List of MPs elected in the 1951 United Kingdom general election
| 38th Parliament | (1945) |
| 39th Parliament | (1950) |
| 40th Parliament | (1951) |
| 41st Parliament | (1955) |
| 42nd Parliament | (1959) |
Composition
These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1951 general election.
Note: This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
| Affiliation | Members | |
| Conservative Party* | 302 | |
| Labour Party | 295 | |
| National Liberal* | 19 | |
| Liberal Party | 6 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | |
| Irish Labour | 1 | |
| Total | 625 | |
| Effective government majority | 16 (total strength) | |
- The National Liberals were in alliance with the Conservatives, bringing total Conservative strength to 321 seats.
This is a complete list of Members of Parliament elected to the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1951 general election on 25 October 1951.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Anthony Barber, Lord Lambton and Ted Short.
° Frank Collindridge, the sitting MP for Barnsley, died during the campaign. A special election took place on 8 November .
By-elections
See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.
See also
- List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
- UK general election, 1951
- Category:UK MPs 1951-1955
References
- Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Sian; Pipes, Rose (2007). Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen. Edinburgh University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7486-2660-1.