UK General Election results March 1966

31st March 1966

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

Stalybridge & Hyde — Stretford

Stroud — Thornaby

Stalybridge & Hyde
[E] Labour hold

F Blackburn	Labour	23,974	56.91%
JE Rogerson	Conservative	18,153	43.09%

Electorate: 57,266; Turnout: 73.56%;
Majority: 5,821 (13.82%)

Stepney
[E] Labour hold

PD Shore	Labour	23,098	76.09%
BP Cooper	Conservative	5,049	16.63%
S Kaye	Communist	2,209	7.28%

Electorate: 59,846; Turnout: 50.72%;
Majority: 18,049 (59.46%)

Stirling & Falkirk
[S] Labour hold

M MacPherson	Labour	23,146	52.65%
I Docherty	Conservative	13,726	31.22%
WA Milne	Scottish National	6,322	14.38%
P McIntosh	Communist	767	1.74%

Electorate: 57,015; Turnout: 77.10%;
Majority: 9,420 (21.43%)

Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan
[S] Labour hold

A Woodburn	Labour	22,557	55.26%
A MacDonald	Conservative	10,037	24.59%
CD Drysdale	Scottish National	8,225	20.15%

Electorate: 52,640; Turnout: 77.54%;
Majority: 12,520 (30.67%)

Stirlingshire West
[S] Labour hold

W Baxter	Labour	17,513	48.59%
RD McIntyre	Scottish National	9,381	26.03%
JDM Hardie	Conservative	9,148	25.38%

Electorate: 43,728; Turnout: 82.42%;
Majority: 8,132 (22.56%)

Stockport North
[E] Labour hold

A Gregory	Labour	21,598	54.18%
IW Owen	Conservative	18,262	45.82%

Electorate: 50,370; Turnout: 79.13%;
Majority: 3,336 (8.37%)

Stockport South
[E] Labour hold

M Orbach	Labour	19,456	55.84%
C Howson	Conservative	15,387	44.16%

Electorate: 45,406; Turnout: 76.74%;
Majority: 4,069 (11.68%)

Stockton-on-Tees
[E] Labour hold

WT Rodgers	Labour	24,248	59.86%
PV Radford	Conservative	15,547	38.38%
E Jones	Communist	710	1.75%

Electorate: 52,345; Turnout: 77.38%;
Majority: 8,701 (21.48%)

Stoke Newington & Hackney North
[E] Labour hold

D Weitzman	Labour	24,221	67.41%
JR Boast	Conservative	10,221	28.44%
M Goldman	Communist	1,491	4.15%

Electorate: 64,389; Turnout: 55.81%;
Majority: 14,000 (38.96%)

Stoke-on-Trent Central
[E] Labour hold

RB Cant	Labour	26,663	68.06%
KG Reeves	Conservative	12,515	31.94%

Electorate: 57,379; Turnout: 68.28%;
Majority: 14,148 (36.11%)

Stoke-on-Trent North
[E] Labour hold

JS Forester	Labour	28,491	71.54%
LCN Bury	Conservative	11,335	28.46%

Electorate: 54,978; Turnout: 72.44%;
Majority: 17,156 (43.08%)

Stoke-on-Trent South
[E] Labour hold

J Ashley	Labour	27,380	61.65%
FW Thornton	Conservative	14,769	33.26%
SJ Lomas	Communist	2,262	5.09%

Electorate: 62,530; Turnout: 71.02%;
Majority: 12,611 (28.40%)

Stratford
[E] Conservative hold

AEU Maude	Conservative	22,381	51.30%
VG Hale	Labour	12,954	29.69%
GH Herrinshaw	Liberal	6,556	15.03%
CG Clayton-Wright	Ind Conservative	1,733	3.97%

Electorate: 55,907; Turnout: 78.03%;
Majority: 9,427 (21.61%)

Streatham
[E] Conservative hold

D Sandys	Conservative	19,872	54.63%
JL Walker	Labour	16,505	45.37%

Electorate: 51,668; Turnout: 70.41%;
Majority: 3,367 (9.26%)

