UK General Election results February 1950

23rd February 1950

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

Newbury — Normanton

Northampton — Oldham West

Newbury
[E] Conservative win

AR Hurd	Conservative	18,150	52.84%
C Jackson	Labour	11,914	34.69%
E Burrows	Liberal	4,284	12.47%

Electorate: 42,374; Turnout: 81.06%;
Majority: 6,236 (18.16%)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
[E] Labour win

JD Mack	Labour	30,249	57.75%
JA Friend	Conservative	22,132	42.25%

Electorate: 59,782; Turnout: 87.62%;
Majority: 8,117 (15.50%)

Newcastle upon Tyne Central
[E] Labour win

L Wilkes	Labour	25,190	63.66%
GC White	Conservative	13,567	34.29%
FG Barton	Ind Labour Party	812	2.05%

Electorate: 49,588; Turnout: 79.80%;
Majority: 11,623 (29.37%)

Newcastle upon Tyne East
[E] Labour win

A Blenkinsop	Labour	24,694	51.45%
PG Williams	Conservative	18,866	39.30%
W McKeag	Liberal	4,440	9.25%

Electorate: 56,055; Turnout: 85.63%;
Majority: 5,828 (12.14%)

Newcastle upon Tyne North
[E] Conservative win

C Headlam	Conservative	25,325	53.86%
WH Shackleton	Labour	16,860	35.85%
A Herbert	Liberal	4,839	10.29%

Electorate: 56,205; Turnout: 83.67%;
Majority: 8,465 (18.00%)

Newcastle upon Tyne West
[E] Labour win

E Popplewell	Labour	31,230	58.19%
AE Pain	Conservative	21,949	40.90%
R McNair	Communist	492	0.92%

Electorate: 61,556; Turnout: 87.19%;
Majority: 9,281 (17.29%)

New Forest
[E] Conservative win

OE Crosthwaite-Eyre	Conservative	28,427	55.97%
AW White	Labour	15,986	31.47%
H Fry	Liberal	6,380	12.56%

Electorate: 62,258; Turnout: 81.58%;
Majority: 12,441 (24.49%)

Newport
[W] Labour win

P Freeman	Labour	31,858	50.99%
I Thomas	Conservative	21,866	34.99%
WJ Owen	Liberal	8,761	14.02%

Electorate: 71,066; Turnout: 87.93%;
Majority: 9,992 (15.99%)

Newton
[E] Labour win

F Lee	Labour	31,832	59.06%
K Lewis	Conservative	22,068	40.94%

Electorate: 61,246; Turnout: 88.01%;
Majority: 9,764 (18.12%)

Norfolk Central
[E] National Liberal & Conservative win

F Medlicott	Nat Lib & Conservative	20,407	51.30%
GW Holderness	Labour	16,516	41.52%
PVB Jebb	Liberal	2,859	7.19%

Electorate: 47,201; Turnout: 84.28%;
Majority: 3,891 (9.78%)

Norfolk North
[E] Labour win

EG Gooch	Labour	19,790	47.99%
DM Reid	Conservative & Nat Lib	17,741	43.03%
A Jones	Liberal	3,703	8.98%

Electorate: 48,910; Turnout: 84.31%;
Majority: 2,049 (4.97%)

Norfolk South
[E] Conservative win

P Baker	Conservative	18,143	50.46%
CP Mayhew	Labour	15,714	43.71%
GQ Bryant	Liberal	2,097	5.83%

Electorate: 43,023; Turnout: 83.57%;
Majority: 2,429 (6.76%)

Norfolk South West
[E] Labour win

S Dye	Labour	15,649	47.35%
DG Bullard	Conservative	15,389	46.57%
GS Dennis	Liberal	2,009	6.08%

Electorate: 39,622; Turnout: 83.41%;
Majority: 260 (0.79%)

Normanton
[E] Labour win

TJ Brooks	Labour	31,986	74.53%
T Heseltine	Conservative	10,929	25.47%

Electorate: 49,026; Turnout: 87.54%;
Majority: 21,057 (49.07%)

Northampton
[E] Labour win

RT Paget	Labour	31,946	48.98%
RL Agnew	Conservative	24,664	37.81%
SH Alloway	Liberal	8,619	13.21%

