UK General Election results October 1959

8th October 1959

The region in which each constituency is situated is indicated in square brackets

East Grinstead — Enfield West

Epping — Fife East

East Grinstead
[E] Conservative hold

EVE Emmet	Conservative	31,759	62.32%
RWG Humphreys	Labour	10,104	19.83%
PAT Furnell	Liberal	9,100	17.86%

Electorate: 65,437; Turnout: 77.88%;
Majority: 21,655 (42.49%)

East Ham North
[E] Labour hold

RE Prentice	Labour	16,001	56.79%
JHS Bangay	Conservative	12,175	43.21%

Electorate: 38,014; Turnout: 74.12%;
Majority: 3,826 (13.58%)

East Ham South
[E] Labour hold

AE Oram	Labour	18,230	61.48%
RJ Watts	Conservative	11,422	38.52%

Electorate: 39,764; Turnout: 74.57%;
Majority: 6,808 (22.96%)

Eastleigh
[E] Conservative hold

DEC Price	Conservative	24,949	53.49%
CJS Rowland	Labour	21,693	46.51%

Electorate: 55,215; Turnout: 84.47%;
Majority: 3,256 (6.98%)

Ebbw Vale
[W] Labour hold

A Bevan	Labour	27,326	81.01%
AG Davies	Conservative	6,404	18.99%

Electorate: 39,299; Turnout: 85.83%;
Majority: 20,922 (62.03%)

Eccles
[E] Labour hold

WT Proctor	Labour	25,566	52.02%
BRO Bell	Conservative	23,580	47.98%

Electorate: 59,315; Turnout: 82.86%;
Majority: 1,986 (4.04%)

Edinburgh Central
[S] Labour hold

T Oswald	Labour	15,849	50.99%
NR Wylie	Conservative	15,232	49.01%

Electorate: 42,781; Turnout: 72.65%;
Majority: 617 (1.99%)

Edinburgh East
[S] Labour hold

EG Willis	Labour	22,244	50.35%
E of Dalkeith	Conservative	21,932	49.65%

Electorate: 54,756; Turnout: 80.68%;
Majority: 312 (0.71%)

Edinburgh Leith
[S] Labour hold

JH Hoy	Labour	15,092	47.78%
G Stewart	Nat Lib & Conservative	12,018	38.05%
AHA Murray	Liberal	4,475	14.17%

Electorate: 39,750; Turnout: 79.46%;
Majority: 3,074 (9.73%)

Edinburgh North
[S] Conservative hold

WR Milligan	Conservative	19,991	64.02%
GG Stott	Labour	11,235	35.98%

Electorate: 42,270; Turnout: 73.87%;
Majority: 8,756 (28.04%)

Edinburgh Pentlands
[S] Conservative hold

Ld J Hope	Conservative	25,742	60.30%
JP Mackintosh	Labour	16,950	39.70%

Electorate: 53,178; Turnout: 80.28%;
Majority: 8,792 (20.59%)

Edinburgh South
[S] Conservative hold

AMC Hutchison	Conservative	22,799	57.59%
AD Reid	Labour	11,285	28.51%
WD Home	Liberal	5,505	13.91%

Electorate: 48,767; Turnout: 81.18%;
Majority: 11,514 (29.08%)

Edinburgh West
[S] Conservative hold

JA Stodart	Conservative	25,976	56.49%
JK Stocks	Labour	14,044	30.54%
DF Leach	Liberal	5,962	12.97%

Electorate: 57,293; Turnout: 80.26%;
Majority: 11,932 (25.95%)

Edmonton
[E] Labour hold

AH Albu	Labour	25,958	50.45%
WH Bishop	Conservative	25,497	49.55%

Electorate: 67,837; Turnout: 75.85%;
Majority: 461 (0.90%)

Enfield East
[E] Labour hold

J Mackie	Labour	20,101	54.95%
FJV Brown	Conservative	16,477	45.05%

Electorate: 47,183; Turnout: 77.52%;
Majority: 3,624 (9.91%)

Enfield West
[E] Conservative hold

IN Macleod	Conservative	24,861	69.21%
G Hickman	Labour	11,058	30.79%

Electorate: 44,983; Turnout: 79.85%;
Majority: 13,803 (38.43%)

