UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Brighouse and Spenborough
Result summary
| Parties | |||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | |
| Votes | 23,448 | 21,714 | 7,278 |
| Votes gained | +3,661 | -250 | -987 |
| Share of votes | 44.7% | 41.4% | 13.9% |
| Share of eligible voters | 35.8% | 33.2% | 11.1% |
| Gain in share of votes | +5.2% | -2.5% | -2.6% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +4.7% | -1.3% | -1.9% |
| Total votes: | 52,440 | |
| Electorate: | 65,415 | |
| Turnout: | 80.2% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| Swing: | 3.9% | Conservative from Liberal |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Elland, Spen Valley 23 February 1950 |
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Constituency succeeded by Batley and Spen, Calder Valley 9 June 1983 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | National Liberal |
Liberal | Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | National Liberal |
Liberal | Other | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 21,714 | 23,448 | 7,278 | ||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 21,964 | 19,787 | 8,265 | ||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 22,107 | 20,561 | 11,029 | 169 | |
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 22,894 | 22,953 | 3,781 | ||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 25,740 | 21,216 | |||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 20,734 | 19,812 | 6,411 | ||
| 17 March 1960 | By Election | 21,806 | 22,472 | |||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 23,290 | 23,243 | |||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 23,674 | 22,048 | |||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 26,105 | 23,828 | |||
| 4 May 1950 | By Election | 24,004 | 23,567 | |||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 25,588 | 23,456 | |||