UK Polling History - Election of 8 October 1959

Home General Elections 8 October 1959 Sevenoaks

UK Polling History: Election of 8 October 1959 – Sevenoaks

«	Previous election 26 May 1955

Following election
15 October 1964

Result summary

	Parties
	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Votes	28,186	14,265	7,819
Votes gained	-750	-3,593	+1,850
Share of votes	56.1%	28.4%	15.6%
Share of eligible voters	45.0%	22.8%	12.5%
Gain in share of votes	-5.8%	-9.8%	+3.3%
Gain in share of eligible voters	-3.3%	-7.0%	+2.1%

Total votes:	50,270
Electorate:	62,701
Turnout:	80.2%
Outcome:		Conservative hold
Swing:	6.6%	Liberal from Labour

Polling history

List of contests

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Other	UKIP	Reform UK	Green	Independent Labour	Communist	Others

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Other	UKIP	Reform UK	Green	Independent Labour	Communist	Others
4 July 2024	General Election	18,328	6,802		12,888				9,341	2,033			507
12 December 2019	General Election	30,932	6,946		10,114		990			1,974			0
8 June 2017	General Election	32,644	10,727		4,280			1,894		1,673			0
7 May 2015	General Election	28,531	6,448		3,937			8,970		2,238			0
6 May 2010	General Election	28,076	6,541		10,561		2,448	1,782					0
5 May 2005	General Election	22,437	9,101		9,467		2,293						0
7 June 2001	General Election	21,052	10,898		9,214		1,450						0
1 May 1997	General Election	22,776	12,315		12,086		2,972						0
9 April 1992	General Election	33,245	9,470		14,091		996						0
11 June 1987	General Election	32,945	7,379			15,600							0
9 June 1983	General Election	30,722	6,439			15,016	416						0
3 May 1979	General Election	36,697	14,583	11,839			821						0
10 October 1974	General Election	26,670	15,065	15,024									0
28 February 1974	General Election	29,936	14,987	16,223			754						0
18 June 1970	General Election	32,654	15,376	12,290									0
31 March 1966	General Election	28,651	18,338	9,746									0
15 October 1964	General Election	28,678	14,958	11,480									0
8 October 1959	General Election	28,186	14,265	7,819									0
26 May 1955	General Election	28,936	17,858										0
25 October 1951	General Election	28,668	18,823										0
23 February 1950	General Election	25,292	17,610	5,969									0
5 July 1945	General Election	18,893	14,947	6,906								676	0
14 November 1935	General Election	21,405		10,297									0
27 October 1931	General Election	Uncontested											0
30 May 1929	General Election	16,767	6,634	7,844									0
29 October 1924	General Election	15,125		9,311									0
6 December 1923	General Election	9,987		10,656									0
15 November 1922	General Election	12,045	6,849										0
14 December 1918	General Election	10,650									3,323		0

Our privacy policy is here.
Our data reuse policy is here.
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.