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UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Kinross and West Perthshire

Result summary

Parties
Conservative SNP Liberal Labour
Votes 15,523 9,045 3,572 2,593
Votes gained +4,489 -1,936 +1,145 +565
Share of votes 50.5% 29.4% 11.6% 8.4%
Share of eligible voters 40.2% 23.4% 9.3% 6.7%
Gain in share of votes +8.8% -12.1% +2.5% +0.8%
Gain in share of eligible voters +8.9% -7.7% +2.4% +1.0%
Total votes: 30,733
Electorate: 38,591
Turnout: 79.6%
Outcome: Conservative hold
Swing: 10.4% Conservative from SNP

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Conservative Liberal Labour SNP Unionist Other Others Independent
Conservative
Date Type Parties
Conservative Liberal Labour SNP Unionist Other Others Independent
Conservative
3 May 1979 General Election 15,523 3,572 2,593 9,045 0
10 October 1974 General Election 11,034 2,427 2,028 10,981 0
28 February 1974 General Election 14,356 3,807 2,694 6,274 0
18 June 1970 General Election 14,434 2,228 3,827 4,670 0
31 March 1966 General Election 14,466 4,461 4,884 0
15 October 1964 General Election 16,659 4,687 3,522 127 0
7 November 1963 By Election 4,819 3,752 1,801 14,147 123 23
8 October 1959 General Election 16,256 4,008 3,568 0
26 May 1955 General Election 18,133 5,975 0
25 October 1951 General Election 19,625 6,124 0
23 February 1950 General Election 15,299 7,183 5,124 0
5 July 1945 General Election 16,536 7,782 0
14 November 1935 General Election 15,238 10,069 0
27 October 1931 General Election 16,228 10,533 0
30 May 1929 General Election 12,245 9,128 3,834 0
29 October 1924 General Election 13,565 5,286 0
6 December 1923 General Election 9,235 9,085 0
15 November 1922 General Election 0
14 December 1918 General Election 6,975 7,579 0

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