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Home General Elections 3 May 1979 Berwickshire and East Lothian |
UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Berwickshire and East Lothian
Result summary
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| Labour | Conservative | Liberal | SNP | |
| Votes | 21,977 | 20,304 | 4,948 | 3,300 |
| Votes gained | +1,447 | +2,886 | +3,405 | -499 |
| Share of votes | 43.5% | 40.2% | 9.8% | 6.5% |
| Share of eligible voters | 36.1% | 33.3% | 8.1% | 5.4% |
| Gain in share of votes | -3.9% | -0.1% | +6.2% | -2.2% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +0.4% | +3.0% | +5.4% | -1.2% |
| Total votes: | 50,529 | |
| Electorate: | 60,919 | |
| Turnout: | 82.9% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 5.1% | Liberal from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Berwick and Haddington 23 February 1950 |
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Constituency succeeded by East Lothian, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 9 June 1983 |
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Constituency formed from Berwick and Haddington 23 February 1950 |
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Constituency succeeded by East Lothian, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 9 June 1983 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||
| Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||
| Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 21,977 | 20,304 | 3,300 | 4,948 |
| 26 October 1978 | By Election | 20,530 | 17,418 | 3,799 | 1,543 |
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 20,682 | 17,942 | 6,323 | 2,811 |
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 20,694 | 21,234 | 6,956 | |
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 21,107 | 20,466 | 4,735 | |
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 22,620 | 20,931 | ||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 21,044 | 21,669 | ||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 19,622 | 22,472 | ||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 19,029 | 21,739 | ||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 20,152 | 22,510 | ||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 17,105 | 15,377 | 9,352 | |