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UK Polling History: Election of 18 June 1970 – Portsmouth Langstone

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Votes 43,733 26,492 10,226
Votes gained +9,287 +295 -314
Share of votes 54.4% 32.9% 12.7%
Share of eligible voters 38.8% 23.5% 9.1%
Gain in share of votes +6.0% -3.9% -2.1%
Gain in share of eligible voters +3.0% -3.7% -1.9%
Total votes: 80,451
Electorate: 112,725
Turnout: 71.4%
Outcome: Conservative hold
Swing: 4.9% Conservative from Labour

Polling history

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List of contests

Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
18 June 1970 General Election 43,733 26,492 10,226
31 March 1966 General Election 34,446 26,197 10,540
15 October 1964 General Election 33,208 23,365 12,212
8 October 1959 General Election 38,834 20,553
26 May 1955 General Election 32,014 17,859
25 October 1951 General Election 31,702 18,647
23 February 1950 General Election 29,477 17,691 2,821