UK Polling History - Election of 23 February 1950

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UK Polling History: Election of 23 February 1950 – Colne Valley

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Following election
25 October 1951

Result summary

	Parties
	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Votes	24,910	15,826	9,654
Votes gained	+1,422	+4,233	+1,764
Share of votes	49.4%	31.4%	19.2%
Share of eligible voters	42.8%	27.2%	16.6%
Gain in share of votes	-5.2%	+4.4%	+0.8%
Gain in share of eligible voters	-0.4%	+5.9%	+2.1%

Total votes:	50,390
Electorate:	58,265
Turnout:	86.5%
Outcome:		Labour hold
Swing:	4.8%	Conservative from Labour

Polling history

List of contests

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

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Labour	Conservative	Liberal	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Other	Coalition Liberal	Green	Reform UK	UKIP	Brexit	Others	Independent	National Labour
4 July 2024	General Election	18,970	14,007		2,007				3,480	7,298			459
12 December 2019	General Election	24,379	29,482		3,815		880		1,068			1,268	0
8 June 2017	General Election	28,818	27,903		2,494		313		892				0
7 May 2015	General Election	19,868	25,246		3,407		626		1,919		5,734		0
6 May 2010	General Election	14,589	20,440		15,603		2,634		867		1,163		0
5 May 2005	General Election	17,536	16,035		11,822		3,527						0
7 June 2001	General Election	18,967	14,328		11,694		1,998						0
1 May 1997	General Election	23,285	18,445		12,755		1,926						0
9 April 1992	General Election	17,579	24,804		15,953		720						0
11 June 1987	General Election	16,353	20,457			18,780	614						0
9 June 1983	General Election	13,668	17,993			21,139	260						0
3 May 1979	General Election	17,799	14,450	20,151			101						0
10 October 1974	General Election	20,331	7,337	21,997									0
28 February 1974	General Election	20,265	10,864	20,984									0
18 June 1970	General Election	18,896	10,417	18,040									0
31 March 1966	General Election	19,507	3,786	22,006									0
15 October 1964	General Election	18,537	7,207	18,350									0
21 March 1963	By Election	18,033	6,238	15,994									0	266
8 October 1959	General Election	19,284	13,030	11,254									0
26 May 1955	General Election	23,108	19,512										0
25 October 1951	General Election	26,455		24,266									0
23 February 1950	General Election	24,910	15,826	9,654									0
5 July 1945	General Election	23,488	11,593	7,890									0
14 November 1935	General Election	16,725	10,917	12,946			1,754						0
27 October 1931	General Election	13,734	12,581	17,119									0		202
30 May 1929	General Election	21,667	12,532	10,630									0
29 October 1924	General Election	14,215	10,972	7,651									0
6 December 1923	General Election	13,136	11,215	8,223									0
15 November 1922	General Election	12,614	11,332	8,042									0
14 December 1918	General Election	9,473						13,541					0

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