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UK Polling History: Election of 27 October 1931 – Bothwell

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Communist
Votes 16,571 14,423 2,163
Votes gained +4,494 -2,583 +486
Share of votes 50.0% 43.5% 6.5%
Share of eligible voters 38.8% 33.8% 5.1%
Gain in share of votes +10.7% -11.8% +1.1%
Gain in share of eligible voters +10.3% -6.4% +1.1%
Total votes: 33,157
Electorate: 42,668
Turnout: 77.7%
Outcome: Conservative gain from Labour
Swing: 11.3% Conservative from Labour

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative SNP Liberal Communist Other
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative SNP Liberal Communist Other
3 May 1979 General Election 26,492 11,275 5,202 5,225
10 October 1974 General Election 22,086 8,125 11,138 4,057
28 February 1974 General Election 22,326 12,725 6,710 5,362 562
18 June 1970 General Election 26,431 15,720 6,157
31 March 1966 General Election 27,166 16,198 1,209
15 October 1964 General Election 27,556 18,068
8 October 1959 General Election 25,119 20,767
26 May 1955 General Election 23,365 19,755
25 October 1951 General Election 26,529 20,591
23 February 1950 General Election 25,715 19,605
5 July 1945 General Election 25,369 13,207
14 November 1935 General Election 20,900 13,761
27 October 1931 General Election 14,423 16,571 2,163
30 May 1929 General Election 17,006 12,077 1,677
29 October 1924 General Election 14,591 11,314
6 December 1923 General Election 14,211 7,569 1,846
15 November 1922 General Election 13,872 10,484
14 December 1918 General Election 9,027 9,359

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