UK General Election results October 1964

15th October 1964

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

Orkney & Shetland — Petersfield

Plymouth Devonport — Reading

Orkney & Shetland
[S] Liberal hold

J Grimond	Liberal	11,604	62.59%
JL Firth	Conservative	3,704	19.98%
I MacInnes	Labour	3,232	17.43%

Electorate: 25,481; Turnout: 72.76%;
Majority: 7,900 (42.61%)

Ormskirk
[E] Conservative hold

D Glover	Conservative	33,704	62.54%
J Harold	Labour	20,186	37.46%

Electorate: 71,050; Turnout: 75.85%;
Majority: 13,518 (25.08%)

Orpington
[E] Liberal hold

ER Lubbock	Liberal	22,637	48.36%
ND McWhirter	Conservative	19,565	41.80%
PAW Merriton	Labour	4,609	9.85%

Electorate: 54,846; Turnout: 85.35%;
Majority: 3,072 (6.56%)

Oswestry
[E] Conservative hold

WJ Biffen	Conservative	18,154	47.39%
GJ Costley	Labour	11,407	29.78%
TR Crowther	Liberal	8,745	22.83%

Electorate: 50,066; Turnout: 76.51%;
Majority: 6,747 (17.61%)

Oxford
[E] Conservative hold

CM Woodhouse	Conservative	22,212	42.89%
DET Luard	Labour	20,783	40.13%
IRM Davies	Liberal	8,797	16.99%

Electorate: 67,014; Turnout: 77.29%;
Majority: 1,429 (2.76%)

Paddington North
[E] Labour hold

BT Parkin	Labour	14,607	57.86%
JK O'N Edwards	Conservative	10,639	42.14%

Electorate: 38,779; Turnout: 65.10%;
Majority: 3,968 (15.72%)

Paddington South
[E] Conservative hold

RA Allen	Conservative	10,838	52.73%
W Dow	Labour	7,439	36.19%
PMR Cowen	Liberal	2,278	11.08%

Electorate: 35,226; Turnout: 58.35%;
Majority: 3,399 (16.54%)

Paisley
[S] Labour hold

J Robertson	Labour	26,318	52.91%
JM Bannerman	Liberal	16,837	33.85%
M Crichton	Conservative	6,583	13.24%

Electorate: 62,336; Turnout: 79.79%;
Majority: 9,481 (19.06%)

Peckham
[E] Labour hold

FK Corbet	Labour	20,111	63.97%
TFH Jessel	Conservative	11,326	36.03%

Electorate: 53,925; Turnout: 58.30%;
Majority: 8,785 (27.94%)

Pembroke
[W] Labour hold

DL Donnelly	Labour	23,926	47.23%
HG Partridge	Conservative	15,340	30.28%
AGW Coulthard	Liberal	9,679	19.11%
D Thomas	Plaid Cymru	1,717	3.39%

Electorate: 62,196; Turnout: 81.46%;
Majority: 8,586 (16.95%)

Penistone
[E] Labour hold

JJ Mendelson	Labour	29,784	58.11%
B Askew	Conservative	13,095	25.55%
R Swinden	Liberal	8,372	16.34%

Electorate: 63,196; Turnout: 81.10%;
Majority: 16,689 (32.56%)

Penrith & the Border
[E] Conservative hold

WSI Whitelaw	Conservative	21,228	51.78%
KMA Roberts	Labour	10,490	25.59%
W Jackson	Liberal	9,279	22.63%

Electorate: 50,840; Turnout: 80.64%;
Majority: 10,738 (26.19%)

Perth & East Perthshire
[S] Conservative hold

I MacArthur	Conservative	23,912	57.92%
FL Forrester	Labour	10,184	24.67%
RD McIntyre	Scottish National	7,186	17.41%

Electorate: 54,574; Turnout: 75.64%;
Majority: 13,728 (33.25%)

Peterborough
[E] Conservative hold

H Nicholls	Conservative	24,045	46.55%
D Saunders	Labour	21,428	41.48%
L Young	Liberal	6,181	11.97%

Electorate: 63,181; Turnout: 81.76%;
Majority: 2,617 (5.07%)

