Home General Elections 10 October 1974 Perth and East Perthshire

UK Polling History: Election of 10 October 1974 – Perth and East Perthshire

Result summary

Parties
SNP Conservative Labour Liberal
Votes 17,337 16,544 5,805 2,851
Votes gained +5,145 -4,623 -979 -1,793
Share of votes 40.8% 38.9% 13.6% 6.7%
Share of eligible voters 30.1% 28.7% 10.1% 4.9%
Gain in share of votes +13.5% -8.4% -1.5% -3.7%
Gain in share of eligible voters +8.8% -8.3% -1.8% -3.2%
Total votes: 42,537
Electorate: 57,646
Turnout: 73.8%
Outcome: SNP gain from Conservative
Swing: 11.0% SNP from Conservative

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

« Constituency formed from
Perth
23 February 1950
Constituency succeeded by
North Tayside, Perth and Kinross
9 June 1983 		»
Date Type Parties
Conservative SNP Labour Liberal National
Date Type Parties
Conservative SNP Labour Liberal National
3 May 1979 General Election 20,153 17,050 6,432 4,410
10 October 1974 General Election 16,544 17,337 5,805 2,851
28 February 1974 General Election 21,167 12,192 6,784 4,644
18 June 1970 General Election 21,860 7,112 9,972 3,011
31 March 1966 General Election 22,129 6,128 10,911
15 October 1964 General Election 23,912 7,186 10,184
8 October 1959 General Election 24,217 9,637 7,781
26 May 1955 General Election 22,948 9,227 8,313
25 October 1951 General Election 25,798 6,479 11,167
23 February 1950 General Election 24,850 11,706 3,623 4,118

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