UK Polling History - Election of 26 May 1955

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UK Polling History: Election of 26 May 1955 – Wrexham

«	Previous election 17 March 1955

Following election
8 October 1959

Result summary

	Parties
	Labour	Conservative	Plaid Cymru
Votes	27,945	16,286	5,139
Votes gained	+4,543	+3,810	+567
Share of votes	56.6%	33.0%	10.4%
Share of eligible voters	43.1%	25.1%	7.9%
Gain in share of votes	-1.3%	+2.1%	-0.9%
Gain in share of eligible voters	+7.0%	+5.9%	+0.9%

Total votes:	49,370
Electorate:	64,788
Turnout:	76.2%
Outcome:		Labour hold
Swing:	1.7%	Conservative from Labour

Polling history

List of contests

«	Constituency formed from Denbigh Boroughs, East Denbighshire 14 December 1918

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Labour	Conservative	Liberal	National Liberal	Plaid Cymru	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Coalition Liberal	Reform UK	UKIP	Other	Green	Brexit	National	Others

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Labour	Conservative	Liberal	National Liberal	Plaid Cymru	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Coalition Liberal	Reform UK	UKIP	Other	Green	Brexit	National	Others
4 July 2024	General Election	15,836	9,888			4,138	1,777			6,915			1,339			480
12 December 2019	General Election	13,068	15,199			2,151	1,447						445	1,222		0
8 June 2017	General Election	17,153	15,321			1,753	865									0
7 May 2015	General Election	12,181	10,350			2,501	1,735				5,072	211	669			0
6 May 2010	General Election	12,161	8,375			2,029	8,503				774	1,134				0
5 May 2005	General Election	13,993	6,079			1,744	7,174					1,395				0
7 June 2001	General Election	15,934	6,746			1,783	5,153					432				0
1 May 1997	General Election	20,450	8,688			1,170	4,833					1,281				0
9 April 1992	General Election	24,830	18,114			1,415	7,074									0
11 June 1987	General Election	22,144	17,992			539		9,808								0
9 June 1983	General Election	16,120	15,696			1,239		13,974								0
3 May 1979	General Election	30,405	18,256	11,389		1,740										0
10 October 1974	General Election	28,885	12,251	12,519		2,859										0
28 February 1974	General Election	27,384	14,301	14,297		2,624										0
18 June 1970	General Election	31,089	15,649	5,067		2,894										0
31 March 1966	General Election	30,039	12,596	6,351		2,297										0
15 October 1964	General Election	30,478	17,240			4,673										0
8 October 1959	General Election	30,101	17,144			6,579										0
26 May 1955	General Election	27,945	16,286			5,139										0
17 March 1955	By Election	23,402	12,476			4,572										Uncontested
25 October 1951	General Election	33,759			19,124	1,997										0
23 February 1950	General Election	32,042		8,287	14,117										960	0
5 July 1945	General Election	26,854		6,960	13,714							430				0
14 November 1935	General Election	23,650		18,367												0
27 October 1931	General Election	20,653		22,474												0
30 May 1929	General Election	20,584	9,820	13,997												0
29 October 1924	General Election	15,291		19,154												0
6 December 1923	General Election	12,918	9,131	11,037												0
15 November 1922	General Election	11,940	10,508		10,842											0
14 December 1918	General Election	6,500							20,874							0

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