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UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Bothwell

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal SNP
Votes 26,492 11,275 5,225 5,202
Votes gained +4,406 +3,150 +1,168 -5,936
Share of votes 55.0% 23.4% 10.8% 10.8%
Share of eligible voters 43.2% 18.4% 8.5% 8.5%
Gain in share of votes +6.3% +5.5% +1.9% -13.7%
Gain in share of eligible voters +6.0% +4.7% +1.7% -10.3%
Total votes: 48,194
Electorate: 61,309
Turnout: 78.6%
Outcome: Labour hold
Swing: 10.0% Labour from SNP

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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