Epping
[E] Conservative hold

GB Finlay	Conservative	31,507	44.67%
DFW Ford	Labour	27,114	38.44%
LTJ Arlott	Liberal	11,913	16.89%

Electorate: 83,647; Turnout: 84.32%;
Majority: 4,393 (6.23%)

Epsom
[E] Conservative hold

PAG Rawlinson	Conservative	35,484	62.88%
DE Heather	Labour	11,039	19.56%
RWM Walsh	Liberal	9,910	17.56%

Electorate: 69,592; Turnout: 81.09%;
Majority: 24,445 (43.32%)

Erith & Crayford
[E] Labour hold

NN Dodds	Labour	24,523	56.65%
JJ Davis	Conservative	18,763	43.35%

Electorate: 53,057; Turnout: 81.58%;
Majority: 5,760 (13.31%)

Esher
[E] Conservative hold

WR Brown	Conservative	37,155	63.17%
PE Vanson	Labour	12,934	21.99%
GE Owen	Liberal	8,730	14.84%

Electorate: 72,183; Turnout: 81.49%;
Majority: 24,221 (41.18%)

Essex South East
[E] Conservative hold

BR Braine	Conservative	28,124	60.99%
RM Fryer	Labour	17,991	39.01%

Electorate: 60,316; Turnout: 76.46%;
Majority: 10,133 (21.97%)

Eton & Slough
[E] Labour hold

AF Brockway	Labour	20,851	50.11%
AJ Page	Conservative	20,763	49.89%

Electorate: 52,114; Turnout: 79.85%;
Majority: 88 (0.21%)

Exeter
[E] Conservative hold

RD Williams	Conservative	21,579	48.66%
AJ Rogers	Labour	15,918	35.89%
G Taylor	Liberal	6,852	15.45%

Electorate: 54,084; Turnout: 82.00%;
Majority: 5,661 (12.76%)

Eye
[E] Conservative hold

JH Harrison	Conservative	22,333	47.12%
EL Granville	Labour	19,849	41.88%
S Robson	Liberal	5,215	11.00%

Electorate: 56,395; Turnout: 84.04%;
Majority: 2,484 (5.24%)

Falmouth & Cambourne
[E] Labour hold

FH Hayman	Labour	20,083	45.79%
AM Tennant	Conservative	15,886	36.22%
NAS Gibson	Liberal	7,890	17.99%

Electorate: 53,763; Turnout: 81.58%;
Majority: 4,197 (9.57%)

Farnham
[E] Conservative hold

G Nicholson	Conservative	23,538	59.03%
JG Turner	Labour	9,800	24.58%
DW Saunders	Liberal	6,538	16.40%

Electorate: 50,249; Turnout: 79.36%;
Majority: 13,738 (34.45%)

Farnworth
[E] Labour hold

E Thornton	Labour	27,393	58.60%
AS Royse	Conservative	19,356	41.40%

Electorate: 56,094; Turnout: 83.34%;
Majority: 8,037 (17.19%)

Faversham
[E] Labour hold

PL Wells	Labour	24,327	50.26%
EMS Olsen	Conservative	24,074	49.74%

Electorate: 57,760; Turnout: 83.80%;
Majority: 253 (0.52%)

Feltham
[E] Labour hold

AE Hunter	Labour	20,320	47.34%
JBW Turner	Conservative	18,070	42.10%
LA de Pinna	Liberal	4,533	10.56%

Electorate: 53,417; Turnout: 80.35%;
Majority: 2,250 (5.24%)

Fermanagh & South Tyrone
[N] Ulster Unionist hold

RG Grosvenor	Ulster Unionist	32,080	81.36%
JH Martin	Sinn Fein	7,348	18.64%

Electorate: 64,022; Turnout: 61.59%;
Majority: 24,732 (62.73%)

Fife East
[S] Liberal & Conservative hold

J Henderson-Stewart	Lib & Conservative	26,585	69.95%
J Nicol	Labour	11,421	30.05%

Electorate: 50,537; Turnout: 75.20%;
Majority: 15,164 (39.90%)

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