UK Polling History: Election of 18 June 1970 – West Fife
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | SNP | Other | |
| Votes | 29,929 | 12,837 | 5,386 | 855 |
| Votes gained | +2,806 | +4,537 | -660 | -687 |
| Share of votes | 61.1% | 26.2% | 11.0% | 1.7% |
| Share of eligible voters | 45.3% | 19.4% | 8.2% | 1.3% |
| Gain in share of votes | -2.0% | +6.9% | -3.1% | -1.8% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -3.1% | +4.6% | -2.6% | -1.5% |
| Total votes: | 49,007 | |
| Electorate: | 66,028 | |
| Turnout: | 74.2% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 5.0% | Conservative from SNP |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Labour | Conservative | Other | Communist | National Liberal |
SNP | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Labour | Conservative | Other | Communist | National Liberal |
SNP | ||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 29,929 | 12,837 | 855 | 5,386 | ||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 27,123 | 8,300 | 1,542 | 6,046 | ||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 28,806 | 11,880 | 3,273 | |||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 25,554 | 11,257 | 8,714 | |||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 26,849 | 10,638 | 5,389 | |||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 29,195 | 4,728 | 11,038 | |||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 23,576 | 10,131 | ||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 15,580 | 17,636 | 8,597 | |||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 12,869 | 9,667 | 13,462 | |||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 11,063 | 12,977 | 6,829 | |||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 17,668 | 5,727 | 6,040 | |||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 14,685 | 6,015 | ||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 12,204 | 6,459 | ||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | Uncontested | |||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 10,664 | 4,020 | ||||