11,204	29.20%
EM Marchant	Liberal	5,539	14.44%

Electorate: 48,092; Turnout: 79.78%;
Majority: 10,423 (27.16%)

Houghton-le-Spring
[E] Labour win

WR Blyton	Labour	36,044	77.14%
B Bolam	Conservative	10,682	22.86%

Electorate: 53,571; Turnout: 87.22%;
Majority: 25,362 (54.28%)

Hove
[E] Conservative win

AAH Marlowe	Conservative	33,748	66.92%
FR Rea	Labour	11,791	23.38%
JR Colclough	Liberal	4,893	9.70%

Electorate: 61,556; Turnout: 81.93%;
Majority: 21,957 (43.54%)

Huddersfield East
[E] Labour win

JPW Mallalieu	Labour	22,296	56.65%
JW Smith	Conservative	17,063	43.35%

Electorate: 45,953; Turnout: 85.65%;
Majority: 5,233 (13.30%)

Huddersfield West
[E] Liberal win

DM Wade	Liberal	24,456	58.23%
HW Bolt	Labour	17,542	41.77%

Electorate: 48,351; Turnout: 86.86%;
Majority: 6,914 (16.46%)

Hull Central
[E] Labour win

M Hewitson	Labour	27,351	56.49%
RO Wilberforce	Conservative	15,951	32.95%
AR Hardcastle	Liberal	5,113	10.56%

Electorate: 61,918; Turnout: 78.19%;
Majority: 11,400 (23.55%)

Hull East
[E] Labour win

H Pursey	Labour	26,903	56.20%
JW Heyting	Conservative	13,988	29.22%
TE Dalton	Liberal	6,981	14.58%

Electorate: 56,135; Turnout: 85.28%;
Majority: 12,915 (26.98%)

Hull North
[E] Conservative win

WRA Hudson	Conservative	18,811	44.66%
CFC Lawson	Labour	18,041	42.83%
GS Atkinson	Liberal	5,268	12.51%

Electorate: 48,808; Turnout: 86.30%;
Majority: 770 (1.83%)

Huntingdonshire
[E] unchanged:

DL-M Renton	Nat Lib & Conservative	18,551	51.40%
FR MacDonald	Labour	13,096	36.29%
WGF Thompson	Liberal	4,442	12.31%

Electorate: 43,699; Turnout: 82.59%;
Majority: 5,455 (15.12%)

Huyton
[E] Labour win

JH Wilson	Labour	21,536	48.36%
S Smart	Conservative	20,702	46.49%
HG Edwards	Liberal	1,905	4.28%
L McGree	Communist	387	0.87%

Electorate: 52,363; Turnout: 85.04%;
Majority: 834 (1.87%)

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