Home General Elections 15 October 1964 Bury and Radcliffe

UK Polling History: Election of 15 October 1964 – Bury and Radcliffe

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal
Votes 23,865 22,639 7,589
Votes gained -850 -5,984 +1,927
Share of votes 44.1% 41.9% 14.0%
Share of eligible voters 36.3% 34.5% 11.5%
Gain in share of votes -2.2% -11.8% +4.2%
Gain in share of eligible voters -1.8% -9.7% +3.0%
Total votes: 54,093
Electorate: 65,708
Turnout: 82.3%
Outcome: Labour gain from Conservative
Swing: 8.0% Liberal from Conservative

Polling history

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List of contests

« Constituency formed from
Bury, Heywood and Radcliffe
23 February 1950
Constituency succeeded by
Bury North, Bury South
9 June 1983
»
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Other
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Other
3 May 1979 General Election 29,156 29,194 5,711 414
10 October 1974 General Election 25,988 26,430 10,463
28 February 1974 General Election 31,113 30,768
18 June 1970 General Election 29,796 26,592
31 March 1966 General Election 22,298 26,769 4,694
15 October 1964 General Election 22,639 23,865 7,589
8 October 1959 General Election 28,623 24,715
26 May 1955 General Election 28,080 24,331
25 October 1951 General Election 29,949 28,058
23 February 1950 General Election 26,485 25,705 5,662