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UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Liverpool Scotland Exchange

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Other
Votes 13,920 2,264 1,939 421
Votes gained -1,234 +30 +995 -135
Share of votes 75.1% 12.2% 10.5% 2.3%
Share of eligible voters 43.1% 7.0% 6.0% 1.3%
Gain in share of votes -5.2% +0.4% +5.5% -0.7%
Gain in share of eligible voters -0.0% +0.7% +3.3% -0.3%
Total votes: 18,544
Electorate: 32,303
Turnout: 57.4%
Outcome: Labour hold
Swing: 5.3% Liberal from Labour

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Other Communist Others
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Other Communist Others
3 May 1979 General Election 13,920 2,264 1,939 421 0
10 October 1974 General Election 15,154 2,234 944 556 0
28 February 1974 General Election 15,295 2,963 1,596 505 0
1 April 1971 By Election 6,795 1,751 981
18 June 1970 General Election 11,074 3,740 0
31 March 1966 General Election 14,244 4,730 779 0
15 October 1964 General Election 17,984 7,393 725 0
11 June 1964 By Election 13,558 4,684 0
8 October 1959 General Election 20,051 12,384 0
26 May 1955 General Election 21,928 11,821 0
25 October 1951 General Election 28,558 13,344 0
23 February 1950 General Election 28,087 14,240 615 0
5 July 1945 General Election Uncontested 0
14 November 1935 General Election 16,036 8,372 0
27 October 1931 General Election 15,521 10,280 99 1,544 0
30 May 1929 General Election Uncontested 0
29 October 1924 General Election Uncontested 0
6 December 1923 General Election Uncontested 0
15 November 1922 General Election Uncontested 0
14 December 1918 General Election Uncontested 0

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