UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 8 OCTOBER 1959
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Elections to the House of Commons
Source: F W S Craig, British Electoral Facts

NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Party                       Votes       %      Change   Seats
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Conservative Party          13,750,875  49.3  (-00.4)   365   +020
Labour Party                12,216,172  43.9  (-02.5)   258   -019
Liberal Party                1,640,760  05.9  (+03.2)     6
Others                         254,845  00.9              1   -001
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Total                       27,862,652                  630
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