UK General Election results March 1966

31st March 1966

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

Hemsworth — Holland with Boston

Honiton — Huyton

Hemsworth
[E] Labour hold

A Beaney	Labour	41,887	85.39%
CWR Pickthorn	Conservative	7,165	14.61%

Electorate: 64,521; Turnout: 76.02%;
Majority: 34,722 (70.79%)

Hendon North
[E] Conservative hold

CI Orr-Ewing	Conservative	18,468	46.36%
E Wistrich	Labour	17,868	44.85%
MG Cass	Liberal	3,503	8.79%

Electorate: 49,784; Turnout: 80.02%;
Majority: 600 (1.51%)

Hendon South
[E] Conservative hold

HV Munro-Lucas-Tooth	Conservative	17,176	45.28%
GJ Samuel	Labour	13,120	34.59%
L Young	Liberal	7,633	20.12%

Electorate: 52,112; Turnout: 72.78%;
Majority: 4,056 (10.69%)

Henley
[E] Conservative hold

JA Hay	Conservative	28,994	55.42%
G Cunningham	Labour	23,320	44.58%

Electorate: 69,584; Turnout: 75.18%;
Majority: 5,674 (10.85%)

Hereford
[E] Conservative hold

D Gibson-Watt	Conservative	17,529	44.60%
MK Prendergast	Labour	14,782	37.61%
K Vaus	Liberal	6,996	17.80%

Electorate: 50,853; Turnout: 77.30%;
Majority: 2,747 (6.99%)

Hertford
[E] Conservative hold

Ld Balniel	Conservative	32,302	50.62%
P Nurse	Labour	31,508	49.38%

Electorate: 76,234; Turnout: 83.70%;
Majority: 794 (1.24%)

Hertfordshire East
[E] Conservative hold

D Walker-Smith	Conservative	29,618	46.62%
BCS Murphy	Labour	24,412	38.43%
EW Morgan	Liberal	9,501	14.95%

Electorate: 79,322; Turnout: 80.09%;
Majority: 5,206 (8.19%)

Hertfordshire South West
[E] Conservative hold

GJM Longden	Conservative	28,378	45.66%
SJ Chapman	Labour	25,186	40.52%
PAS Benton	Liberal	8,590	13.82%

Electorate: 74,777; Turnout: 83.12%;
Majority: 3,192 (5.14%)

Heston & Isleworth
[E] Conservative hold

RR Harris	Conservative	18,222	44.36%
N Sanderson	Labour	17,296	42.11%
RL Atton	Liberal	5,559	13.53%

Electorate: 51,400; Turnout: 79.92%;
Majority: 926 (2.25%)

Hexham
[E] Conservative hold

AGF Rippon	Conservative	20,889	48.10%
JB Lamb	Labour	16,105	37.08%
DA Robson	Liberal	6,434	14.82%

Electorate: 55,320; Turnout: 78.50%;
Majority: 4,784 (11.02%)

Heywood & Royton
[E] Labour hold

J Barnett	Labour	24,701	48.93%
DC Waddington	Conservative	19,048	37.73%
J Clarney	Liberal	6,732	13.34%

Electorate: 63,438; Turnout: 79.58%;
Majority: 5,653 (11.20%)

High Peak
[E] Labour gain

PM Jackson	Labour	16,938	41.26%
D Walder	Conservative	16,124	39.28%
DI Wrigley	Liberal	7,990	19.46%

Electorate: 48,747; Turnout: 84.21%;
Majority: 814 (1.98%)

Hitchin
[E] Labour hold

SVTB Williams	Labour	42,233	56.52%
JHR Stokes	Conservative	32,483	43.48%

Electorate: 90,840; Turnout: 82.25%;
Majority: 9,750 (13.05%)

Holborn & St Pancras South
[E] Labour hold

LM Jeger	Labour	16,128	59.49%
JME Byng	Conservative	10,982	40.51%

Electorate: 41,366; Turnout: 65.54%;
Majority: 5,146 (18.98%)

Holland with Boston
[E] Conservative hold

R Body	Conservative	26,683	50.30%
RH Hickman	Labour	26,367	49.70%

Electorate: 70,765; Turnout: 74.97%;
Majority: 316 (0.60%)

