UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Carshalton
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Other | |
| Votes | 26,492 | 16,121 | 8,112 | 919 |
| Votes gained | +5,739 | +5,100 | +2,084 | – |
| Share of votes | 51.3% | 31.2% | 15.7% | 1.8% |
| Share of eligible voters | 39.4% | 24.0% | 12.1% | 1.4% |
| Gain in share of votes | -0.4% | +3.8% | +0.7% | – |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +8.3% | +7.5% | +3.0% | – |
| Total votes: | 51,644 | |
| Electorate: | 67,255 | |
| Turnout: | 76.8% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative hold | |
| Swing: | 2.1% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Mitcham 5 July 1945 |
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Constituency succeeded by Carshalton and Wallington 9 June 1983 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | National Front |
Other | Others | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | National Front |
Other | Others | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 26,492 | 16,121 | 8,112 | 919 | 0 | |
| 11 March 1976 | By Election | 20,753 | 11,021 | 6,028 | 1,851 | 499 | |
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 22,538 | 18,840 | 8,272 | 0 | ||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 24,440 | 18,750 | 11,695 | 0 | ||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 27,342 | 16,896 | 6,411 | 0 | ||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 24,615 | 18,746 | 8,988 | 0 | ||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 26,118 | 16,105 | 11,207 | 0 | ||
| 16 November 1960 | By Election | 19,175 | 7,696 | 10,250 | 0 | ||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 30,454 | 17,210 | 8,744 | 0 | ||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 30,429 | 18,924 | 5,277 | 0 | ||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 32,634 | 22,928 | 0 | |||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 29,493 | 21,536 | 5,132 | 0 | ||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 20,181 | 19,164 | 5,167 | 0 | ||