Home General Elections 23 February 1950 South Ayrshire

UK Polling History: Election of 23 February 1950 – South Ayrshire

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative
Votes 22,284 14,717
Votes gained +1,049 +1,335
Share of votes 60.2% 39.8%
Share of eligible voters 51.4% 34.0%
Gain in share of votes -1.1% +1.1%
Gain in share of eligible voters +5.4% +4.9%
Total votes: 37,001
Electorate: 43,346
Turnout: 85.4%
Outcome: Labour hold
Swing: 1.1% Conservative from Labour

Polling history

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List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative SNP Independent
Labour		 Other National
Liberal		 Liberal Others Independent
Conservative
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative SNP Independent
Labour		 Other National
Liberal		 Liberal Others Independent
Conservative
3 May 1979 General Election 14,271 10,287 3,233 12,750 0
10 October 1974 General Election 22,329 7,402 7,851 2,130 0
28 February 1974 General Election 23,093 10,643 6,612 0
18 June 1970 General Election 23,910 11,675 3,103 0
19 March 1970 By Election 20,664 9,778 7,785 1,000
31 March 1966 General Election 23,495 11,442 0
15 October 1964 General Election 24,795 12,392 0
8 October 1959 General Election 24,774 14,105 0
26 May 1955 General Election 21,778 13,569 0
25 October 1951 General Election 14,740 22,576 0
23 February 1950 General Election 22,284 14,717 0
5 July 1945 General Election 21,235 13,382 0
14 November 1935 General Election 18,190 13,386 0
27 October 1931 General Election 13,733 16,675 0
30 May 1929 General Election 16,981 12,240 0
29 October 1924 General Election 11,313 11,136 0
6 December 1923 General Election 11,169 8,807 0
15 November 1922 General Election 11,511 9,180 0
14 December 1918 General Election 6,358 5,495 4,555 0 627

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