UK General Election results October 1959

8th October 1959

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

Macclesfield — Merioneth

Merthyr Tydfil — Newark

Macclesfield
[E] Conservative hold

AV Harvey	Conservative	28,978	59.59%
JF Bex	Labour	19,652	40.41%

Electorate: 58,892; Turnout: 82.57%;
Majority: 9,326 (19.18%)

Maidstone
[E] Conservative hold

JJ Wells	Conservative	30,115	60.51%
ABS Soper	Labour	19,652	39.49%

Electorate: 63,304; Turnout: 78.62%;
Majority: 10,463 (21.02%)

Maldon
[E] Conservative hold

ABC Harrison	Conservative	21,772	48.21%
SG Richards	Labour	19,532	43.25%
LCM Walsh	Liberal	3,860	8.55%

Electorate: 54,401; Turnout: 83.02%;
Majority: 2,240 (4.96%)

Manchester Ardwick
[E] Labour hold

LM Lever	Labour	24,134	58.12%
H Sharp	Conservative	17,392	41.88%

Electorate: 57,166; Turnout: 72.64%;
Majority: 6,742 (16.24%)

Manchester Blackley
[E] Conservative hold

EST Johnson	Conservative	22,163	46.98%
RB Chimes	Labour	17,790	37.71%
RM Hammond	Liberal	7,223	15.31%

Electorate: 57,851; Turnout: 81.55%;
Majority: 4,373 (9.27%)

Manchester Cheetham
[E] Labour hold

NH Lever	Labour	20,941	64.34%
MP O'Gara	Conservative	11,605	35.66%

Electorate: 47,156; Turnout: 69.02%;
Majority: 9,336 (28.69%)

Manchester Exchange
[E] Labour hold

W Griffiths	Labour	19,328	64.57%
L Smith	Conservative	10,604	35.43%

Electorate: 47,067; Turnout: 63.59%;
Majority: 8,724 (29.15%)

Manchester Gorton
[E] Labour hold

K Zilliacus	Labour	23,337	50.94%
DH Moore	Conservative	22,480	49.06%

Electorate: 55,846; Turnout: 82.04%;
Majority: 857 (1.87%)

Manchester Moss Side
[E] Conservative hold

J Watts	Conservative	22,090	62.29%
N Morris	Labour	13,371	37.71%

Electorate: 51,271; Turnout: 69.16%;
Majority: 8,719 (24.59%)

Manchester Openshaw
[E] Labour hold

WR Williams	Labour	24,975	60.16%
MB Schofield	Conservative	16,537	39.84%

Electorate: 54,610; Turnout: 76.02%;
Majority: 8,438 (20.33%)

Manchester Withington
[E] Conservative hold

RA Cary	Conservative	23,170	52.28%
RE Sheldon	Labour	13,476	30.41%
GV Davies	Liberal	7,675	17.32%

Electorate: 59,457; Turnout: 74.54%;
Majority: 9,694 (21.87%)

Manchester Wythenshawe
[E] Conservative hold

E Hill	Conservative	28,934	51.16%
A Morris	Labour	27,625	48.84%

Electorate: 69,925; Turnout: 80.89%;
Majority: 1,309 (2.31%)

Mansfield
[E] Labour hold

HB Taylor	Labour	31,066	67.88%
MRV Eliot	Conservative	14,700	32.12%

Electorate: 56,674; Turnout: 80.75%;
Majority: 16,366 (35.76%)

Melton
[E] Conservative hold

M Pike	Conservative	34,997	61.21%
CW Shepherd	Labour	22,176	38.79%

Electorate: 70,233; Turnout: 81.40%;
Majority: 12,821 (22.42%)

Meriden
[E] Conservative gain

GR Matthews	Conservative	26,498	50.25%
R Moss	Labour	26,235	49.75%

Electorate: 62,449; Turnout: 84.44%;
Majority: 263 (0.50%)

Merioneth
[W] Labour hold

TW Jones	Labour	9,095	40.71%
BG Jones	Liberal	8,119	36.34%
G Evans	Plaid Cymru	5,127	22.95%

Electorate: 26,435; Turnout: 84.51%;
Majority: 976 (4.37%)

Merthyr Tydfil
[W] Labour hold

SO Davies	Labour	26,608	77.14%
MMM Greenaway	Conservative	7,885	22.86%

Electorate: 42,153; Turnout: 81.83%;
Majority: 18,723 (54.28%)