Electorate: 74,502; Turnout: 87.55%;
Majority: 7,282 (11.16%)

Northamptonshire South
[E] Conservative win

RE Manningham-Buller	Conservative	18,612	47.62%
D Webb	Labour	16,852	43.12%
L Evans	Liberal	3,620	9.26%

Electorate: 44,870; Turnout: 87.10%;
Majority: 1,760 (4.50%)

Northwich
[E] Conservative win

JG Foster	Conservative	25,144	48.35%
C Mapp	Labour	19,866	38.20%
WN Leak	Liberal	6,989	13.44%

Electorate: 59,346; Turnout: 87.62%;
Majority: 5,278 (10.15%)

Norwich North
[E] Labour win

J Paton	Labour	21,898	59.22%
VR Rees	Conservative	8,704	23.54%
DCT Bennett	Liberal	6,376	17.24%

Electorate: 42,887; Turnout: 86.22%;
Majority: 13,194 (35.68%)

Norwich South
[E] Conservative win

HG Strauss	Conservative	18,693	53.32%
MP Tylecote	Labour	16,368	46.68%

Electorate: 41,273; Turnout: 84.95%;
Majority: 2,325 (6.63%)

Norwood
[E] unchanged:

JG Smyth	Conservative	24,811	48.35%
R Chamberlain	Labour	22,736	44.31%
R Fredericke	Liberal	3,770	7.35%

Electorate: 60,961; Turnout: 84.18%;
Majority: 2,075 (4.04%)

Nottingham Central
[E] Labour win

I Winterbottom	Labour	19,237	46.31%
R Cary	Conservative	17,487	42.10%
JM Glyn-Barton	Liberal	4,814	11.59%

Electorate: 50,130; Turnout: 82.86%;
Majority: 1,750 (4.21%)

Nottingham East
[E] Labour win

J Harrison	Labour	20,404	46.53%
LH Gluckstein	Conservative	18,079	41.23%
EAB Fletcher	Liberal	5,368	12.24%

Electorate: 52,042; Turnout: 84.26%;
Majority: 2,325 (5.30%)

Nottingham North West
[E] Conservative win

T O'Brien	Labour	30,223	61.19%
T Gardner	Conservative	13,016	26.35%
TH Whalley	Liberal	5,432	11.00%
A West	Communist	719	1.46%

Electorate: 57,365; Turnout: 86.10%;
Majority: 17,207 (34.84%)

Nottingham South
[E] Labour win

HN Smith	Labour	18,806	48.03%
WR Rees-Davies	Conservative	17,165	43.84%
EG Watkins	Liberal	3,182	8.13%

Electorate: 45,864; Turnout: 85.37%;
Majority: 1,641 (4.19%)

Nuneaton
[E] unchanged:

FG Bowles	Labour	35,129	58.75%
PG Spencer	Conservative	16,488	27.57%
JA Harris	Liberal	8,177	13.68%

Electorate: 68,485; Turnout: 87.31%;
Majority: 18,641 (31.18%)

Ogmore
[W] unchanged:

WE Padley	Labour	35,836	74.74%
HR Gower	Conservative	9,791	20.42%
M Llewellyn	Communist	1,691	3.53%
I Davies	Welsh Republican	631	1.32%

Electorate: 56,184; Turnout: 85.34%;
Majority: 26,045 (54.32%)

Oldbury & Halesowen
[E] Labour win

A Moyle	Labour	28,379	50.42%
LC Baxter	Conservative	17,281	30.71%
RK Brown	Liberal	10,620	18.87%

Electorate: 65,230; Turnout: 86.28%;
Majority: 11,098 (19.72%)

Oldham East
[E] Labour win

F Fairhurst	Labour	21,510	44.97%
WHL Richmond	Conservative	21,117	44.15%
W Kirkman	Liberal	5,206	10.88%

Electorate: 56,895; Turnout: 84.07%;
Majority: 393 (0.82%)

Oldham West
[E] Labour win

L Hale	Labour	22,533	47.59%
IM Horobin	Conservative	17,740	37.47%
JT Middleton	Liberal	6,635	14.01%
W Mawdsley	Communist	438	0.93%

Electorate: 55,657; Turnout: 85.07%;
Majority: 4,793 (10.12%)

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