Petersfield
[E] Conservative hold

J Quennell	Conservative	23,603	54.00%
RM Digby	Liberal	11,338	25.94%
MC Wilson	Labour	8,477	19.39%
RM de Bounevialle	Ind Loyalists	292	0.67%

Electorate: 57,893; Turnout: 75.50%;
Majority: 12,265 (28.06%)

Plymouth Devonport
[E] Conservative hold

JH Vickers	Conservative	24,241	54.04%
RE Crabb	Labour	20,615	45.96%

Electorate: 60,959; Turnout: 73.58%;
Majority: 3,626 (8.08%)

Plymouth Sutton
[E] Conservative hold

IM Fraser	Conservative	24,722	43.82%
JEO Dunwoody	Labour	24,312	43.09%
G Cocks	Liberal	7,383	13.09%

Electorate: 73,591; Turnout: 76.66%;
Majority: 410 (0.73%)

Pontefract
[E] Labour hold

J Harper	Labour	32,357	76.16%
JF Whitfield	Conservative	10,128	23.84%

Electorate: 54,774; Turnout: 77.56%;
Majority: 22,229 (52.32%)

Pontypool
[W] Labour hold

L Abse	Labour	27,852	74.57%
PD Mendel	Conservative	8,169	21.87%
E Jones	Communist	1,329	3.56%

Electorate: 48,024; Turnout: 77.77%;
Majority: 19,683 (52.70%)

Pontypridd
[W] Labour hold

A Pearson	Labour	29,533	71.35%
JR Warrender	Conservative	11,859	28.65%

Electorate: 53,859; Turnout: 76.85%;
Majority: 17,674 (42.70%)

Poole
[E] Conservative hold

HO Murton	Conservative	24,440	46.26%
H Toch	Labour	16,158	30.58%
HCR Ballam	Liberal	12,234	23.16%

Electorate: 66,000; Turnout: 80.05%;
Majority: 8,282 (15.68%)

Poplar
[E] Labour hold

I Mikardo	Labour	20,271	77.71%
KW Baker	Conservative	5,813	22.29%

Electorate: 44,756; Turnout: 58.28%;
Majority: 14,458 (55.43%)

Portsmouth Langstone
[E] Conservative hold

IS Lloyd	Conservative	33,208	48.28%
TA Molloy	Labour	23,365	33.97%
GR Collings	Liberal	12,212	17.75%

Electorate: 91,587; Turnout: 75.10%;
Majority: 9,843 (14.31%)

Portsmouth South
[E] Conservative hold

JM Lucas	Conservative	24,387	63.69%
RWS Pryke	Labour	13,904	36.31%

Electorate: 53,915; Turnout: 71.02%;
Majority: 10,483 (27.38%)

Portsmouth West
[E] Conservative hold

TH Clarke	Conservative	18,762	50.67%
FA Judd	Labour	18,265	49.33%

Electorate: 49,517; Turnout: 74.78%;
Majority: 497 (1.34%)

Preston North
[E] Conservative hold

HJ Amery	Conservative	20,566	50.02%
RW Kerr	Labour	20,552	49.98%

Electorate: 52,233; Turnout: 78.72%;
Majority: 14 (0.03%)

Preston South
[E] Labour gain

P Mahon	Labour	19,352	50.45%
A Green	Conservative	19,004	49.55%

Electorate: 48,685; Turnout: 78.78%;
Majority: 348 (0.91%)

Pudsey
[E] Conservative hold

J Hiley	Conservative	21,581	46.50%
BP Atha	Labour	16,100	34.69%
JT Wilson	Liberal	8,732	18.81%

Electorate: 53,939; Turnout: 86.05%;
Majority: 5,481 (11.81%)

Putney
[E] Labour gain

HG Jenkins	Labour	24,581	44.93%
HN Linstead	Conservative	23,274	42.54%
A Cowen	Liberal	6,856	12.53%

Electorate: 71,084; Turnout: 76.97%;
Majority: 1,307 (2.39%)

Reading
[E] Conservative hold

PFH Emery	Conservative	20,815	43.93%
JMH Lee	Labour	20,805	43.91%
MF Burns	Liberal	5,759	12.16%

Electorate: 59,371; Turnout: 79.80%;
Majority: 10 (0.02%)

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