List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1950 on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
This is a complete list of Members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1950 general election, held on 23 February 1950.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Edward Heath, Horace King,
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.
* The National Liberals, (Scottish) Unionists and Ulster Unionists were in alliance with the Conservatives, bringing total Conservative strength to 298 seats.
× ''MacManaway was disqualified for being a Church of Ireland priest. A by-election was held in November 1950.''
ł ''Polling in Moss Side took place on 9 March after the Conservative candidate, Sqn. Ldr. Fleming, died before polling day.
Fred Mulley
Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (3 July 1918 – 15 March 1995) was a British UK Labour Party, Labour politician, barrister-at-law and economist.
Early life
Mulley attended Warwick School between 1 ...
, Bernard Braine
Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, PC (24 June 1914 – 5 January 2000) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 42 years, from 1950 to 1992, representing constituencies i ...
, Harry Hylton-Foster
Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster (10 April 1905 – 2 September 1965), was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 until his death in 1965. He was also the Speaker of the House of Commo ...
, Iain Macleod
Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.
A playboy and professional bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the Conservative Researc ...
, Gerald Nabarro, Reginald Maudling, Robert Carr, Bill Deedes, Enoch Powell, David Ormsby-Gore, Christopher Soames, Anthony Crosland, and Jo Grimond.
Composition
These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1950 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.
* The National Liberals, (Scottish) Unionists and Ulster Unionists were in alliance with the Conservatives, bringing total Conservative strength to 298 seats.
× ''MacManaway was disqualified for being a Church of Ireland priest. A by-election was held in November 1950.''ł ''Polling in Moss Side took place on 9 March after the Conservative candidate, Sqn. Ldr. Fleming, died before polling day.
Florence Horsbrugh
Florence Gertrude Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh, GBE, PC (13 October 1889 – 6 December 1969) was a Scottish Unionist Party and Conservative Party politician. The historian Kenneth Baxter has argued "in her day... hewas arguably the best k ...
had previously stood in the main election in Midlothian and Peebles.''
By-elections
See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.See also
* List of parliaments of the United Kingdom * UK general election, 1950 * :UK MPs 1950–1951References
* ''The Times House of Commons 1950'' (1950) {{UnitedKingdomMPs1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
1950 United Kingdom general election
List
UK MPs