UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Lewes — Liverpool Wavertree

Liverpool West Derby — Manchester Exchange

Lewes
[E] Conservative hold

TVH Beamish	Conservative	33,592	58.34%
Q Barry	Labour	14,904	25.88%
M Holt	Liberal	9,083	15.77%

Electorate: 79,103; Turnout: 72.79%;
Majority: 18,688 (32.46%)

Lewisham North
[E] Labour hold

RD Moyle	Labour	18,235	51.45%
HRL Samuel	Conservative	17,208	48.55%

Electorate: 51,747; Turnout: 68.49%;
Majority: 1.027 (2.90%)

Lewisham South
[E] Labour hold

CA Johnson	Labour	19,217	57.02%
GL Dixon	Conservative	13,665	40.55%
D Hart	Ind	821	2.44%

Electorate: 51,271; Turnout: 65.74%;
Majority: 5,552 (16.47%)

Lewisham West
[E] Conservative gain

JS Gummer	Conservative	19,676	50.98%
JMY Dickens	Labour	18,916	49.02%

Electorate: 56,704; Turnout: 68.06%;
Majority: 760 (1.97%)

Leyton
[E] Labour hold

PC Gordon Walker	Labour	23,386	56.64%
RC Buxton	Conservative	17,906	43.36%

Electorate: 66,610; Turnout: 61.99%;
Majority: 5,480 (13.27%)

Lichfield & Tamworth
[E] Conservative gain

JA d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	Conservative	31,724	51.99%
TJ Pitt	Labour	29,298	48.01%

Electorate: 82,257; Turnout: 74.18%;
Majority: 1,976 (3.98%)

Lincoln
[E] Labour hold

D Taverne	Labour	20,090	51.03%
RT Alexander	Conservative	15,340	38.97%
GT Blades	Ind	3,937	10.00%

Electorate: 52,902; Turnout: 74.41%;
Majority: 4,750 (12.07%)

Liverpool Edge Hill
[E] Labour hold

AJ Irvine	Labour	14,752	57.72%
M Howard	Conservative	10,804	42.28%

Electorate: 43,566; Turnout: 58.66%;
Majority: 3,948 (15.45%)

Liverpool Exchange
[E] Labour hold

R Parry	Labour	12,995	70.59%
AG Phillips	Conservative	4,638	25.20%
R O'Hara	Communist	775	4.21%

Electorate: 34,421; Turnout: 53.48%;
Majority: 8,357 (45.40%)

Liverpool Garston
[E] Conservative hold

TVN Fortescue	Conservative	28,381	56.95%
CJ Smith	Labour	21,456	43.51%

Electorate: 75,818; Turnout: 65.73%;
Majority: 6,925 (13.90%)

Liverpool Kirkdale
[E] Labour hold

JA Dunn	Labour	17,678	56.49%
MP Tinne	Conservative	13,615	43.51%

Electorate: 49,136; Turnout: 63.69%;
Majority: 4,063 (12.98%)

Liverpool Scotland
[E] Labour hold

WH Alldritt	Labour	11,074	74.75%
RH Morris	Conservative	3,740	25.25%

Electorate: 29,212; Turnout: 50.71%;
Majority: 7,334 (49.51%)

Liverpool Toxteth
[E] Labour hold

R Crawshaw	Labour	15,276	54.37%
BM Keefe	Conservative	12,820	45.63%

Electorate: 45,123; Turnout: 62.27%;
Majority: 2,456 (8.74%)

Liverpool Walton
[E] Labour hold

ES Heffer	Labour	20,530	56.01%
J Norton	Conservative	16,124	43.99%

Electorate: 53,911; Turnout: 67.99%;
Majority: 4,406 (12.02%)

Liverpool Wavertree
[E] Conservative hold

JD Tilney	Conservative	19,127	46.62%
CE Carr	Liberal	11,650	28.39%
G Woodburn	Labour	10,253	24.99%

Electorate: 59,271; Turnout: 69.22%;
Majority: 7,477 (18.22%)

Liverpool West Derby
[E] Labour hold

E Ogden	Labour	22,324	57.32%
MA Latham	Conservative	16,619	42.68%

Electorate: 60,546; Turnout: 64.32%;
Majority: 5,705 (14.65%)