Merton & Mordern
[E] Conservative hold

HE Atkins	Conservative	25,603	59.48%
RW Kerr	Labour	17,444	40.52%

Electorate: 52,178; Turnout: 82.50%;
Majority: 8,159 (18.95%)

Middlesbrough East
[E] Labour hold

HA Marquand	Labour	29,391	61.54%
DR Chapman	Conservative	18,365	38.46%

Electorate: 62,666; Turnout: 76.21%;
Majority: 11,026 (23.09%)

Middlesbrough West
[E] Conservative hold

JES Simon	Conservative	24,602	54.88%
EJ Fletcher	Labour	15,892	35.45%
GWI Hodgson	Liberal	4,336	9.67%

Electorate: 53,059; Turnout: 84.49%;
Majority: 8,710 (19.43%)

Middleton & Prestwich
[E] Conservative hold

JD Barlow	Conservative	31,416	59.65%
FG Barton	Labour	21,248	40.35%

Electorate: 65,855; Turnout: 79.97%;
Majority: 10,168 (19.31%)

Midlothian
[S] Labour hold

JM Hill	Labour	28,457	60.22%
WS How	Conservative	18,797	39.78%

Electorate: 58,092; Turnout: 81.34%;
Majority: 9,660 (20.44%)

Mitcham
[E] Conservative hold

LR Carr	Conservative	33,661	58.53%
EJC Smythe	Labour	23,845	41.47%

Electorate: 70,463; Turnout: 81.61%;
Majority: 9,816 (17.07%)

Monmouth
[W] Conservative hold

GEP Thorneycroft	Conservative	25,422	57.02%
GSD Parry	Labour	19,165	42.98%

Electorate: 53,628; Turnout: 83.14%;
Majority: 6,257 (14.03%)

Montgomery
[W] Liberal hold

EC Davies	Liberal	10,970	42.04%
FL Morgan	Conservative	8,176	31.33%
DC Jones	Labour	6,950	26.63%

Electorate: 31,152; Turnout: 83.77%;
Majority: 2,794 (10.71%)

Moray & Nairn
[S] Conservative hold

GTC Campbell	Conservative	13,742	52.63%
M Mackay	Labour	6,539	25.04%
DC MacDonald	Liberal	5,831	22.33%

Electorate: 35,487; Turnout: 73.58%;
Majority: 7,203 (27.59%)

Morcambe & Lonsdale
[E] Conservative hold

BRZ de Ferranti	Conservative	30,228	67.96%
FR McManus	Labour	14,253	32.04%

Electorate: 57,654; Turnout: 77.15%;
Majority: 15,975 (35.91%)

Morpeth
[E] Labour hold

WJ Owen	Labour	27,435	71.91%
D Bloom	Conservative	10,716	28.09%

Electorate: 45,361; Turnout: 84.11%;
Majority: 16,719 (43.82%)

Motherwell
[S] Labour hold

GM Lawson	Labour	22,009	53.74%
B Brogan	Conservative	17,613	43.01%
D Murray	Ind	1,331	3.25%

Electorate: 50,503; Turnout: 81.09%;
Majority: 4,396 (10.73%)

Nantwich
[E] Conservative hold

R Grant-Ferris	Conservative	17,613	48.29%
L Knight	Labour	10,876	29.82%
GM Harvey	Liberal	7,983	21.89%

Electorate: 43,655; Turnout: 83.55%;
Majority: 6,737 (18.47%)

Neath
[W] Labour hold

DJ Williams	Labour	30,469	71.37%
DNI Pearce	Conservative	10,263	24.04%
JJ David	Communist	1,962	4.60%

Electorate: 51,711; Turnout: 82.56%;
Majority: 20,206 (47.33%)

Nelson & Colne
[E] Labour hold

SS Silverman	Labour	20,407	49.25%
J Crabtree	Conservative	19,143	46.20%
TC Emmott	Lancastrian Party	1,889	4.56%

Electorate: 48,472; Turnout: 85.49%;
Majority: 1,264 (3.05%)

Newark
[E] Labour hold

G Deer	Labour	24,072	51.91%
P Jenkin-Jones	Conservative	22,300	48.09%

Electorate: 54,597; Turnout: 84.94%;
Majority: 1,772 (3.82%)

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