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UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Houghton-le-Spring

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Other
Votes 30,181 9,105 4,479 326
Votes gained +482 +4,706 -4,819 –
Share of votes 68.5% 20.7% 10.2% 0.7%
Share of eligible voters 49.9% 15.1% 7.4% 0.5%
Gain in share of votes +0.0% +10.5% -11.3% –
Gain in share of eligible voters +0.3% +7.7% -8.1% –
Total votes: 44,091
Electorate: 60,491
Turnout: 72.9%
Outcome: Labour hold
Swing: 10.9% Conservative from Liberal

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Coalition
Labour		 Other
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Coalition
Labour		 Other
3 May 1979 General Election 30,181 9,105 4,479 326
10 October 1974 General Election 29,699 4,399 9,298
28 February 1974 General Election 34,263 10,300
18 June 1970 General Election 32,888 11,914
31 March 1966 General Election 32,067 9,304
15 October 1964 General Election 32,914 11,076
8 October 1959 General Election 35,960 11,398
26 May 1955 General Election 33,375 10,476
25 October 1951 General Election 37,718 12,042
23 February 1950 General Election 36,044 10,682
5 July 1945 General Election 43,730 21,864
14 November 1935 General Election 30,665 22,990
27 October 1931 General Election 22,700 25,549
30 May 1929 General Election 25,056 8,545 10,267
29 October 1924 General Election 17,857 13,023
6 December 1923 General Election 15,225 10,445
15 November 1922 General Election 14,611 7,555 5,958
14 December 1918 General Election 7,315 6,626 6,185

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