Uxbridge
[E] Labour gain
| F Beswick | Labour | 25,190 | 43.74% |
| JJ Llewellin | Conservative | 24,106 | 41.85% |
| JE Aylett | Liberal | 8,300 | 14.41% |
Electorate: 77,904; {Civ: 69,592; Bus: 22; Serv: 8,290};
Turnout: 73.93%; Majority: 1,084 (1.88%)
Wakefield
[E] Labour hold
| A Greenwood | Labour | 14,378 | 54.75% |
| H Watson | Conservative | 8,268 | 31.49% |
| LJ Oliver | Liberal | 3,613 | 13.76% |
Electorate: 32,673; {Civ: 29,800; Bus: 93; Serv: 2,780};
Turnout: 80.37%; Majority: 6,110 (23.27%)
Wales University
[W] Labour hold
| WJ Gruffydd | Labour | 5,239 | 75.54% |
| G Jones | Welsh Nationalist | 1,696 | 24.46% |
Electorate: 11,847;
Turnout: 58.54%; Majority: 3,543 (51.09%)
Wallasey
[E] Conservative gain
| AE Marples | Conservative | 18,448 | 42.94% |
| GL Reakes | Ind | 14,638 | 34.07% |
| T Findley | Labour | 9,879 | 22.99% |
Electorate: 57,113; {Civ: 50,887; Bus: 34; Serv: 6,192};
Turnout: 75.23%; Majority: 3,810 (8.87%)
Wallsend
[E] Labour gain
| J McKay | Labour | 32,065 | 60.06% |
| I Ward | Conservative | 21,319 | 39.94% |
Electorate: 67,698; {Civ: 61,460; Bus: 62; Serv: 6,176};
Turnout: 78.86%; Majority: 10,746 (20.13%)
Walsall
[E] Labour gain
| WT Wells | Labour | 28,324 | 53.93% |
| G Schuster | Liberal National | 24,197 | 46.07% |
Electorate: 68,803; {Civ: 63,317; Bus: 87; Serv: 5,399};
Turnout: 76.34%; Majority: 4,127 (7.86%)
Walthamstow East
[E] Labour gain
| HW Wallace | Labour | 15,650 | 51.11% |
| E Harrison | Conservative | 9,118 | 29.78% |
| NP Dew | Liberal | 5,854 | 19.12% |
Electorate: 41,676; {Civ: 36,659; Bus: 51; Serv: 4,966};
Turnout: 73.48%; Majority: 6,532 (21.33%)
Walthamstow West
[E] Labour hold
| VL McEntee | Labour | 17,460 | 65.22% |
| L Spicer | Liberal | 4,760 | 17.78% |
| C Curran | Conservative | 4,550 | 17.00% |
Electorate: 38,169; {Civ: 33,426; Bus: 36; Serv: 4,707};
Turnout: 70.14%; Majority: 12,700 (47.44%)
Wandsworth Central
[E] Labour hold
| E Bevin | Labour | 14,126 | 61.21% |
| JG Smyth | Conservative | 8,952 | 38.79% |
Electorate: 31,349; {Civ: 27,917; Bus: 31; Serv: 3,401};
Turnout: 73.62%; Majority: 5,174 (22.42%)
Wansbeck
[E] Labour gain
| A Robens | Labour | 40,948 | 60.00% |
| RD Scott | Conservative | 27,295 | 40.00% |
Electorate: 87,844; {Civ: 80,425; Bus: 4; Serv: 7,415};
Turnout: 77.69%; Majority: 13,653 (20.01%)
Warrington
[E] Labour gain
| E Porter | Labour | 22,265 | 62.94% |
| NB Goldie | Conservative | 13,110 | 37.06% |
Electorate: 47,930; {Civ: 43,438; Bus: 305; Serv: 4,187};
Turnout: 73.81%; Majority: 9,155 (25.88%)
Warwick & Leamington
[E] Conservative hold
| A Eden | Conservative | 37,110 | 61.34% |
| D Chesworth | Labour | 19,476 | 32.19% |
| WL Dingley | Liberal | 3,908 | 6.46% |
Electorate: 87,444; {Civ: 81,189; Bus: 22; Serv: 6,233};
Turnout: 69.18%; Majority: 17,634 (29.15%)
Waterloo
[E] Conservative hold
| M Bullock | Conservative | 19,650 | 47.39% |
| P Vos | Labour | 13,795 | 33.27% |
| JD Weir | Liberal | 7,823 | 18.87% |
| C Foster | Ind | 195 | 0.47% |
Electorate: 54,284; {Civ: 48,505; Bus: 7; Serv: 5,772};
Turnout: 76.38%; Majority: 5,855 (14.12%)
Watford
[E] Labour gain
| J Freeman | Labour | 32,138 | 46.03% |
| W Helmore | Conservative | 29,944 | 42.88% |
| HES Harben | Liberal | 7,743 | 11.09% |
Electorate: 95,134; {Civ: 85,913; Bus: 9; Serv: 9,212};
Turnout: 73.40%; Majority: 2,194 (3.14%)
Wednesbury
[E] Labour hold
| SN Evans | Labour | 29,909 | 68.16% |
| S Earl | National | 13,974 | 31.84% |
Electorate: 57,881; {Civ: 54,115; Bus: 62; Serv: 3,704};
Turnout: 75.82%; Majority: 15,935 (36.31%)
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Wellingborough
[E] Labour gain
| GS Lindgren | Labour | 22,416 | 57.71% |
