Home General Elections 26 May 1955 Brentford and Chiswick

UK Polling History: Election of 26 May 1955 – Brentford and Chiswick

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour
Votes 18,489 16,384
Votes gained -1,123 -1,718
Share of votes 53.0% 47.0%
Share of eligible voters 43.5% 38.5%
Gain in share of votes +1.0% -1.0%
Gain in share of eligible voters -1.3% -2.8%
Total votes: 34,873
Electorate: 42,528
Turnout: 82.0%
Outcome: Conservative hold
Swing: 1.0% Conservative from Labour

Polling history

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List of contests

« Constituency formed from
Brentford
14 December 1918
Last contested
23 February 1950 		»
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Independent Other Communist
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Independent Other Communist
18 June 1970 General Election 13,538 14,051
31 March 1966 General Election 14,031 14,638 2,063
15 October 1964 General Election 14,019 13,475 2,951
8 October 1959 General Election 17,869 14,950
26 May 1955 General Election 18,489 16,384
25 October 1951 General Election 19,612 18,102
23 February 1950 General Election 18,408 17,551 2,086 401
5 July 1945 General Election 13,006 17,693
14 November 1935 General Election 17,568 9,296
27 October 1931 General Election 22,667 7,572
30 May 1929 General Election 14,025 10,978 3,957
29 October 1924 General Election 12,098 6,114 2,540
6 December 1923 General Election 9,648 3,216 4,828
15 November 1922 General Election 10,150 7,804
14 December 1918 General Election 9,077 2,620 1,263

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