ABSTRACT
Election C l % Lab % L2 % Others % Total majority3
1832 175 * 26.6 - 441 67.0 42 6.4 658 L 225 1835 273 * 41.5 - - 385 58.5 - - 658 L 113 1837 314 47.7 - - 344 * 52.3 - - 658 L 29 1841 367 55.8 - - 271 * 41.2 20 3.0 658 C 77 1847 325 49.5 - - 292 * 44.5 39 6.0 656 None 1852 330 50.5 - - 324 * 49.5 - - 654 C 7 1857 264 40.4 - - 377 57.6 13 2.0 654 L 100 1859 298 45.6 - - 356 * 54.4 - - 654 L 59 1865 289 43.9 - - 369 * 56.1 - - 658 L 81 1868 271 41.2 - - 387 * 58.8 - - 658 L 115 1874 350 53.7 - - 242 * 37.1 60 9.2 652 C 49 1880 237 36.3 - - 352 * 54.0 63 9.7 652 L 51 1885 249 37.2 - - 319 * 47.6 102 15.2 670 None 1886 393 * 58.7 - - 192 28.7 85 12.6 670 C 116 1892 313 46.7 - - 272 40.6 85 12.7 670 None 1895 411 61.4 - - 177 * 26.4 82 12.2 670 C 153 1900 402 60.0 2 0.3 183 * 27.3 83 12.4 670 C 135 1906 156 * 23.3 29 4.3 399 59.6 86 12.8 670 L 129 1910(J) 272 * 40.6 40 6.0 274 40.9 84 12.5 670 None 1910(D) 271 * 40.4 42 6.3 272 40.6 85 12.7 670 None 1918 382 * 54.0 57 8.1 163 23.1 105 14.8 707 Co 2834 1922 344 55.9 142 23.1 115 * 18.7 14 2.3 615 C 74 1923 258 41.9 191 31.1 158 * 25.7 8 1.3 615 None 1924 412 67.0 151 24.6 40 * 6.5 12 1.9 615 C 210 1929 260 * 42.3 287 46.7 59 9.6 9 1.4 615 None 1931 522 * 84.9 52 5 8.5 36 6 5.8 5 0.8 615 Nat 492 1935 429 * 69.8 154 25.0 21 3.4 11 1.8 615 Nat 242 1945 210 * 32.8 393 61.4 12 1.9 25 3.9 640 Lab 147 1950 298 * 47.7 315 50.4 9 1.4 3 0.5 625 Lab 6 1951 321 51.3 295 47.2 6 1.0 3 0.5 625 C 16 1955 345 * 54.8 277 44.0 6 0.9 2 0.3 630 C 59 1959 365 57.9 258 41.0 6 0.9 1 0.2 630 C 99 1964 304 * 48.3 317 50.3 9 1.4 - - 630 Lab 5 1966 253 40.1 364 * 57.8 12 1.9 1 0.2 630 Lab 97 1970 330 52.3 288 * 45.7 6 1.0 6 1.0 630 C 31 1974(F) 297 * 46.8 301 47.4 14 2.2 23 3.6 635 None 1974(O) 277 * 43.6 319 50.2 13 2.1 26 4.1 635 Lab 4 1979 339 53.4 269 * 42.4 11 1.7 16 2.5 635 C 44 1983 397 61.1 209 32.2 23 3.5 21 3.2 650 C 144 1987 376 * 57.9 229 35.2 22 3.4 23 3.5 650 C 101 1992 336 51.6 271 41.6 20 3.1 24 3.7 651 C 21 1997 165 25.0 418 63.4 46 7.0 30 * 4.6 659 Lab 178 2001 166 25.2 412 62.5 52 7.9 29 * 4.4 659 Lab 166 2005 198 30.7 355 55.0 62 9.6 31 * 4.8 646 Lab 65 * Including the Speaker. 1. Including Liberal Conservatives, 1847-59; Liberal Unionists, 1886-1910(D); National, National Liberal
Election C l % Lab % L2 % Others % Total per seat 1832 350 33.8 - - 636 61.3 51 4.9 1,037 1.6 1835 407 43.1 - - 538 56.9 - - 945 1.4 1837 484 48.7 - - 510 51.3 - - 994 1.5 1841 498 54.4 - - 388 42.3 30 3.3 916 1.4 1847 422 48.0 - - 393 44.7 64 7.3 879 1.3 1852 461 48.4 - - 488 51.2 4 0.4 953 1.5 1857 351 40.0 - - 507 57.6 21 2.4 878 1.3 1859 394 45.8 - - 465 54.1 1 0.1 860 1.3 1865 406 44.0 - - 516 56.0 - - 922 1.4 1868 436 42.0 - - 600 57.7 3 0.3 1,039 1.6 1874 507 46.9 - - 489 45.3 84 7.8 1,080 1.7 1880 521 47.2 - - 499 45.3 83 7.5 1,103 1.7 1885 602 45.0 - - 572 42.7 164 12.3 1,338 2.0 1886 563 50.5 - - 449 40.3 103 9.2 1,115 1.7 1892 606 46.5 - - 532 40.8 165 12.7 1,303 1.9 1895 588 49.8 - - 447 37.9 145 12.3 1,180 1.8 1900 569 51.6 15 1.4 402 36.5 116 10.5 1,102 1.6 1906 556 43.7 50 3.9 536 42.1 131 10.3 1,273 1.9 1910(J) 594 45.2 78 5.9 511 38.9 132 10.0 1,315 2.0 1910(D) 548 46.0 56 4.7 467 39.2 120 10.1 1,191 1.8 1918 445 27.4 361 22.3 421 25.9 396 24.4 1,623 2.3 1922 482 33.4 414 28.7 485 33.7 60 4.2 1,441 2.3 1923 536 37.1 427 29.5 457 31.6 26 1.8 1,446 2.4 1924 534 37.4 514 36.0 339 23.7 41 2.9 1,428 2.3 1929 590 34.1 569 32.9 513 29.7 58 3.3 1,730 2.8 