UK Polling History: Election of 8 October 1959 – East Fife
Result summary
| Parties | ||
| Conservative | Labour | |
| Votes | 26,585 | 11,421 |
| Votes gained | +481 | +549 |
| Share of votes | 69.9% | 30.1% |
| Share of eligible voters | 52.6% | 22.6% |
| Gain in share of votes | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +0.9% | +1.1% |
| Total votes: | 38,006 | |
| Electorate: | 50,537 | |
| Turnout: | 75.2% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative hold | |
| Swing: | 0.6% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Conservative | Labour | National Liberal |
Liberal | SNP | Unionist | Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Conservative | Labour | National Liberal |
Liberal | SNP | Unionist | Other | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 20,117 | 9,339 | 10,762 | 6,612 | |||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 16,116 | 7,040 | 5,247 | 13,202 | |||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 21,172 | 6,634 | 7,766 | 8,593 | |||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 21,619 | 9,756 | 3,577 | 4,666 | |||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 19,323 | 9,229 | 3,574 | 5,394 | |||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 21,001 | 9,765 | 5,075 | 2,635 | 257 | ||
| 9 November 1961 | By Election | 8,882 | 8,786 | 15,948 | ||||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 26,585 | 11,421 | |||||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 26,104 | 10,872 | |||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 11,844 | 28,446 | |||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 10,694 | 25,749 | 3,975 | ||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 10,920 | 24,765 | |||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 6,016 | 27,915 | |||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | |||||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 13,748 | 5,350 | 14,329 | ||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 12,664 | 11,242 | |||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 10,275 | 12,825 | |||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 9,987 | 12,697 | |||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 8,996 | 6,994 | 591 | ||||