UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Galloway — Glasgow Provan

Glasgow Scotstoun — Grimsby

Galloway
[S] Conservative hold

HJ Brewis	Conservative	14,003	50.28%
A Donaldson	Scottish Nationalist	5,723	20.55%
D Douglas	Labour	5,665	20.34%
CBH Scott	Liberal	2,461	8.84%

Electorate: 38,687; Turnout: 71.99%;
Majority: 8,280 (29.73%)

Gateshead East
[E] Labour hold

B Conlan	Labour	28,524	64.81%
PR Wood	Conservative	15,489	35.19%

Electorate: 62,231; Turnout 70.73%;
Majority: 13,035 (29.62%)

Gateshead West
[E] Labour hold

JR Horam	Labour	15,622	68.07%
J O'Sullivan	Conservative	7,328	31.93%

Electorate: 34,464; Turnout 66.59%;
Majority: 8,294 (36.14%)

Gillingham
[E] Conservative hold

FFA Burden	Conservative	25,813	58.84%
RE bean	Labour	18,057	41.16%

Electorate: 59,800; Turnout 73.36%;
Majority: 7,756 (17.68%)

Glasgow Bridgeton
[S] Labour hold

J Bennett	Labour	11,056	62.86%
R Gavin	Conservative	3,801	21.61%
GEJ Wallace	Scottish Nationalist	1,550	8.81%
JTA Glass	Ind Protestant	1,180	6.71%

Electorate: 31,262; Turnout 56.26%;
Majority: 7,255 (41.25%)

Glasgow Cathcart
[S] Conservative hold

EM Taylor	Conservative	29,093	54.18%
DCH Mackay	Labour	24,188	45.04%
J McDonagh	Ind Labour	419	0.78%

Electorate: 72,155; Turnout 74.42%;
Majority: 4,905 (9.13%)

Glasgow Central
[S] Labour hold

T McMillan	Labour	7,936	66.03%
G Rennie	Conservative	2,394	19.92%
A McIntosh	Scottish Nationalist	1,688	14.05%

Electorate: 20,312; Turnout 59.17%;
Majority: 5,542 (46.11%)

Glasgow Craigton
[S] Labour hold

B Millan	Labour	20,872	55.69%
W Wober	Conservative	13,661	36.45%
R Edwards	Scottish Nationalist	2,946	7.86%

Electorate: 50,050; Turnout 74.88%;
Majority: 7,211 (19.24%)

Glasgow Gorbals
[S] Labour hold

FP McElhone	Labour	10,260	69.34%
W Shearer	Conservative	3,071	20.76%
T Brady	Scottish Nationalist	1,089	7.36%
JR Kay	Communist	376	2.54%

Electorate: 24,786; Turnout 59.69%;
Majority: 7,189 (48.59%)

Glasgow Govan
[S] Labour hold

J Rankin	Labour	13,443	60.11%
GF Belton	Conservative	6,301	28.17%
M Grieve	Scottish Nationalist	2,294	10.26%
T Biggam	Communist	326	1.46%

Electorate: 35,378; Turnout 63.21%;
Majority: 7,142 (31.94%)

Glasgow Hillhead
[S] Conservative hold

TGD Galbraith	Conservative	14,674	61.31%
V Cable	Labour	7,303	30.51%
G Wotherspoon	Scottish Nationalist	1,957	8.18%

Electorate: 34,451; Turnout 69.47%;
Majority: 14,674 (30.80%)

Glasgow Kelvingrove
[S] Labour hold

MS Miller	Labour	6,106	53.66%
RE Dundas	Conservative	5,274	46.34%

Electorate: 18,935; Turnout 60.10%;
Majority: 832 (7.31%)

Glasgow Maryhill
[S] Labour hold

W Hannan	Labour	18,925	65.63%
AKR Murchison	Conservative	6,638	23.02%
ACW Aitken	Scottish Nationalist	3,273	11.35%

Electorate: 45,221; Turnout 63.77%;
Majority: 12,287 (42.61%)

Glasgow Pollok
[S] Labour gain

J White	Labour	19,311	46.25%
E Wright	Conservative	18,708	44.81%
GA Leslie	Scottish Nationalist	3,733	8.94%

Electorate: 57,624; Turnout 72.46%;
Majority: 603 (1.44%)

Glasgow Provan
[S] Labour hold

HD Brown	Labour	25,864	60.82%
DDM Masterton	Conservative	11,881	27.94%
W McRae	Scottish Nationalist	4,181	9.83%
J Jackson	Communist	601	1.41%

