UK General Election results March 1966

31st March 1966

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

Aberavon — Angus North & Mearns

Angus South — Banbury

Aberavon
[W] Labour hold

J Morris	Labour	33,763	75.44%
R Hicks	Conservative	9,369	20.94%
JT Hart	Communist	1,620	3.62%

Electorate: 57,179; Turnout: 78.27%;
Majority: 24,394 (54.51%)

Aberdare
[W] Labour hold

AR Probert	Labour	26,322	73.31%
PN Price	Conservative	4,204	11.71%
JE Williams	Plaid Cymru	3,073	8.56%
ATM Wilson	Communist	2,305	6.42%

Electorate: 46,618; Turnout: 77.02%;
Majority: 22,118 (61.60%)

Aberdeen North
[S] Labour hold

HSJ Hughes	Labour	28,799	67.55%
M Humphrey	Conservative	8,768	20.56%
DW McPherson	Liberal	4,350	10.20%
M Rose	Communist	719	1.69%

Electorate: 59,157; Turnout: 72.07%;
Majority: 20,031 (46.98%)

Aberdeen South
[S] Labour gain

DC Dewar	Labour	23,291	46.05%
Lady Tweedsmuir	Conservative	21,492	42.49%
NW King	Liberal	5,797	11.46%

Electorate: 62,206; Turnout: 81.31%;
Majority: 1,799 (3.56%)

Aberdeenshire East
[S] Conservative hold

P Wolrige-Gordon	Conservative	12,067	41.46%
RM Sinclair	Liberal	8,034	27.60%
IS Davidson	Labour	6,422	22.06%
BM Cockie	Scottish National	2,584	8.88%

Electorate: 42,661; Turnout: 68.23%;
Majority: 4,033 (13.86%)

Aberdeenshire West
[S] Liberal gain

JDG Davidson	Liberal	15,151	43.15%
AF Hendry	Conservative	13,956	39.74%
J Henderson	Labour	6,008	17.11%

Electorate: 46,011; Turnout: 76.32%;
Majority: 1,195 (3.40%)

Abertillery
[W] Labour hold

AC Williams	Labour	23,353	88.11%
AP Wallis	Conservative	3,151	11.89%

Electorate: 36,122; Turnout: 73.37%;
Majority: 20,202 (76.22%)

Abingdon
[E] Conservative hold

AMS Neave	Conservative	27,749	46.33%
AHS Matterson	Labour	24,447	40.81%
DHV Case	Liberal	7,703	12.86%

Electorate: 72,575; Turnout: 82.53%;
Majority: 3,302 (5.51%)

Accrington
[E] Labour hold

A Davidson	Labour	21,330	53.04%
DL Maxwell	Conservative	14,508	36.08%
JHS Gould	Liberal	4,375	10.88%

Electorate: 48,412; Turnout: 83.06%;
Majority: 6,822 (16.96%)

Acton
[E] Labour hold

BFC Floud	Labour	18,541	57.69%
KW Baker	Conservative	13,600	42.31%

Electorate: 43,464; Turnout: 73.95%;
Majority: 4,941 (15.37%)

Aldershot
[E] Conservative hold

E Errington	Conservative	25,672	48.92%
DH Silvester	Labour	16,776	31.97%
GE Owen	Liberal	10,025	19.11%

Electorate: 69,612; Turnout: 75.38%;
Majority: 8,896 (16.95%)

Altrincham & Sale
[E] Conservative hold

APL Barber	Conservative	24,736	48.01%
J Cope	Labour	17,899	34.74%
A Cooper	Liberal	8,891	17.26%

Electorate: 66,083; Turnout: 77.97%;
Majority: 6,837 (13.27%)

Anglesey
[W] Labour hold

C Hughes	Labour	14,874	55.00%
JE Jones	Conservative	9,576	35.41%
JW Meredith	Plaid Cymru	2,596	9.60%

Electorate: 36,950; Turnout: 73.20%;
Majority: 5,298 (19.59%)

Angus North & Mearns
[S] Conservative hold

AL Buchanan-Smith	Conservative	13,286	50.40%
KAJ Barton	Liberal	7,756	29.42%
CT Walker	Labour	5,318	20.17%

