UK Polling History - Election of 3 May 1979 - Chelsea

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UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Chelsea

«	Previous election 10 October 1974

Following election
9 June 1983

Result summary

	Parties
	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Other
Votes	21,782	6,092	4,544	537
Votes gained	+2,108	-415	-1,214	+216
Share of votes	66.1%	18.5%	13.8%	1.6%
Share of eligible voters	37.9%	10.6%	7.9%	0.9%
Gain in share of votes	+5.1%	-1.7%	-4.1%	+0.6%
Gain in share of eligible voters	+7.4%	+0.5%	-1.0%	+0.4%

Total votes:	32,955
Electorate:	57,515
Turnout:	57.3%
Outcome:		Conservative hold
Swing:	4.6%	Conservative from Liberal

Polling history

List of contests

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Alliance	Other	Liberal Democrat	Common Wealth Movement

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Alliance	Other	Liberal Democrat	Common Wealth Movement
9 April 1992	General Election	17,471	4,682			573	4,101
11 June 1987	General Election	18,443	4,406		5,124	587
9 June 1983	General Election	19,122	3,876		7,101	139
3 May 1979	General Election	21,782	6,092	4,544		537
10 October 1974	General Election	19,674	6,507	5,758		321
28 February 1974	General Election	23,320	6,839	8,012		416
18 June 1970	General Election	15,852	5,737	2,136		514
31 March 1966	General Election	16,377	7,674	3,285
15 October 1964	General Election	16,802	6,868	3,635
8 October 1959	General Election	20,985	6,308	3,662
26 May 1955	General Election	23,598	8,546
25 October 1951	General Election	25,034	10,784
23 February 1950	General Election	23,471	9,987	3,116
5 July 1945	General Election	12,043	5,874					984
14 November 1935	General Election	18,992	6,348
27 October 1931	General Election	23,015	4,726
30 May 1929	General Election	15,480	6,645	4,360
29 October 1924	General Election	13,816	5,661	1,557
6 December 1923	General Election	10,461	5,047	2,846
15 November 1922	General Election	13,437	4,513
14 December 1918	General Election	9,159				2,419

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