UK General Election results October 1964

15th October 1964

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

Bexley — Birmingham Stechford

Birmingham Yardley — Bournemouth West

Bexley
[E] Conservative hold

ERG Heath	Conservative	25,716	47.39%
LL Reeves	Labour	21,127	38.93%
PL McArthur	Liberal	6,161	11.35%
J Paul	Anti-Common Market League	1,263	2.33%

Electorate: 64,240; Turnout: 84.48%;
Majority: 4,589 (8.46%)

Billericay
[E] Conservative hold

EL Gardner	Conservative	35,347	44.29%
RA Smythe	Labour	33,755	42.30%
PMT Sheldon-Williams	Liberal	10,706	13.41%

Electorate: 96,762; Turnout: 82.48%;
Majority: 1,592 (1.99%)

Bilston
[E] Labour hold

R Edwards	Labour	27,986	53.13%
FJ Oxford	Conservative	24,686	46.87%

Electorate: 71,005; Turnout: 74.18%;
Majority: 3,300 (6.27%)

Birkenhead
[E] Labour hold

E Dell	Labour	23,994	56.96%
RK Morland	Conservative	18,133	43.04%

Electorate: 56,594; Turnout: 74.44%;
Majority: 5,861 (13.91%)

Birmingham All Saints
[E] Labour gain

AB Walden	Labour	14,975	50.80%
JH Hollingworth	Conservative	14,505	49.20%

Electorate: 44,594; Turnout: 66.11%;
Majority: 470 (1.59%)

Birmingham Aston
[E] Labour hold

J Silverman	Labour	19,512	54.72%
AM Beaumont-Dark	Conservative	16,146	45.28%

Electorate: 54,544; Turnout: 65.37%;
Majority: 3,366 (9.44%)

Birmingham Edgbaston
[E] Conservative hold

E Pitt	Conservative	22,818	67.36%
AJ Kazantzis	Labour	11,059	32.64%

Electorate: 50,966; Turnout: 66.47%;
Majority: 11,759 (34.71%)

Birmingham Hall Green
[E] Conservative hold

A Jones	Conservative	23,879	52.52%
GS Rea	Labour	14,477	31.84%
P Jessel	Liberal	7,113	15.64%

Electorate: 59,984; Turnout: 75.80%;
Majority: 9,402 (20.68%)

Birmingham Handsworth
[E] Conservative hold

ECG Boyle	Conservative	16,841	47.50%
SRR Wright	Labour	11,909	33.59%
WL Lawler	Liberal	6,249	17.62%
SW Keatley	Ind	459	1.29%

Electorate: 53,243; Turnout: 66.60%;
Majority: 4,932 (13.91%)

Birmingham Ladywood
[E] Labour hold

VF Yates	Labour	10,098	63.20%
TG John	Conservative	5,879	36.80%

Electorate: 29,735; Turnout: 53.73%;
Majority: 4,219 (26.41%)

Birmingham Northfield
[E] Labour hold

WD Chapman	Labour	29,301	47.22%
HB Adkins	Conservative	25,063	40.39%
R Lewthwaite	Liberal	7,682	12.38%

Electorate: 80,377; Turnout: 77.19%;
Majority: 4,238 (6.83%)

Birmingham Perry Barr
[E] Conservative gain

WR Davies	Conservative	18,483	50.45%
CA Howell	Labour	18,156	49.55%

Electorate: 49,454; Turnout: 74.09%;
Majority: 327 (0.89%)

Birmingham Selly Oak
[E] Conservative hold

HE Gurden	Conservative	21,443	56.92%
J Garwell	Labour	16,232	43.08%

Electorate: 56,798; Turnout: 66.33%;
Majority: 5,211 (13.83%)

Birmingham Small Heath
[E] Labour hold

D Howell	Labour	17,010	60.39%
AJ Prescott	Conservative	10,233	36.33%
G Jelf	Communist	926	3.29%

Electorate: 46,268; Turnout: 60.88%;
Majority: 6,777 (24.06%)

Birmingham Sparkbrook
[E] Labour gain

RSG Hattersley	Labour	16,287	52.00%
LG Seymour	Conservative	15,033	48.00%

Electorate: 45,877; Turnout: 68.27%;
Majority: 1,254 (4.00%)

