UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Conway
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Plaid Cymru |
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| Votes | 18,142 | 12,069 | 6,867 | 3,497 |
| Votes gained | +2,528 | -739 | +523 | -1,171 |
| Share of votes | 44.7% | 29.7% | 16.9% | 8.6% |
| Share of eligible voters | 35.3% | 23.5% | 13.4% | 6.8% |
| Gain in share of votes | +5.1% | -2.7% | +0.8% | -3.2% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +5.1% | -1.3% | +1.1% | -2.2% |
| Total votes: | 40,575 | |
| Electorate: | 51,350 | |
| Turnout: | 79.0% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative hold | |
| Swing: | 4.2% | Conservative from Plaid Cymru |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Caernarvonshire, Carnarvon 23 February 1950 |
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Constituency succeeded by Conwy 9 June 1983 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Plaid Cymru |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Plaid Cymru |
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| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 18,142 | 12,069 | 6,867 | 3,497 |
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 15,614 | 12,808 | 6,344 | 4,668 |
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 16,763 | 12,214 | 8,546 | 4,203 |
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 16,927 | 16,024 | 2,626 | 4,311 |
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 17,622 | 18,203 | 2,552 | |
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 18,753 | 15,234 | 3,058 | |
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 17,795 | 13,260 | 3,845 | 2,852 |
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 18,705 | 13,881 | 3,217 | 3,019 |
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 17,115 | 16,532 | 5,791 | |
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 14,373 | 15,176 | 9,937 | |