Home General Elections 28 February 1974 Westbury

UK Polling History: Election of 28 February 1974 – Westbury

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Liberal Labour Other
Votes 26,197 17,778 16,453 521
Votes gained -327 +8,997 -960 –
Share of votes 43.0% 29.2% 27.0% 0.9%
Share of eligible voters 35.9% 24.4% 22.5% 0.7%
Gain in share of votes -7.3% +12.5% -6.0% –
Gain in share of eligible voters -3.3% +11.4% -3.2% –
Total votes: 60,949
Electorate: 72,993
Turnout: 83.5%
Outcome: Conservative hold
Swing: 9.9% Liberal from Conservative

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal
Democrat		 Alliance Other
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal
Democrat		 Alliance Other
5 May 2005 General Election 24,749 9,640 19,400 1,815
7 June 2001 General Election 21,299 10,847 16,005 2,477
1 May 1997 General Election 23,037 11,969 16,949 4,776
9 April 1992 General Election 36,568 9,642 23,962 2,328
11 June 1987 General Election 34,256 7,982 24,159
9 June 1983 General Election 31,133 6,058 22,627 740
3 May 1979 General Election 29,929 12,532 15,950 5,006
10 October 1974 General Election 24,172 15,613 18,129
28 February 1974 General Election 26,197 16,453 17,778 521
18 June 1970 General Election 26,524 17,413 8,781
31 March 1966 General Election 20,989 18,192 8,962
15 October 1964 General Election 19,950 15,049 11,232
8 October 1959 General Election 20,396 14,570 9,816
26 May 1955 General Election 19,684 16,295 7,165
25 October 1951 General Election 19,654 17,623 7,666
23 February 1950 General Election 17,445 15,766 11,031
5 July 1945 General Election 14,328 13,397 9,004
14 November 1935 General Election 15,804 5,641 10,789
27 October 1931 General Election 16,949 5,127 11,014
30 May 1929 General Election 12,907 7,458 12,840
29 October 1924 General Election 11,559 4,731 9,848
6 December 1923 General Election 9,891 4,372 10,867
15 November 1922 General Election 9,262 4,572 9,903
14 December 1918 General Election 9,261 3,537 6,064

© Dominic Ford 2021–2025.

Our privacy policy is here.
Our data reuse policy is here.
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.