UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Bradford East — Bristol North East

Bristol North West — Caithness & Sutherland

Bradford East
[E] Labour hold

E Lyons	Labour	17,346	66.17%
CJ Barr	Conservative	8,208	31.31%
G Musa	Liberal	660	2.52%

Electorate: 40,485; Turnout: 64.75%;
Majority: 9,138 (34.86%)

Bradford North
[E] Labour hold

BT Ford	Labour	20,141	52.11%
WHP Laycock	Conservative	18,511	47.89%

Electorate: 52,344; Turnout: 73.84%;
Majority: 1,630 (4.22%)

Bradford South
[E] Labour hold

TW Torney	Labour	20,985	45.93%
JDW Bottomley	Conservative	19,009	41.61%
G Dunkerley	Liberal	5,694	12.46%

Electorate: 63,443; Turnout: 72.01%;
Majority: 1,976 (4.32%)

Bradford West
[E] Conservative gain

JAD Wilkinson	Conservative	20,475	51.95%
CN Haseldine	Labour	18,936	48.05%

Electorate: 53,371; Turnout: 73.84%;
Majority: 1,539 (3.91%)

Brecon & Radnor
[W] Labour hold

CE Roderick	Labour	18,736	43.42%
GJJ Neale	Conservative	13,892	32.20%
GW Howells	Liberal	8,169	18.93%
WG Jenkins	Plaid Cymru	2,349	5.44%

Electorate: 52,694; Turnout: 81.88%;
Majority: 4,844 (11.23%)

Brentford & Chiswick
[E] Labour hold

MCJ Barnes	Labour	14,051	50.93%
OC Wright	Conservative	13,538	49.07%

Electorate: 37,709; Turnout: 73.16%;
Majority: 513 (1.86%)

Bridgwater
[E] Conservative hold

TJ King	Conservative	26,685	52.35%
RJ Billington	Labour	18,224	35.75%
PM O'Loughlin	Liberal	6,066	11.90%

Electorate: 66,140; Turnout: 77.07%;
Majority: 8,461 (16.60%)

Bridlington
[E] Conservative hold

RF Wood	Conservative	25,053	58.14%
HA Clarke	Labour	11,546	26.79%
T Silverwood	Liberal	6,495	15.07%

Electorate: 62,780; Turnout: 68.64%;
Majority: 13,507 (31.34%)

Brierley Hill
[E] Conservative hold

WF Montgomery	Conservative	43,440	60.63%
TS Pritchard	Labour	28,203	39.37%

Electorate: 97,759; Turnout: 73.29%;
Majority: 15,237 (21.27%)

Brigg
[E] Labour hold

EL Mallalieu	Labour	31,434	53.38%
AH Spokes	Conservative	27,449	46.62%

Electorate: 87,166; Turnout: 67.55%;
Majority: 3,985 (6.77%)

Brighouse & Spenborough
[E] Conservative gain

GW Proudfoot	Conservative	22,953	46.25%
GC Jackson	Labour	22,894	46.13%
GH Manley	Liberal	3,781	7.62%

Electorate: 61,616; Turnout: 80.54%;
Majority: 59 (0.12%)

Brighton Kemptown
[E] Conservative gain

A Bowden	Conservative	24,208	49.26%
DH Hobden	Labour	21,105	42.94%
OC Moxon	Liberal	3,833	7.80%

Electorate: 65,574; Turnout: 74.95%;
Majority: 3,103 (6.31%)

Brighton Pavilion
[E] Conservative hold

J Amery	Conservative	24,365	61.93%
F Tonks	Labour	13,771	35.00%
GE Thomas	Ind	1,205	3.06%

Electorate: 59,150; Turnout: 66.51%;
Majority: 10,594 (26.93%)

Bristol Central
[E] Labour hold

AMF Palmer	Labour	12,375	51.40%
JRE Taylor	Conservative	9,130	37.92%
A Rider	Liberal	2,569	10.67%

Electorate: 36,090; Turnout: 66.71%;
Majority: 3,245 (13.48%)

Bristol North East
[E] Conservative gain

RJ Adley	Conservative	23,254	50.50%
RFH Dobson	Labour	22,792	49.50%

Electorate: 63,847; Turnout: 72.12%;
Majority: 462 (1.00%)

