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The Labour Party has achieved an overall majority in the House of Commons on 8 occasions - in 1945 (overall majority of 146), 1950 (5), 1964 (4), 1966 (98), October 1974 (3), 1997 (179), 2001 (167) and 2005 (66).
Additionally, though it did not win outright, Labour emerged as the largest party on a hung parliament in 1929 (21 seats short) and February 1974 (17 seats short). It can thus be argued the party has won 10 elections. In 1929, however, the Conservative Party won 203,559 votes more than Labour, but elected 27 fewer MPs.
The party came also second in the 1923 general election with 191 seats against the Conservative Party's 258, but still went on to form a single-party minority government with the support of Liberal MPs. Furthermore, in 1951, the Labour Party won over 1.2million more votes than the Conservative Party, but the Conservatives won 7 more seats and were able to form a majority government with their 19 Liberal National allies. Even with the LNP included in their total however, Labour had still won 230,535 more votes than the Conservatives.
As such, Labour has won a majority in 8 of 18 elections since the end of the Second World War, been the largest party in 10 of 18 parliaments, formed a government after 11 of 18 elections and been the most popular party in 10 out of 18 elections. It is thus a matter of perspective as to how many elections Labour has won, but it is at least 8 and up to 11.
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