Stretford
[E] Labour gain

EA Davies	Labour	24,739	47.13%
S Storey	Conservative	21,374	40.72%
CL Jones	Liberal	6,382	12.16%

Electorate: 68,093; Turnout: 77.09%;
Majority: 3,365 (6.41%)

Stroud
[E] Conservative hold

JA Kershaw	Conservative	21,804	43.21%
TM Cox	Labour	20,259	40.15%
JV Smith	Liberal	8,397	16.64%

Electorate: 59,379; Turnout: 84.98%;
Majority: 1,545 (3.06%)

Sudbury & Woodbridge
[E] Conservative hold

KM Stainton	Conservative	26,689	50.16%
MF Madden	Labour	19,680	36.99%
EM Wheeler	Liberal	6,839	12.85%

Electorate: 66,329; Turnout: 80.22%;
Majority: 7,009 (13.17%)

Sunderland North
[E] Labour hold

FT Willey	Labour	25,438	60.77%
PL Rost	Conservative	16,423	39.23%

Electorate: 56,197; Turnout: 74.49%;
Majority: 9,015 (21.54%)

Sunderland South
[E] Labour hold

GAT Bagier	Labour	27,567	57.47%
PE Heselton	Conservative	20,398	42.53%

Electorate: 63,554; Turnout: 75.47%;
Majority: 7,169 (14.95%)

Surbiton
[E] Conservative hold

NTL Fisher	Conservative	19,989	57.86%
DE Heather	Labour	14,561	42.14%

Electorate: 44,894; Turnout: 76.96%;
Majority: 5,428 (15.71%)

Surrey East
[E] Conservative hold

CJA Doughty	Conservative	30,900	54.54%
MR Lane	Liberal	16,407	28.96%
C Shaw	Labour	9,347	16.50%

Electorate: 71,417; Turnout: 79.33%;
Majority: 14,493 (25.58%)

Sutton & Cheam
[E] Conservative hold

RC Sharples	Conservative	22,331	51.10%
FJ Ward	Labour	13,235	30.29%
NDM McGeorge	Liberal	8,134	18.61%

Electorate: 57,227; Turnout: 76.36%;
Majority: 9,096 (20.81%)

Sutton Coldfield
[E] Conservative hold

GW Lloyd	Conservative	30,350	52.47%
DA Finnigan	Labour	14,257	24.65%
MH Whincup	Liberal	13,237	22.88%

Electorate: 75,779; Turnout: 76.33%;
Majority: 16,093 (27.82%)

Swansea East
[W] Labour hold

N McBride	Labour	30,290	75.38%
T Knowles	Conservative	6,241	15.53%
C Rees	Plaid Cymru	2,749	6.84%
WR Jones	Communist	902	2.24%

Electorate: 54,459; Turnout: 73.78%;
Majority: 24,049 (59.85%)

Swansea West
[W] Labour hold

AJ Williams	Labour	26,703	56.39%
JEH Rees	Conservative	20,650	43.61%

Electorate: 58,907; Turnout: 80.39%;
Majority: 6,053 (12.78%)

Swindon
[E] Labour hold

FE Noel-Baker	Labour	25,966	61.35%
NG Reece	Conservative	15,523	36.67%
I Gradwell	Communist	838	1.98%

Electorate: 57,582; Turnout: 73.51%;
Majority: 10,443 (24.67%)

Taunton
[E] Conservative hold

E du Cann	Conservative	22,369	47.55%
RJ Bradbury	Labour	19,216	40.85%
MIGH Amory	Liberal	5,460	11.61%

Electorate: 55,173; Turnout: 85.27%;
Majority: 3,153 (6.70%)

Tavistock
[E] Conservative hold

MRD Heseltine	Conservative	21,644	49.18%
C Trethewey	Liberal	13,461	30.59%
PA Middleton	Labour	8,902	20.23%

Electorate: 54,045; Turnout: 81.43%;
Majority: 8,183 (18.59%)

Thirsk & Malton
[E] Conservative hold

RH Turton	Conservative	25,089	61.59%
RA Wilson	Labour	15,647	38.41%

Electorate: 57,967; Turnout: 70.27%;
Majority: 9,442 (23.18%)

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