1931 583 45.1 516 3 39.9 117 4 9.1 76 5.9 1,292 2.1 1935 583 43.2 552 41.0 161 11.9 52 3.9 1,348 2.2 1945 618 36.7 603 35.8 306 18.2 156 9.3 1,683 2.6 1950 619 33.2 617 33.0 475 25.4 157 8.4 1,868 3.0 1951 617 44.8 617 44.8 109 8.0 33 2.4 1,376 2.2 1955 624 44.3 620 44.0 110 7.8 55 3.9 1,409 2.2 1959 625 40.7 621 40.4 216 14.1 74 4.8 1,536 2.4 1964 630 35.9 628 35.7 365 20.8 134 7.6 1,757 2.8 1966 629 36.9 622 36.4 311 18.2 145 8.5 1,707 2.7 1970 628 34.2 625 34.0 332 18.1 252 13.7 1,837 2.9 1974(F) 623 29.2 623 29.2 517 24.2 372 17.4 2,135 3.4 1974(O) 622 27.6 623 27.7 619 27.5 388 17.2 2,252 3.5 1979 622 24.1 623 24.2 577 22.4 754 29.3 2,576 4.1 1983 633 24.6 633 24.6 633 24.6 679 26.2 2,578 4.0
Election C l % Lab % L2 % Others % Total per seat
1992 645 21.9 634 21.5 632 21.4 1,038 35.2 2,949 4.5 1997 648 17.4 639 17.2 639 17.2 1,798 48.3 3,724 5.7 2001 643 19.4 640 19.3 639 19.3 1,397 42.1 3,319 5.0 2005 630 17.7 627 17.6 626 17.6 1,671 47.0 3,554 5.5 1. Including Liberal Conservatives, 1847-59; Liberal Unionists, 1886-1910(D); National, National Liberal
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Seats 1885 35 538 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1886 212 400 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1892 57 527 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1895 181 406 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1900 229 379 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1906 108 462 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1910(J) 69 501 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1910(D) 153 446 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 1918 101 311 211 36 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 670 1922 48 293 212 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 1923 41 280 254 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 1924 30 318 223 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 1929 5 98 447 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 1931 54 409 99 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 1935 34 389 146 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 1945 3 259 291 42 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 601 1950 2 113 405 100 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 625 1951 4 495 122 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 625 1955 0 489 133 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 630 1959 0 373 238 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 630 1964 0 194 379 53 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 630 1966 0 234 349 44 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 630 1970 0 185 328 103 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 630 1974(F) 0 38 370 191 32 3 1 0 0 0 0 635 1974(O) 0 0 346 238 44 7 0 0 0 0 0 635 1979 0 3 173 300 118 28 12 0 1 0 0 635 1983 0 0 251 250 99 31 12 5 1 0 1 650 1987 0 0 351 236 51 11 1 0 0 0 0 650 1992 0 0 103 253 183 81 23 7 0 1 0 651 1997 0 0 18 134 176 165 101 35 23 7 0 659 2001 0 0 45 198 208 134 49 20 5 0 0 659 215 0 1
1979 0 0 0 0 1983 0 0 0 0 1987 0 4 0 4 1992 1 5 0 6 1997 0 9 0 9 2001 0 12 0 12 2005 2 13 0 15
Election C Lab L Total 1979 2 1 2 5 1983 4 6 8 18 1987 6 14 9 29 1992 8 9 5 22 1997 9 13 17 39 2001 16 21 29 66 2005 41 32 40 113
The first woman to be elected to the House of Commons was Countess Markievicz (Sinn Fein) on December 28, 1918. She did not take her seat.
