UK General Election results May 1955

26th May 1955

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

Fife West — Glasgow Central

Glasgow Craigton — Goole

Fife West
[S] Labour hold

WW Hamilton	Labour	26,849	62.62%
NR Wylie	Conservative	10,638	24.81%
W Lauchlan	Communist	5,389	12.57%

Electorate: 53,417; Turnout: 80.27%;
Majority: 16,211 (37.81%)

Finchley
[E] Conservative hold

J Crowder	Conservative	30,233	54.56%
TR Lancaster	Labour	17,408	31.41%
M Sykes	Liberal	7,775	14.03%

Electorate: 70,757; Turnout: 78.32%;
Majority: 12,825 (23.14%)

Flint East
[W] Labour hold

EL White	Labour	22,828	52.62%
KG Knee	Conservative	20,554	47.38%

Electorate: 51,560; Turnout: 84.14%;
Majority: 2,274 (5.24%)

Flint West
[W] Conservative hold

ENC Birch	Conservative	20,980	55.70%
HJ Jones	Labour	12,628	33.52%
G Owen	Liberal	4,060	10.78%

Electorate: 46,529; Turnout: 80.96%;
Majority: 8,352 (22.17%)

Folkestone & Hythe
[E] Conservative hold

H Mackeson	Conservative	23,851	64.99%
LL Reeves	Labour	12,849	35.01%

Electorate: 50,392; Turnout: 72.83%;
Majority: 11,002 (29.98%)

Fulham
[E] Labour win

M Stewart	Labour	23,972	55.04%
M de la Motte	Conservative	19,578	44.96%

Electorate: 55,373; Turnout: 78.65%;
Majority: 4,394 (10.09%)

Fylde North
[E] Conservative hold

RO Stanley	Conservative	23,812	72.24%
L Spriggs	Labour	9,152	27.76%

Electorate: 48,081; Turnout: 68.56%;
Majority: 14,660 (44.47%)

Fylde South
[E] Conservative hold

CG Lancaster	Conservative	33,204	75.44%
RC Jelley	Labour	10,809	24.56%

Electorate: 60,623; Turnout: 72.60%;
Majority: 22,395 (50.88%)

Gainsborough
[E] Conservative hold

HFC Crookshank	Conservative	21,576	55.78%
GRS Hawkins	Labour	17,107	44.22%

Electorate: 50,399; Turnout: 76.75%;
Majority: 4,469 (11.55%)

Galloway
[S] Conservative hold

JH Mackie	Conservative	15,893	66.86%
WS Gray	Labour	7,879	33.14%

Electorate: 34,366; Turnout: 69.17%;
Majority: 8,014 (33.71%)

Gateshead East
[E] Labour win

AS Moody	Labour	21,653	56.45%
G Glover	Conservative	16,706	43.55%

Electorate: 48,692; Turnout: 78.78%;
Majority: 4,947 (12.90%)

Gateshead West
[E] Labour win

JT Hall	Labour	22,040	65.32%
J Quigley	Conservative	11,701	34.68%

Electorate: 46,567; Turnout: 72.46%;
Majority: 10,339 (30.64%)

Gillingham
[E] Conservative hold

FA Burden	Conservative	20,984	55.48%
JJ Huddart	Labour	16,839	44.52%

Electorate: 47,561; Turnout: 79.53%;
Majority: 4,145 (10.96%)

Glasgow Bridgeton
[S] Labour win

J Carmichael	Labour	20,476	57.73%
P Cowcher	Conservative	12,375	34.89%
G Stone	Ind Labour Party	2,619	7.38%

Electorate: 53,733; Turnout: 66.01%;
Majority: 8,101 (22.84%)

Glasgow Cathcart
[S] Conservative hold

J Henderson	Conservative	25,265	72.64%
LP Thomas	Labour	9,514	27.36%

Electorate: 45,969; Turnout: 75.66%;
Majority: 15,751 (45.29%)

Glasgow Central
[S] Labour win

J McInnes	Labour	16,674	61.80%
ID Barber-Fleming	Conservative	10,307	38.20%

Electorate: 43,068; Turnout: 62.65%;
Majority: 6,367 (23.60%)

