Home General Elections 23 February 1950 City of York

UK Polling History: Election of 23 February 1950 – City of York

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Votes 29,421 29,344 4,760
Votes gained +11,472 +7,323 +552
Share of votes 46.3% 46.2% 7.5%
Share of eligible voters 40.6% 40.5% 6.6%
Gain in share of votes +5.7% -3.7% -2.0%
Gain in share of eligible voters +9.6% +2.5% -0.7%
Total votes: 63,525
Electorate: 72,527
Turnout: 87.6%
Outcome: Conservative gain from Labour
Swing: 4.7% Conservative from Labour

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Liberal
Democrat		 Alliance Other
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Liberal
Democrat		 Alliance Other
5 May 2005 General Election 21,836 11,364 10,166 3,231
7 June 2001 General Election 25,072 11,293 8,519 3,096
1 May 1997 General Election 34,956 14,433 6,537 2,419
9 April 1992 General Election 31,525 25,183 6,811 648
11 June 1987 General Election 25,733 25,880 9,898 637
9 June 1983 General Election 20,662 24,309 13,523 352
3 May 1979 General Election 26,703 25,453 6,752 790
10 October 1974 General Election 26,983 23,294 7,370 475
28 February 1974 General Election 25,674 24,843 12,793
18 June 1970 General Election 29,619 27,422
31 March 1966 General Election 32,167 26,067
15 October 1964 General Election 25,428 26,521 7,565
8 October 1959 General Election 29,025 33,099
26 May 1955 General Election 30,298 31,402
25 October 1951 General Election 31,856 32,777
23 February 1950 General Election 29,344 29,421 4,760
5 July 1945 General Election 22,021 17,949 4,208
14 November 1935 General Election 19,168 25,442
27 October 1931 General Election 16,310 30,216
30 May 1929 General Election 20,663 17,363 7,907
29 October 1924 General Election 15,500 19,914
6 December 1923 General Election 11,626 14,772 7,638
15 November 1922 General Election 10,106 15,163 8,838
14 December 1918 General Election 4,822 16,269 5,363

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