| AWH James | Conservative | 16,426 | 42.29% |
Electorate: 52,213; {Civ: 47,123; Bus: 4; Serv: 5,086};
Turnout: 74.39%; Majority: 5,990 (15.42%)
Wells
[E] Conservative hold
| DC Boles | Conservative | 13,004 | 41.34% |
| C Morgan | Labour | 10,539 | 33.51% |
| V Bonham Carter | Liberal | 7,910 | 25.15% |
Electorate: 41,929; {Civ: 38,618; Bus: 12; Serv: 3,299};
Turnout: 75.01%; Majority: 2,465 (7.84%)
Wembley North
[E] Labour win (new constituency)
| CR Hobson | Labour | 15,677 | 43.62% |
| P Scott | Conservative | 15,245 | 42.42% |
| IC Baillieu | Liberal | 5,019 | 13.96% |
Electorate: 46,784; {Civ: 41,864; Bus: 18; Serv: 4,902};
Turnout: 76.82%; Majority: 432 (1.20%)
Wembley South
[E] Labour win (new constituency)
| C Barton | Labour | 16,928 | 47.84% |
| N Whiteside | Conservative | 13,497 | 38.15% |
| JJ Over | Liberal | 4,958 | 14.01% |
Electorate: 47,207; {Civ: 42,353; Bus: 14; Serv: 4,840};
Turnout: 74.95%; Majority: 3,431 (9.70%)
Wentworth
[E] Labour hold
| W Paling | Labour | 44,080 | 83.56% |
| ALG Dower | Conservative | 8,670 | 16.44% |
Electorate: 67,225; {Civ: 63,134; Bus: 3; Serv: 4,088};
Turnout: 78.47%; Majority: 35,410 (67.13%)
West Bromwich
[E] Labour hold
| J Dugdale | Labour | 27,979 | 69.94% |
| G Nabarro | Conservative | 12,028 | 30.06% |
Electorate: 55,145; {Civ: 51,505; Bus: 23; Serv: 3,617};
Turnout: 72.55%; Majority: 15,951 (39.87%)
Westbury
[E] Conservative hold
| RV Grimston | Conservative | 14,328 | 39.01% |
| G Ward | Labour | 13,397 | 36.48% |
| WG Milne | Liberal | 9,004 | 24.51% |
Electorate: 48,643; {Civ: 44,736; Bus: 5; Serv: 3,902};
Turnout: 75.51%; Majority: 931 (2.53%)
Western Isles
[S] Labour hold
| MK Macmillan | Labour | 5,914 | 45.68% |
| HM Sinclair | Liberal | 4,277 | 33.03% |
| I Macleod | Conservative | 2,756 | 21.29% |
Electorate: 24,174; {Civ: 21,716; Bus: 0; Serv: 2,458};
Turnout: 53.56%; Majority: 1,637 (12.64%)
Westhoughton
[E] Labour hold
| RJ Davies | Labour | 20,990 | 64.91% |
| S Bell | Conservative | 11,346 | 35.09% |
Electorate: 41,755; {Civ: 39,029; Bus: 6; Serv: 2,720};
Turnout: 77.44%; Majority: 9,644 (29.82%)
Westmorland
[E] Conservative hold
| WMT Vane | Conservative | 19,717 | 53.27% |
| HB Richardson | Labour | 9,674 | 26.14% |
| AGD Acland | Liberal | 7,313 | 19.76% |
| FB Price-Heywood | Ind | 306 | 0.83% |
Electorate: 48,091; {Civ: 44,723; Bus: 1; Serv: 3,367};
Turnout: 76.96%; Majority: 10,043 (27.14%)
Weston super Mare
[E] Conservative hold
| IL Orr-Ewing | Conservative | 30,730 | 49.50% |
| B Cardew | Labour | 20,542 | 33.09% |
| S Sanger | Liberal | 10,804 | 17.40% |
Electorate: 84,188; {Civ: 77,240; Bus: 8; Serv: 6,940};
Turnout: 73.73%; Majority: 10,188 (16.41%)
Whitechapel & St George's
[E] Labour hold
| WJ Edwards | Labour | 10,460 | 83.43% |
| EJB Nelson | Conservative | 1,113 | 8.88% |
| MK Staub | Liberal | 965 | 7.70% |
Electorate: 18,821; {Civ: 16,463; Bus: 166; Serv: 2,192};
Turnout: 66.62%; Majority: 9,347 (74.55%)
Whitehaven
[E] Labour hold
| F Anderson | Labour | 18,568 | 61.10% |
| WO Hill | Conservative | 11,821 | 38.90% |
Electorate: 36,633; {Civ: 33,925; Bus: 13; Serv: 2,695};
Turnout: 82.96%; Majority: 6,747 (22.20%)
Widnes
[E] Labour gain
| CN Shawcross | Labour | 41,980 | 58.83% |
| RA Pilkington | Conservative | 29,382 | 41.17% |
Electorate: 93,945; {Civ: 84,714; Bus: 19; Serv: 9,212};
Turnout: 75.96%; Majority: 12,598 (17.65%)
Wigan
[E] Labour hold
| W Foster | Labour | 31,392 | 68.16% |
| ECL Hulbert-Powell | Conservative | 14,666 | 31.84% |
Electorate: 57,278; {Civ: 52,356; Bus: 26; Serv: 4,896};
Turnout: 80.41%; Majority: 16,726 (36.32%)
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