UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Clitheroe — Croydon South

Dagenham — Dewsbury

Clitheroe
[E] Conservative hold

AD Walder	Conservative	20,430	51.56%
KC Bodfish	Labour	14,158	35.80%
VI MacMillan	Liberal	4,965	12.55%

Electorate: 49,858; Turnout: 79.33%;
Majority: 6,272 (15.86%)

Coatbridge & Airdrie
[S] Labour hold

J Dempsey	Labour	26,117	58.88%
WJ Rennie	Conservative	15,574	35.11%
WG Brown	Scottish Nationalist	2,667	6.01%

Electorate: 58,157; Turnout: 76.27%;
Majority: 10,543 (23.77%)

Colchester
[E] Conservative hold

PAF Buck	Conservative	30,562	52.57%
JG Bartlett	Labour	20,325	34.96%
PS Watts	Liberal	7,248	12.47%

Electorate: 74,946; Turnout: 77.57%;
Majority: 10,237 (17.61%)

Coln Valley
[E] Labour hold

DG Clark	Labour	18,896	39.90%
RS Wainwright	Liberal	18,040	38.10%
KE Davy	Conservative	10,417	22.00%

Electorate: 58,638; Turnout: 80.75%;
Majority: 856 (1.81%)

Consett
[E] Labour hold

DJ Watkins	Labour	28,985	70.87%
NG Trotter	Conservative	11,914	29.13%

Electorate: 58,289; Turnout: 70.17%;
Majority: 17,071 (41.74%)

Conway
[W] Conservative gain

IWP Roberts	Conservative	16,927	42.44%
GEH Davies	Labour	16,024	40.17%
DE Thomas	Plaid Cymru	4,311	10.81%
EL Morris	Liberal	2,626	6.58%

Electorate: 48,701; Turnout: 81.90%;
Majority: 903 (2.26%)

Cornwall North
[E] Liberal hold

JW Pardoe	Liberal	19,863	48.64%
SJ Day	Conservative	19,233	47.10%
EWJ Hill	Labour	1,741	4.26%

Electorate: 47,979; Turnout: 85.11%;
Majority: 630 (1.54%)

Coventry East
[E] Labour hold

RHS Crossman	Labour	36,275	59.34%
ME Jones	Conservative	24,010	39.28%
J Hosey	Communist	841	1.38%

Electorate: 86,692; Turnout: 70.51%;
Majority: 12,265 (20.07%)

Coventry North
[E] Labour hold

M Edelman	Labour	24,004	56.68%
FA Tuckman	Conservative	18,344	43.32%

Electorate: 56,787; Turnout: 74.57%;
Majority: 5,660 (13.37%)

Coventry South
[E] Labour hold

W Wilson	Labour	30,010	51.90%
GA Gardiner	Conservative	27,816	48.10%

Electorate: 77,698; Turnout: 74.42%;
Majority: 2,194 (3.79%)

Crewe
[E] Labour hold

SS Allen	Labour	22,160	54.26%
AR Goodlad	Conservative	18,678	45.74%

Electorate: 57,535; Turnout: 70.98%;
Majority: 3,482 (8.53%)

Crosby
[E] Conservative hold

RG Page	Conservative	24,042	56.71%
PJ Carswell	Labour	18,350	43.29%

Electorate: 59,336; Turnout: 71.44%;
Majority: 5,692 (13.43%)

Croydon North East
[E] Conservative hold

BB Weatherill	Conservative	20,351	49.72%
GF Elliot	Labour	16,373	40.00%
RJ Mayhew	Liberal	4,210	10.28%

Electorate: 58,819; Turnout: 69.59%;
Majority: 3,978 (9.72%)

Croydon North West
[E] Conservative hold

RG Taylor	Conservative	19,260	49.88%
SJ Boden	Labour	14,687	38.04%
REJ Banks	Liberal	4,666	12.08%

Electorate: 57,066; Turnout: 67.66%;
Majority: 4,573 (11.84%)

Croydon South
[E] Conservative gain

RHM Thompson	Conservative	25,986	49.74%
DJ Winnick	Labour	22,283	42.65%
MR Lane	Liberal	3,673	7.03%
C Thornton	Ind	303	0.58%

Electorate: 73,281; Turnout: 71.29%;
Majority: 3,703 (7.09%)