Bristol North West
[E] Conservative gain

M McLaren	Conservative	24,124	47.56%
J Ellis	Labour	23,075	45.49%
HJ Stevens	Liberal	3,299	6.50%
WE Williams	Communist	227	0.45%

Electorate: 64,913; Turnout: 78.14%;
Majority: 1,049 (2.07%)

Bristol South
[E] Labour hold

MFL Cocks	Labour	24,682	61.80%
DFJ Hunt	Conservative	15,254	38.20%

Electorate: 61,441; Turnout: 65.00%;
Majority: 9,428 (23.61%)

Bristol South East
[E] Labour hold

ANW Benn	Labour	29,176	55.40%
NG Reece	Conservative	23,488	44.60%

Electorate: 73,034; Turnout: 72.11%;
Majority: 5,688 (10.80%)

Bristol West
[E] Conservative hold

RG Cooke	Conservative	20,110	60.22%
DL Blackman	Labour	8,175	24.48%
RGR Stacey	Liberal	5,108	15.30%

Electorate: 50,334; Turnout: 66.34%;
Majority: 11,935 (35.74%)

Bromley
[E] Conservative hold

JL Hunt	Conservative	22,364	59.36%
JF Spellar	Labour	9,328	24.76%
DEA Crowe	Liberal	5,982	15.88%

Electorate: 54,396; Turnout: 69.26%;
Majority: 13,036 (34.60%)

Bromsgrove
[E] Conservative hold

JCG Dance	Conservative	37,544	58.47%
TAG Davis	Labour	26,670	41.53%

Electorate: 83,932; Turnout: 76.51%;
Majority: 10,874 (16.93%)

Buckingham
[E] Conservative gain

WR Benyon	Conservative	28,088	47.50%
IR Maxwell	Labour	25,567	43.24%
JM Cornwall	Liberal	5,475	9.26%

Electorate: 72,262; Turnout: 81.83%;
Majority: 2,521 (4.26%)

Buckinghamshire South
[E] Conservative hold

RM Bell	Conservative	40,039	58.66%
K Davison	Labour	16,465	24.12%
IM Fowler	Liberal	11,750	17.22%

Electorate: 93,824; Turnout: 72.75%;
Majority: 23,574 (34.54%)

Burnley
[E] Labour hold

D Jones	Labour	24,200	56.95%
J Birch	Conservative	14,846	34.94%
G Brownbill	Liberal	3,446	8.11%

Electorate: 56,086; Turnout: 75.76%;
Majority: 13,873 (22.01%)

Burton
[E] Conservative hold

JC Jennings	Conservative	27,428	54.32%
RG Truman	Labour	23,063	45.68%

Electorate: 66,790; Turnout: 75.60%;
Majority: 4,365 (8.65%)

Bury & Radcliffe
[E] Conservative gain

MM Fidler	Conservative	29,796	52.84%
DV Hunt	Labour	26,592	47.16%

Electorate: 74,576; Turnout: 75.61%;
Majority: 3,204 (5.68%)

Bury St Edmunds
[E] Conservative hold

EW Griffiths	Conservative	36,688	61.17%
CJV Seager	Labour	23,286	38.83%

Electorate: 77,665; Turnout: 77.22%;
Majority: 13,402 (22.35%)

Caernarfon
[W] Labour hold

GO Roberts	Labour	13,627	40.12%
R Lewis	Plaid Cymru	11,331	33.36%
KJ Smith	Conservative	6,812	20.06%
JA Williams	Liberal	2,195	6.46%

Electorate: 41,593; Turnout: 81.66%;
Majority: 2,296 (6.76%)

Caerphilly
[W] Labour hold

AF Evans	Labour	24,972	61.82%
PJS Williams	Plaid Cymru	11,505	28.48%
PN Price	Conservative	3,917	9.70%

Electorate: 51,741; Turnout: 78.07%;
Majority: 13,467 (33.34%)

Caithness & Sutherland
[S] Labour hold

RAR MacLennon	Labour	8,768	36.76%
GY Mackie	Liberal	6,063	25.42%
JM Young	Conservative	5,334	22.36%
DG Barr	Scottish Nationalist	3,690	15.47%

Electorate: 28,736; Turnout: 83.01%;
Majority: 2,705 (11.34%)

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