UK General Election results February 1950

23rd February 1950

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

Thurrock — Wallasey

Wallsend — West Bromwich

Thurrock
[E] unchanged:

HJ Delargy	Labour	22,893	52.68%
AMS Neave	Conservative	13,306	30.62%
LJ Solley	Ind Labour	4,250	9.78%
WHN Siddons	Liberal	3,010	6.93%

Electorate: 50,962; Turnout: 85.28%;
Majority: 9,587 (22.06%)

Tiverton
[E] Conservative win

DH Amory	Conservative	20,606	52.11%
AEP Duffy	Labour	12,055	30.48%
CH Blackburn	Liberal	6,885	17.41%

Electorate: 46,536; Turnout: 84.98%;
Majority: 8,551 (21.62%)

Tonbridge
[E] Conservative win

G Williams	Conservative	27,893	51.85%
BR Clapham	Labour	19,525	36.30%
LA Willard	Liberal	5,634	10.47%
EFStJ Lyburn	Ind Conservative	739	1.37%

Electorate: 64,397; Turnout: 83.53%;
Majority: 8,368 (15.56%)

Torquay
[E] Conservative win

C Williams	Conservative	29,153	53.56%
R Briscoe	Labour	14,287	26.25%
S Townend	Liberal	10,987	20.19%

Electorate: 65,708; Turnout: 82.83%;
Majority: 14,866 (27.31%)

Torrington
[E] National Liberal & Conservative win

G Lambert	Nat Lib & Conservative	19,128	51.07%
E Rashleigh	Liberal	9,589	25.60%
TBH Chappell	Labour	8,735	23.32%

Electorate: 45,036; Turnout: 83.16%;
Majority: 9,539 (25.47%)

Totnes
[E] Conservative win

RH Rayner	Conservative	26,104	49.01%
D Widdicombe	Labour	15,767	29.60%
H Desch	Liberal	10,974	20.60%
E Tapscott	Communist	423	0.79%

Electorate: 62,972; Turnout: 84.59%;
Majority: 10,337 (19.41%)

Tottenham
[E] Labour win

F Messer	Labour	30,901	56.98%
PJ Faulkner	Conservative	16,862	31.09%
R Allen	Liberal	5,665	10.45%
G Cross	Communist	802	1.48%

Electorate: 66,943; Turnout: 81.01%;
Majority: 14,039 (25.89%)

Truro
[E] Conservative win

G Wilson	Conservative	18,910	41.77%
H Brinton	Labour	15,617	34.50%
G Whitmarsh	Liberal	10,746	23.74%

Electorate: 54,374; Turnout: 83.26%;
Majority: 3,293 (7.27%)

Twickenham
[E] unchanged:

EH Keeling	Conservative	36,757	55.87%
J Stonehouse	Labour	23,088	35.09%
DA Forwood	Liberal	5,950	9.04%

Electorate: 76,810; Turnout: 85.66%;
Majority: 13,669 (20.78%)

Tynemouth
[E] Conservative win

I Ward	Conservative	28,785	49.30%
G Colman	Labour	23,148	39.65%
EB Slack	Liberal	6,452	11.05%

Electorate: 69,501; Turnout: 84.01%;
Majority: 5,637 (9.65%)

Ulster Mid
[N] Irish Nationalist win

A Mulvey	Irish Nationalist	33,023	52.63%
JM Shearer	Ulster Unionist	29,721	47.37%

Electorate: 68,535; Turnout: 91.55%;
Majority: 3,302 (5.26%)

Uxbridge
[E] Labour win

F Beswick	Labour	20,139	48.16%
CB Thorne	Conservative	17,741	42.43%
JE Aylett	Liberal	3,933	9.41%

Electorate: 49,446; Turnout: 84.56%;
Majority: 2,398 (5.74%)

Vauxhall
[E] Labour win

GR Strauss	Labour	23,988	62.53%
AF Lockwood	Conservative	10,618	27.68%
WS Dyer	Liberal	3,251	8.47%
M Heinemann	Communist	508	1.32%

Electorate: 50,673; Turnout: 75.71%;
Majority: 13,370 (34.85%)

Wakefield
[E] Labour win

A Greenwood	Labour	25,996	55.38%
H Watson	Conservative	15,925	33.92%
SJ Berwin	Liberal	5,022	10.70%

Electorate: 53,763; Turnout: 87.31%;
Majority: 10,071 (21.45%)