Llanelli
[W] Labour hold

DJD Davies	Labour	31,398	62.80%
CR James	Plaid Cymru	8,387	16.77%
MA Jones	Conservative	5,777	11.55%
D Lewis	Liberal	3,834	7.67%
RE Hitchon	Communist	603	1.21%

Electorate: 64,650; Turnout: 77.34%;
Majority: 23,011 (46.02%)

Londonderry
[N] Ulster Unionist hold

R Chichester-Clark	Ulster Unionist	39,141	53.10%
E McAteer	National Unity	27,006	36.64%
E McCann	Derry Labour	7,565	10.26%

Electorate: 90,422; Turnout: 81.52%;
Majority: 12,135 (16.46%)

Loughborough
[E] Labour hold

JD Cronin	Labour	22,806	45.37%
R Elton	Conservative	22,272	44.31%
JM Mokrzycki	Liberal	5,185	10.32%

Electorate: 63,715; Turnout: 78.89%;
Majority: 534 (1.06%)

Louth
[E] Conservative hold

JH Archer	Conservative	25,659	53.08%
J Murray	Labour	16,403	33.93%
J Adams	Liberal	6,279	12.99%

Electorate: 67,540; Turnout: 71.57%;
Majority: 9,256 (19.15%)

Lowestoft
[E] Conservative hold

JML Prior	Conservative	28,842	50.69%
DA Baker	Labour	23,319	40.98%
DR Crome	Liberal	4,737	8.33%

Electorate: 72,320; Turnout: 78.68%;
Majority: 5,523 (9.71%)

Ludlow
[E] Conservative hold

JE More	Conservative	22,104	54.78%
D Nagington	Labour	12,800	31.72%
CR Oddie	Liberal	5,444	13.49%

Electorate: 55,066; Turnout: 73.27%;
Majority: 9,304 (23.06%)

Luton
[E] Conservative gain

CFC Simeons	Conservative	23,308	50.99%
W Howie	Labour	21,959	48.04%
AJP Chater	Communist	447	0.98%

Electorate: 62,476; Turnout: 73.17%;
Majority: 1,349 (2.95%)

Macclesfield
[E] Conservative hold

AV Harvey	Conservative	29,023	52.09%
BS Jeuda	Labour	18,571	33.33%
RM Hammond	Liberal	8,124	14.58%

Electorate: 72,965; Turnout: 76.36%;
Majority: 10,452 (18.76%)

Maidstone
[E] Conservative hold

JJ Wells	Conservative	31,316	51.37%
KM Graham	Labour	18,473	30.31%
S Blow	Liberal	11,167	18.32%

Electorate: 84,525; Turnout: 72.12%;
Majority: 12,843 (21.07%)

Maldon
[E] Conservative hold

ABC Harrison	Conservative	29,229	50.60%
SMA Haseler	Labour	22,957	39.75%
JRC Beale	Liberal	5,574	9.65%

Electorate: 72,430; Turnout: 79.75%;
Majority: 6,272 (10.86%)

Manchester Ardwick
[E] Labour hold

GB Kaufman	Labour	13,728	56.14%
IK Paley	Conservative	10,726	43.86%

Electorate: 40,841; Turnout: 59.88%;
Majority: 3,002 (12.28%)

Manchester Blackley
[E] Labour hold

PB Rose	Labour	21,437	53.23%
AM Maguire	Conservative	18,838	46.77%

Electorate: 57,967; Turnout: 69.48%;
Majority: 2,599 (6.45%)

Manchester Cheetham
[E] Labour hold

NH Lever	Labour	10,912	64.11%
TR Arnold	Conservative	6,110	35.89%

Electorate: 30,490; Turnout: 55.83%;
Majority: 4,802 (28.21%)

Manchester Exchange
[E] Labour hold

WD Griffiths	Labour	8,234	68.53%
WJ Loftus	Conservative	3,341	27.81%
GE Spencer	Ind	440	3.66%

Electorate: 21,074; Turnout: 57.01%;
Majority: 4,893 (40.72%)

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