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The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 26 May 1955. The Conservative Party recorded a second consecutive victory over the Labour Party. It was the first time since 1935 that the Conservative Party won a greater share of the vote over the Labour Party. It is also to be noted that the 50.4% voteshare recorded by the Conservatives remains the largest share of the vote recorded by any party in a post-war general election. The 46.8% voteshare recorded by the Labour Party in England has been exceeded by the party only once since then- in the 1966 general election.

1955 United Kingdom general election

26 May 1955
All 511 English seats in the House of Commons 256 seats needed for English majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Anthony Eden Clement Attlee Clement Davies Party Conservative Labour Liberal Leader since 7 April 1955 25 October 1935 2 August 1945 Leader's seat Warwick and Leamington Walthamstow West Montgomeryshire Last election 271 seats, 48.8% 233 seats, 48.8% 2 seats, 2.3% Seats won 293 216 2 Seat change 22 17 Percentage 50.4 46.8% 2.7% Swing 1.6 2.0% 0.4%

It was also the first of 18 general elections held under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the first general election whose television coverage is existent. At the same time, it was the last election in which the Labour Party was led by Clement Attlee.

Result Table

Party	Seats won	Net change in seats	Total votes (in millions)	Voteshare	Change in voteshare
Conservative	293	22	11.17	50.4%	1.6%
Labour	216	17	10.36	46.8%	2.0%
Liberal	2		0.57	2.7%	0.4%

Parliament seats Conservative   57.33% Labour   42.27% Liberal   0.39%