Wallasey
[E] Conservative win

AE Marples	Conservative	33,904	57.08%
JL Hindle	Labour	18,989	31.97%
AW Jones	Liberal	6,507	10.95%

Electorate: 72,029; Turnout: 82.47%;
Majority: 14,915 (25.11%)

Wallsend
[E] Labour win

J McKay	Labour	33,790	56.35%
DFM Appleby	Conservative	21,643	36.09%
JW Craggs	Liberal	4,532	7.56%

Electorate: 68,496; Turnout: 87.55%;
Majority: 12,147 (20.26%)

Walsall
[E] Labour win

WT Wells	Labour	36,483	55.97%
J Barlow	Nat Lib & Conservative	28,700	44.03%

Electorate: 75,594; Turnout: 86.23%;
Majority: 7,783 (11.94%)

Walthamstow East
[E] unchanged:

HW Wallace	Labour	18,478	46.97%
DH Barber	Conservative	15,206	38.65%
IF Drower	Liberal	5,654	14.37%

Electorate: 46,603; Turnout: 84.41%;
Majority: 3,272 (8.32%)

Walthamstow West
[E] unchanged:

CR Atlee	Labour	21,095	60.46%
JA Paul	Conservative	8,988	25.76%
AW Pim	Liberal	4,102	11.76%
HL Hutchinson	Ind Labour	704	2.02%

Electorate: 42,684; Turnout: 81.74%;
Majority: 12,107 (34.70%)

Wandsworth Central
[E] Labour win

HR Adams	Labour	27,582	48.56%
R Grant-Ferris	Conservative	25,533	44.96%
A Rose	Liberal	3,680	6.48%

Electorate: 69,206; Turnout: 82.07%;
Majority: 2,049 (3.61%)

Warrington
[E] Labour win

HB Morgan	Labour	26,482	56.82%
FL Neep	Conservative	17,730	38.04%
JC Park	Liberal	1,899	4.07%
J Grady	Communist	496	1.06%

Electorate: 54,166; Turnout: 86.04%;
Majority: 8,752 (18.78%)

Warwick & Leamington
[E] Conservative win

A Eden	Conservative	27,353	59.78%
H Bithell	Labour	18,400	40.22%

Electorate: 55,218; Turnout: 82.86%;
Majority: 8,953 (19.57%)
This is a corrected result published by officials on 8 March

Watford
[E] Labour win

J Freeman	Labour	21,759	47.36%
M Bemrose	Conservative	20,302	44.19%
HB Bush	Liberal	3,879	8.44%

Electorate: 52,722; Turnout: 87.14%;
Majority: 1,457 (3.17%)

Wednesbury
[E] Labour win

SN Evans	Labour	33,215	55.85%
HR Wilkins	Conservative	17,761	29.87%
J Bowker	Liberal	8,494	14.28%

Electorate: 68,899; Turnout: 86.31%;
Majority: 15,454 (25.99%)

Wellingborough
[E] Labour win

GS Lindgren	Labour	21,640	47.10%
J Sayer	Conservative	13,075	28.46%
ET Malindine	Liberal	11,227	24.44%

Electorate: 51,326; Turnout: 89.51%;
Majority: 8,565 (18.64%)

Wells
[E] Conservative win

DC Boles	Conservative	20,613	42.61%
Lady Archibald	Labour	17,987	37.19%
A Marreco	Liberal	9,771	20.20%

Electorate: 55,058; Turnout: 87.85%;
Majority: 2,626 (5.43%)

Wembley North
[E] unchanged:

EE Bullus	Conservative	22,430	51.94%
B Lewis	Labour	14,987	34.70%
B Dann	Liberal	5,770	13.36%

Electorate: 48,817; Turnout: 88.47%;
Majority: 7,443 (17.23%)

Wembley South
[E] unchanged:

RS Russell	Conservative	20,920	48.69%
C Barton	Labour	17,251	40.15%
C Jackson	Liberal	4,366	10.16%
N Gill	Communist	430	1.00%

Electorate: 48,678; Turnout: 88.27%;
Majority: 3,669 (8.54%)

West Bromwich
[E] Labour win

J Dugdale	Labour	31,564	65.40%
Visc Ednam	Conservative	16,697	34.60%

Electorate: 58,260; Turnout: 82.84%;
Majority: 14,867 (30.81%)

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