Home General Elections 3 May 1979 Argyllshire

UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Argyllshire

Result summary

Parties
Conservative SNP Labour Liberal
Votes 12,191 10,545 5,283 5,113
Votes gained +1,155 -4,422 +1,180 -2,399
Share of votes 36.8% 31.8% 15.9% 15.4%
Share of eligible voters 28.0% 24.2% 12.1% 11.7%
Gain in share of votes +0.1% -17.9% +2.3% -11.2%
Gain in share of eligible voters +1.6% -11.6% +2.3% -7.5%
Total votes: 33,132
Electorate: 43,527
Turnout: 76.1%
Outcome: Conservative gain from SNP
Swing: 10.1% Labour from SNP

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal SNP Coalition
Liberal		 National
Liberal		 Other
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal SNP Coalition
Liberal		 National
Liberal		 Other
3 May 1979 General Election 12,191 5,283 5,113 10,545
10 October 1974 General Election 11,036 4,103 14,967
28 February 1974 General Election 12,358 4,027 15,646
18 June 1970 General Election 13,521 7,633 9,039
31 March 1966 General Election 12,178 8,486 7,512
15 October 1964 General Election 13,277 8,120 6,707
8 October 1959 General Election 16,599 7,356 4,469
12 June 1958 By Election 12,541 6,884 7,375
26 May 1955 General Election 19,006 9,091
25 October 1951 General Election 21,191 9,925
23 February 1950 General Election 19,259 9,215 490
5 July 1945 General Election 15,791 8,889 3,228
14 November 1935 General Election 13,260 11,486
27 October 1931 General Election Uncontested
30 May 1929 General Election 11,108 6,001 8,089
29 October 1924 General Election 9,240 4,532 6,211
6 December 1923 General Election 8,100 9,020
15 November 1922 General Election 6,897 9,848
14 December 1918 General Election 11,970 2,733

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