Home General Elections 3 May 1979 Paddington

UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Paddington

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Other
Votes 16,189 16,083 2,815 519
Votes gained +1,345 -1,072 -927 +192
Share of votes 45.5% 45.2% 7.9% 1.5%
Share of eligible voters 28.8% 28.6% 5.0% 0.9%
Gain in share of votes +4.3% -2.4% -2.5% +0.6%
Gain in share of eligible voters +3.4% -0.7% -1.4% +0.4%
Total votes: 35,606
Electorate: 56,234
Turnout: 63.3%
Outcome: Conservative gain from Labour
Swing: 3.4% Conservative from Liberal

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Other
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Other
3 May 1979 General Election 16,083 16,189 2,815 519
10 October 1974 General Election 17,155 14,844 3,742 327
28 February 1974 General Election 17,293 16,421 6,441

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