Birmingham Stechford
[E] Labour hold

RH Jenkins	Labour	22,421	56.83%
DL Knox	Conservative	17,033	43.17%

Electorate: 55,541; Turnout: 71.04%;
Majority: 5,388 (13.66%)

Birmingham Yardley
[E] Labour gain

IL Evans	Labour	22,788	50.19%
LH Cleaver	Conservative	22,619	49.81%

Electorate: 58,934; Turnout: 77.05%;
Majority: 169 (0.37%)

Bishop Aukland
[E] Labour hold

HJ Boyden	Labour	22,310	61.81%
JV Ropner	Conservative	13,782	38.19%

Electorate: 47,338; Turnout: 76.24%;
Majority: 8,528 (23.63%)

Blackburn
[E] Labour hold

BA Castle	Labour	26,543	57.46%
JMA Yerburgh	Conservative	19,650	42.54%

Electorate: 57,034; Turnout: 80.99%;
Majority: 6,893 (14.92%)

Blackpool North
[E] Conservative hold

NA Miscampbell	Conservative	19,633	47.15%
H Hague	Liberal	11,462	27.53%
T McKellar	Labour	10,543	25.32%

Electorate: 55,729; Turnout: 74.72%;
Majority: 8,171 (19.62%)

Blackpool South
[E] Conservative hold

PAR Blaker	Conservative	23,769	58.32%
PP Hall	Labour	16,986	41.68%

Electorate: 57,343; Turnout: 71.07%;
Majority: 6,783 (16.64%)

Blaydon
[E] Labour hold

RE Woof	Labour	25,926	66.72%
NC Bailey	Conservative	12,932	33.28%

Electorate: 48,566; Turnout: 80.01%;
Majority: 12,994 (33.44%)

Blyth
[E] Labour hold

EJ Milne	Labour	37,336	75.94%
GP Davidson	Conservative	11,832	24.06%

Electorate: 62,805; Turnout: 78.29%;
Majority: 25,504 (51.87%)

Bodmin
[E] Liberal gain

PJ Bessell	Liberal	18,046	48.60%
D Marshall	Conservative	14,910	40.16%
TF Mitchell	Labour	4,172	11.24%

Electorate: 44,906; Turnout: 82.68%;
Majority: 3,136 (8.45%)

Bolsover
[E] Labour hold

H Neal	Labour	31,234	79.34%
PT Cormack	Conservative	8,131	20.66%

Electorate: 49,900; Turnout: 78.89%;
Majority: 23,103 (58.69%)

Bolton East
[E] Labour gain

RL Howarth	Labour	21,937	46.09%
E Taylor	Conservative	18,785	39.47%
A Cooper	Liberal	6,873	14.44%

Electorate: 59,227; Turnout: 80.36%;
Majority: 3,152 (6.62%)

Bolton West
[E] Labour gain

GJ Oakes	Labour	16,519	41.17%
D Sisson	Conservative	13,522	33.70%
AF Holt	Liberal	10,086	25.14%

Electorate: 51,346; Turnout: 78.15%;
Majority: 2,997 (7.47%)

Bootle
[E] Labour hold

S Mahon	Labour	21,677	62.00%
G Halliwell	Conservative	13,285	38.00%

Electorate: 49,284; Turnout: 70.94%;
Majority: 8,392 (24.00%)

Bosworth
[E] Labour hold

WL Wyatt	Labour	25,334	45.59%
PL Braithwaite	Conservative	19,583	35.24%
JH David	Liberal	10,652	19.17%

Electorate: 67,114; Turnout: 82.80%;
Majority: 5,751 (10.35%)

Bothwell
[S] Labour hold

J Hamilton	Labour	27,556	60.40%
JB Highgate	Conservative	18,068	39.60%

Electorate: 56,718; Turnout: 80.44%;
Majority: 9,488 (20.80%)

Bournemouth East & Christchurch
[E] Conservative hold

JH Cordle	Conservative	26,852	56.41%
AG Reynard	Labour	10,447	21.95%
AC McLeish	Liberal	10,304	21.65%

Electorate: 63,750; Turnout: 74.67%;
Majority: 16,405 (34.46%)

Bournemouth West
[E] Conservative hold

JB Eden	Conservative	26,114	50.44%
GW Spicer	Labour	13,975	26.99%
JF Mills	Liberal	11,681	22.56%

Electorate: 70,238; Turnout: 73.71%;
Majority: 12,139 (23.45%)

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