Dagenham
[E] Labour hold

J Parker	Labour	31,335	70.74%
HM McLancy	Conservative	11,976	27.04%
G Wake	Communist	982	2.22%

Electorate: 75,005; Turnout: 59.05%;
Majority: 19,359 (43.71%)

Darlington
[E] Labour hold

EJ Fletcher	Labour	23,208	48.47%
AT Bourne-Arton	Conservative	19,447	40.62%
SS Newton	Liberal	5,222	10.91%

Electorate: 62,630; Turnout: 76.44%;
Majority: 3,761 (7.86%)

Dartford
[E] Conservative gain

PJE Trew	Conservative	27,822	45.96%
S Irving	Labour	27,262	45.03%
JP Johnson	Liberal	5,453	9.01%

Electorate: 81,784; Turnout: 74.02%;
Majority: 560 (0.93%)

Darwen
[E] Conservative hold

C Fletcher-Cooke	Conservative	26,728	52.38%
B Whittam	Labour	17,634	34.56%
A Cooper	Liberal	6,663	13.06%

Electorate: 66,596; Turnout: 76.62%;
Majority: 9,094 (17.82%)

Dearne valley
[E] Labour hold

E Wainwright	Labour	33,966	75.08%
AB Cowl	Conservative	6,848	15.14%
P Hargreaves	Liberal	4,426	9.78%

Electorate: 62,999; Turnout: 71.81%;
Majority: 27,118 (59.94%)

Denbigh
[W] Conservative hold

WGO Morgan	Conservative	21,246	44.57%
AC Roberts	Labour	12,537	26.30%
I Hughes-Evans	Liberal	8,636	18.12%
EG Matthews	Plaid Cymru	5,254	11.02%

Electorate: 60,761; Turnout: 78.46%;
Majority: 8,709 (18.27%)

Deptford
[E] Labour hold

JE Silkin	Labour	14,672	62.96%
ML Brotherton	Conservative	7,355	31.56%
M Vaux	National Front	1,277	5.48%

Electorate: 42,628; Turnout: 54.67%;
Majority: 7,317 (31.40%)

Derby North
[E] Labour hold

P Whitehead	Labour	20,114	54.73%
JW Roberts	Conservative	16,635	45.27%

Electorate: 57,228; Turnout: 64.22%;
Majority: 3,479 (9.47%)

Derby South
[E] Labour hold

WH Johnson	Labour	19,407	54.41%
R Greene	Conservative	16,258	45.59%

Electorate: 52,999; Turnout: 67.29%;
Majority: 3,149 (8.83%)

Derbyshire North East
[E] Labour hold

TH Swain	Labour	38,181	60.86%
JP Pashley	Conservative	24,550	39.14%

Electorate: 89,892; Turnout: 69.78%;
Majority: 13,631 (21.73%)

Derbyshire South East
[E] Conservative gain

PL Rost	Conservative	32,185	52.21%
J Ryman	Labour	29,461	47.79%

Electorate: 81,697; Turnout: 75.46%;
Majority: 2,724 (4.42%)

Derbyshire West
[E] Conservative hold

JSR Scott-Hopkins	Conservative	22,692	61.89%
FC Inglis	Labour	13,976	38.11%

Electorate: 47,830; Turnout: 76.66%;
Majority: 8,716 (23.77%)

Devizes
[E] Conservative hold

CA Morrison	Conservative	28,475	51.65%
RO Faulkner	Labour	20,442	37.08%
J Jones	Liberal	6,210	11.26%

Electorate: 72,396; Turnout: 76.15%;
Majority: 8,033 (14.57%)

Devon North
[E] Liberal hold

JJ Thorpe	Liberal	18,893	44.08%
TC Keigwin	Conservative	18,524	43.22%
CJ Mullin	Labour	5,268	12.29%
BG Morris	Democratic Party	175	0.41%

Electorate: 50,504; Turnout: 84.86%;
Majority: 369 (0.86%)

Dewsbury
[E] Labour hold

D Ginsburg	Labour	22,015	48.74%
JM Stansfield	Conservative	17,468	38.67%
A Allsopp	Liberal	5,688	12.59%

Electorate: 60,613; Turnout: 74.52%;
Majority: 4,547 (10.07%)

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