United Kingdom general election, 1959

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1959 election

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This United Kingdom general election was held on October 8, 1959, and marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative party, led by Harold MacMillan. They increased their overall majority again, to 100 seats.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Conservative	13,750,875	365	+ 20	49.4
Labour	12,216,172	258	- 19	43.8
Liberal	1,640,760	6		5.9
Plaid Cymru	77,571	0		0.3
Sinn Féin	63,415	0	- 2	0.2
Communist	30,896	0		0.1
SNP	21,738	0		0.1
ILP (NI)	20,062	0		0.1
Independent Conservative	14,118	1	+ 1	0.1
Independent	7,492	0		0.0
Fife Socialist League	4,886	0		0.0
Independent Liberal	4,473	0		0.0
Union Movement	2,821	0		0.0
Lancastrian	1,889	0		0.0
National Labour	1,685	0		0.0

Total votes cast: 27,862,652. All parties with more than 1,200 votes shown. Conservatives include the National Liberal Party and Ulster Unionists.