Glasgow Craigton
[S] Conservative win

JN Browne	Conservative	19,120	50.28%
B Millan	Labour	18,910	49.72%

Electorate: 48,065; Turnout: 79.12%;
Majority: 210 (0.55%)

Glasgow Gorbals
[S] Labour win

A Cullen	Labour	22,567	61.16%
WB Thomson	Conservative	11,839	32.09%
P Kerrigan	Communist	2,491	6.75%

Electorate: 56,627; Turnout: 65.16%;
Majority: 10,728 (29.08%)

Glasgow Govan
[S] Labour win

J Rankin	Labour	24,818	61.99%
AG Hutton	Conservative	15,216	38.01%

Electorate: 55,743; Turnout: 71.82%;
Majority: 9,602 (23.98%)

Glasgow Hillhead
[S] Conservative win

TGD Galbraith	Conservative	20,106	67.57%
JB Davidson	Labour	9,648	32.43%

Electorate: 40,802; Turnout: 72.92%;
Majority: 10,458 (35.15%)

Glasgow Kelvingrove
[S] Conservative win

W Elliot	Conservative	14,854	55.38%
JL Williams	Labour	11,966	44.62%

Electorate: 39,682; Turnout: 67.59%;
Majority: 2,888 (10.77%)

Glasgow Maryhill
[S] Labour hold

W Hannan	Labour	21,174	62.81%
AA Bell	Conservative	12,536	37.19%

Electorate: 48,197; Turnout: 69.94%;
Majority: 8,638 (25.62%)

Glasgow Pollok
[S] Conservative win

JC George	Conservative	23,975	61.31%
AE Macarthur	Labour	15,130	38.69%

Electorate: 51,800; Turnout: 75.49%;
Majority: 8,845 (22.62%)

Glasgow Provan
[S] Labour win

W Reid	Labour	15,533	50.29%
C McFarlane	Conservative	15,353	49.71%

Electorate: 41,326; Turnout: 74.74%;
Majority: 180 (0.58%)

Glasgow Scotstoun
[S] Conservative win

JRH Hutchison	Conservative	18,654	50.58%
H James	Labour	18,226	49.42%

Electorate: 46,370; Turnout: 79.53%;
Majority: 428 (1.16%)

Glasgow Shettleston
[S] Labour hold

J McGovern	Labour	21,464	57.84%
JOM Hunter	Conservative	15,645	42.16%

Electorate: 53,533; Turnout: 69.32%;
Majority: 5,819 (15.68%)

Glasgow Springburn
[S] Labour win

JC Forman	Labour	16,131	57.57%
JA Young	Conservative	10,358	36.97%
F Hart	Communist	1,532	5.47%

Electorate: 40,537; Turnout: 69.12%;
Majority: 5,773 (20.60%)

Glasgow Woodside
[S] Conservative win

W Grant	Conservative	19,846	56.08%
J McGinley	Labour	15,543	43.92%

Electorate: 48,632; Turnout: 72.77%;
Majority: 4,303 (12.16%)

Gloucester
[E] Labour win

M Turner-Samuels	Labour	21,354	50.89%
DC Napley	Conservative	20,606	49.11%

Electorate: 51,841; Turnout: 80.94%;
Majority: 748 (1.78%)

Gloucestershire South
[E] Conservative win

FV Corfield	Conservative	21,760	52.06%
ES Bishop	Labour	20,034	47.94%

Electorate: 51,166; Turnout: 81.68%;
Majority: 1,726 (4.13%)

Gloucestershire West
[E] Labour hold

MP Price	Labour	22,366	54.94%
BJY Williams	Conservative	18,346	45.06%

Electorate: 51,772; Turnout: 78.64%;
Majority: 4,020 (9.87%)

Goole
[E] Labour hold

G Jeger	Labour	25,420	62.19%
G Welby	Conservative & Lib	15,456	37.81%

Electorate: 52,190; Turnout: 78.32%;
Majority: 9,964 (24.38%)

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