This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 general election, held on 8 October 1959. Notable newcomers to the British House of Commons, House of Commons included Margaret Thatcher, Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, Nicholas Ridley, Jim Prior, Peter Tapsell (UK politician), Peter Tapsell, John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, John Morris and Jeremy Thorpe. It was also the final election in which Winston Churchill, then aged 84, stood as a candidate. Tapsell retired from Parliament 56 years later, at the 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015 general election.

Composition

These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties at the 1959 general election. Composition of the Commons in 1959

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.

By-elections

See the List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950 – 1979)#By-elections, list of United Kingdom by-elections.

By region

* List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964)

Composition

By-elections

By region

See also