Electorate: 34,583; Turnout: 76.22%;
Majority: 5,530 (20.98%)

Angus South
[S] Conservative hold

J Bruce-Gardyne	Conservative	22,407	70.44%
FC McManus	Labour	9,404	29.56%

Electorate: 44,705; Turnout: 71.16%;
Majority: 13,003 (40.88%)

Antrim North
[N] Ulster Unionist hold

H Clark	Ulster Unionist	31,927	78.12%
R Moore	Liberal	8,941	21.88%

Electorate: 72,039; Turnout: 56.73%;
Majority: 22,986 (56.24%)

Antrim South
[N] Ulster Unionist hold

SK Cunningham	Ulster Unionist	40,840	64.30%
S Stewart	NI Labour	22,679	35.70%

Electorate: 113,645; Turnout: 55.89%;
Majority: 18,161 (28.59%)

Argyll
[S] Conservative hold

MAC Noble	Conservative	12,178	43.22%
J McFadden	Labour	8,486	30.12%
JJ MacKay	Liberal	7,512	26.66%

Electorate: 38,949; Turnout: 72.34%;
Majority: 3,692 (13.10%)

Armagh
[N] Ulster Unionist hold

JE Maginnis	Ulster Unionist	34,687	72.03%
C McGleenon	Republican	13,467	27.97%

Electorate: 76,111; Turnout: 63.27%;
Majority: 21,220 (44.07%)

Arundel & Shoreham
[E] Conservative hold

HB Kerby	Conservative	36,913	55.47%
RR Kenward	Labour	18,817	28.28%
PM Bulwer	Liberal	10,816	16.25%

Electorate: 87,743; Turnout: 75.84%;
Majority: 18,096 (27.19%)

Ashfield
[E] Labour hold

DI Marquand	Labour	33,477	73.63%
ET Gibbons	Conservative	11,991	26.37%

Electorate: 62,030; Turnout: 73.30%;
Majority: 21,486 (47.26%)

Ashford
[E] Conservative hold

WF Deedes	Conservative	21,362	49.99%
CA Thomas	Labour	13,249	31.00%
JGW Peck	Liberal	8,121	19.00%

Electorate: 56,669; Turnout: 75.41%;
Majority: 8,113 (18.99%)

Ashton-under-Lyne
[E] Labour hold

RE Sheldon	Labour	24,728	58.70%
HD Moore	Conservative	17,396	41.30%

Electorate: 57,159; Turnout: 73.70%;
Majority: 7,332 (17.41%)

Aylesbury
[E] Conservative hold

GS Summers	Conservative	23,673	44.91%
P Allison	Labour	19,766	37.50%
T Joyce	Liberal	9,272	17.59%

Electorate: 65,968; Turnout: 79.90%;
Majority: 3,907 (7.41%)

Ayr
[S] Conservative hold

GKH Younger	Conservative	19,988	50.61%
CE O'Halloran	Labour	19,504	49.39%

Electorate: 46,285; Turnout: 85.32%;
Majority: 484 (1.23%)

Ayrshire Central
[S] Labour hold

AC Manuel	Labour	24,035	57.68%
JA Corrie	Conservative	17,637	42.32%

Electorate: 50,744; Turnout: 82.12%;
Majority: 6,398 (15.35%)

Ayrshire North & Bute
[S] Conservative hold

F Maclean	Conservative	16,138	48.67%
D Lambie	Labour	13,482	40.66%
RP Cochrane	Liberal	3,539	10.67%

Electorate: 43,625; Turnout: 76.01%;
Majority: 2,656 (8.01%)

Ayrshire South
[S] Labour hold

E Hughes	Labour	23,495	67.25%
CR Graves	Conservative	11,442	32.75%

Electorate: 46,504; Turnout: 75.13%;
Majority: 12,053 (34.50%)

Banbury
[E] Conservative hold

HN Marten	Conservative	28,932	47.53%
DW Young	Labour	24,529	40.30%
P Jessel	Liberal	7,407	12.17%

Electorate: 74,279; Turnout: 81.95%;
Majority: 4,403 (7.23%)

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