Electorate: 65,066; Turnout 65.36%;
Majority: 13,983 (32.88%)

Glasgow Scotstoun
[S] Labour hold

WW Small	Labour	26,492	57.42%
MJ Mountney	Conservative	14,487	31.40%
A Mitchell	Scottish Nationalist	4,313	9.35%
HD Boyd	Communist	846	1.83%

Electorate: 65,586; Turnout: 70.35%;
Majority: 12,005 (26.02%)

Glasgow Shettleston
[S] Labour hold

M Galpern	Labour	17,840	59.86%
A McCue	Conservative	7,969	26.74%
W Lindsay	Scottish Nationalist	3,995	13.40%

Electorate: 46,899; Turnout 63.55%;
Majority: 9,871 (33.12%)

Glasgow Springburn
[S] Labour hold

R Buchanan	Labour	14,968	64.27%
J Sorbie	Conservative	4,574	19.64%
WJ Morton	Scottish Nationalist	3,323	14.27%
N McLellan	Communist	423	1.82%

Electorate: 38,061; Turnout 61.19%;
Majority: 10,394 (44.63%)

Glasgow Woodside
[S] Labour hold

NG Carmichael	Labour	10,785	47.37%
VJ MacColl	Conservative	9,457	41.54%
DR Rollo	Scottish Nationalist	1,912	8.40%
GR McKay	Ind Conservative	614	2.70%

Electorate: 35,711; Turnout 63.76%;
Majority: 1,328 (5.83%)

Gloucester
[E] Conservative gain

S Oppenheim	Conservative	21,838	46.91%
J Diamond	Labour	20,777	44.63%
JP Heppell	Liberal	3,935	8.45%

Electorate: 61,229; Turnout 76.03%;
Majority: 1,061 (2.28%)

Gloucestershire South
[E] Conservative hold

FV Corfield	Conservative	35,045	50.94%
MG Dalling	Labour	26,067	37.89%
A Lambert	Liberal	7,680	11.16%

Electorate: 87,572; Turnout 78.55%;
Majority: 8,978 (13.05%)

Gloucestershire West
[E] Labour hold

CW Loughlin	Labour	22,637	46.10%
SHAF Hopkins	Conservative	21,530	43.85%
JA Svendsen	Liberal	4,932	10.05%

Electorate: 63,740; Turnout 77.03%;
Majority: 1,107 (2.25%)

Goole
[E] Labour hold

G Jeger	Labour	26,424	60.22%
IR Bloomer	Conservative	17,457	39.78%

Electorate: 63,164; Turnout 69.47%;
Majority: 8,967 (20.43%)

Gosport & Fareham
[E] Conservative hold

RFB Bennett	Conservative	39,234	54.30%
JR Sturges	Labour	21,262	29.43%
PI Smith	Liberal	11,754	16.27%

Electorate: 100,742; Turnout 71.72%;
Majority: 17,972 (24.87%)

Gower
[W] Labour hold

I Davies	Labour	26,485	63.38%
MJ Carter	Conservative	9,435	22.58%
CG Davies	Plaid Cymru	5,869	14.04%

Electorate: 54,317; Turnout 76.94%;
Majority: 17,050 (40.80%)

Grantham
[E] Conservative hold

JB Godber	Conservative	33,070	58.67%
WF Higgins	Labour	23,296	41.33%

Electorate: 73,728; Turnout 76.45%;
Majority: 9,774 (17.34%)

Gravesend
[E] Conservative gain

RL White	Conservative	29,924	46.85%
AJ Murray	Labour	28,711	44.95%
MJ Dunn	Liberal	5,234	8.19%

Electorate: 84,111; Turnout 75.93%;
Majority: 1,213 (1.90%)

Greenock
[S] Labour hold

JD Mabon	Labour	19,334	53.72%
WTC Riddell	Liberal	16,100	44.73%
AW Murray	Communist	559	1.55%

Electorate: 47,441; Turnout 75.87%;
Majority: 3,234 (8.99%)

Greenwich
[E] Labour hold

RW Marsh	Labour	20,804	55.75%
JS Thom	Conservative	13,195	35.36%
P Wylan	Liberal	3,319	8.89%

Electorate: 56,831; Turnout 65.66%;
Majority: 7,609 (20.39%)

Grimsby
[E] Labour hold

CAR Crossland	Labour	23,571	52.52%
MF Spungin	Conservative	17,460	38.90%
DJ Hardwidge	Liberal	3,850	8.58%

Electorate: 65,636; Turnout 68.38%;
Majority: 6,111 (13.62%)

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