Honiton
[E] Conservative hold

R Matthew	Conservative	26,966	54.41%
M Clark	Labour	13,257	26.75%
R Hicks	Liberal	9,342	18.85%

Electorate: 63,047; Turnout: 78.62%;
Majority: 13,709 (27.66%)

Horncastle
[E] Conservative hold

PHB Tapsell	Conservative	15,090	46.64%
RNH Sackur	Labour	9,715	30.02%
TF Smith	Liberal	7,552	23.34%

Electorate: 42,625; Turnout: 75.91%;
Majority: 5,375 (16.61%)

Hornchurch
[E] Labour gain

AL Williams	Labour	38,406	52.06%
GW Lagden	Conservative	35,373	47.94%

Electorate: 90,969; Turnout: 81.10%;
Majority: 3,033 (4.11%)

Hornsey
[E] Conservative hold

HAL Rossi	Conservative	21,116	44.15%
CS Yeo	Labour	20,501	42.86%
PW Meyer	Liberal	5,026	10.51%
M Morris	Communist	1,184	2.48%

Electorate: 65,740; Turnout: 72.75%;
Majority: 615 (1.29%)

Horsham
[E] Conservative hold

PM Hordern	Conservative	32,139	45.80%
JM Bowyer	Labour	26,098	37.19%
OGN Burne	Liberal	11,930	17.00%

Electorate: 88,872; Turnout: 78.95%;
Majority: 6,041 (8.61%)

Houghton-le-Spring
[E] Labour hold

TW Urwin	Labour	32,067	77.51%
FHM Craig-Cooper	Conservative	9,304	22.49%

Electorate: 56,001; Turnout: 73.88%;
Majority: 22,763 (55.02%)

Hove
[E] Conservative hold

WFM Maddan	Conservative	28,799	57.23%
T Williams	Labour	12,909	25.65%
OC Moxon	Liberal	8,037	15.97%
M Cossmann	Ind	574	1.14%

Electorate: 69,807; Turnout: 72.08%;
Majority: 15,890 (31.58%)

Howden
[E] Conservative hold

PEO Bryan	Conservative	17,701	50.56%
G McNamara	Labour	9,421	26.91%
JJ MacCallum	Liberal	7,885	22.52%

Electorate: 48,768; Turnout: 71.78%;
Majority: 8,280 (23.65%)

Huddersfield East
[E] Labour hold

JPW Mallalieu	Labour	21,960	55.82%
JA Fergusson	Conservative	11,081	28.16%
GM Lee	Liberal	6,303	16.02%

Electorate: 50,509; Turnout: 77.90%;
Majority: 10,879 (27.65%)

Huddersfield West
[E] Labour hold

K Lomas	Labour	17,990	43.91%
JM Fox	Conservative	13,514	32.98%
RH Hargeaves	Liberal	9,470	23.11%

Electorate: 49,813; Turnout: 82.26%;
Majority: 4,476 (10.92%)

Hull East
[E] Labour hold

H Pursey	Labour	34,457	65.46%
FCM Heath	Conservative	11,385	21.63%
NW Turner	Liberal	6,795	12.91%

Electorate: 71,694; Turnout: 73.42%;
Majority: 23,072 (43.83%)

Hull North
[E] Labour hold

JK McNamara	Labour	26,640	55.20%
TFH Jessel	Conservative	17,871	37.03%
LS Milward	Liberal	3,747	7.76%

Electorate: 61,112; Turnout: 78.97%;
Majority: 8,769 (18.17%)

Hull West
[E] Labour hold

J Johnson	Labour	26,816	64.82%
JGD Shaw	Conservative	14,551	35.18%

Electorate: 58,743; Turnout: 70.42%;
Majority: 12,265 (29.65%)

Huntingdonshire
[E] Conservative & Nat Lib hold

DLM Renton	Conservative & Nat Lib	20,504	49.19%
M Lawn	Labour	15,276	36.65%
DRA Spreckley	Liberal	5,900	14.16%

Electorate: 53,745; Turnout: 77.55%;
Majority: 5,228 (12.54%)

Huyton
[E] Labour hold

JH Wilson	Labour	41,122	66.44%
TL Hobday	Conservative	20,182	32.61%
DE Sutch	Nat Ind Teenage Party	585	0.95%

Electorate: 88,288; Turnout: 70.10%;
Majority: 20,940 (33.83%)

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