UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Richmond — Rushcliffe

Rutherglen — Sevenoaks

Richmond (Surrey)
[E] Conservative hold

AHF Royle	Conservative	20,979	51.30%
AR Palmer	Labour	12,981	31.74%
S Rundle	Liberal	6,934	16.96%

Electorate: 57,053; Turnout: 71.68%;
Majority: 7,998 (19.56%)

Richmond (Yorks)
[E] Conservative hold

TPG Kitson	Conservative	30,471	62.79%
MJ Aldrich	Labour	12,702	26.18%
JR Smithson	Liberal	5,354	11.03%

Electorate: 70,908; Turnout 68.44%;
Majority: 17,769 (36.62%)

Ripon
[E] Conservative hold

M Stoddart-Scott	Conservative	21,211	60.71%
D Daniel	Labour	9,147	26.18%
VS Craven	Liberal	4,583	13.12%

Electorate: 47,464; Turnout 73.62%;
Majority: 12,064 (34.53%)

Rochdale
[E] Labour hold

J McCann	Labour	19,247	41.57%
C Smith	Liberal	14,076	30.40%
M Andrew	Conservative	12,978	28.03%

Electorate: 63,546; Turnout 72.86%;
Majority: 5,171 (11.17%)

Rochester & Chatham
[E] Conservative gain

PE Fenner	Conservative	30,263	54.84%
AP Kerr	Labour	24,922	45.16%

Electorate: 77,279; Turnout 71.41%;
Majority: 5,341 (9.68%)

Romford
[E] Labour hold

RL Leonard	Labour	27,899	52.60%
MJ Neubert	Conservative	25,139	47.40%

Electorate: 79,448; Turnout 66.76%;
Majority: 2,760 (5.20%)

Ross & Cromarty
[S] Conservative gain

JHN Gray	Conservative	6,418	33.21%
AR Mackenzie	Liberal	5,617	29.06%
RD Maclean	Labour	5,023	25.99%
G Nicholson	Scottish Nationalist	2,268	11.74%

Electorate: 26,967; Turnout 71.67%;
Majority: 801 (4.14%)

Rossendale
[E] Conservative gain

RWT Bray	Conservative	20,448	52.41%
B Boothroyd	Labour	18,568	47.59%

Electorate: 49,904; Turnout 78.18%;
Majority: 1,880 (4.82%)

Rotherham
[E] Labour hold

BK O'Malley	Labour	25,246	66.41%
ER Cooke	Conservative	12,770	33.59%

Electorate: 60,471; Turnout 62.87%;
Majority: 12,476 (32.82%)

Rother Valley
[E] Labour hold

P Hardy	Labour	44,322	71.79%
RAB Durrant	Conservative	17,418	28.21%

Electorate: 87,422; Turnout 70.62%;
Majority: 26,904 (43.58%)

Rowley Regis & Tipton
[E] Labour hold

PK Archer	Labour	25,001	61.67%
PM Smith	Conservative	15,537	38.33%

Electorate: 64,013; Turnout 63.33%;
Majority: 9,464 (23.35%)

Roxburgh, Selkirk, & Peebles
[S] Liberal hold

DMS Steel	Liberal	19,524	42.26%
R Fairgrieve	Conservative	18,974	41.07%
L Griffiths	Labour	4,454	9.64%
H Hastie	Scottish Nationalist	3,147	6.81%
WR Cassell	Anti-Abortion	103	0.22%

Electorate: 57,249; Turnout 80.70%;
Majority: 550 (1.19%)

Rugby
[E] Labour hold

WG Price	Labour	25,041	52.85%
JHP Griffith	Conservative	22,086	46.61%
AS Frost	Social Credit	254	0.54%

Electorate: 57,892; Turnout 81.84%;
Majority: 2,955 (6.24%)

Ruislip-Northwood
[E] Conservative hold

FP Crowder	Conservative	24,247	60.65%
BH Silverman	Labour	11,541	28.87%
JM Arram	Liberal	4,188	10.48%

Electorate: 54,731; Turnout 73.04%;
Majority: 12,706 (31.78%)

Runcorn
[E] Conservative hold

M Carlisle	Conservative	25,272	53.52%
MJE Taylor	Labour	16,204	34.32%
CK Sumner	Liberal	5,741	12.16%

Electorate: 61,400; Turnout 76.90%;
Majority: 9,068 (19.20%)

Rushcliffe
[E] Conservative gain

KH Clarke	Conservative	30,966	51.66%
AJ Gardner	Labour	24,798	41.37%
PM Browne	Liberal	4,180	6.97%

Electorate: 75,268; Turnout 79.64%;
Majority: 6,168 (10.29%)

Rutherglen
[S] Labour hold

JG Mackenzie	Labour	17,751	52.28%
PC Hutchison	Conservative	14,710	43.33%
DH Livingstone	Ind Scottish Nationalist	1,490	4.39%

Electorate: 42,702; Turnout 79.51%;
Majority: 3,041 (8.96%)

Rutland & Stanford
[E] Conservative hold

K Lewis	Conservative	22,803	60.10%
H Toch	Labour	15,136	39.90%

Electorate: 50,337; Turnout: 75.37%;
Majority: 7,667 (20.21%)

Rye
[E] Conservative hold

BG Irvine	Conservative	32,300	64.24%
HA Fountain	Labour	9,031	17.96%
RKJF Young	Liberal	8,947	17.80%

Electorate: 68,080; Turnout 73.85%;
Majority: 23,269 (46.29%)

Saffron Walden
[E] Conservative hold

PM Kirk	Conservative	24,549	52.92%
KT Weetch	Labour	14,885	32.08%
FPD Moore	Liberal	6,959	15.00%

Electorate: 60,063; Turnout 77.24%;
Majority: 9,664 (20.83%)

St Albans
[E] Conservative hold

VH Goodhew	Conservative	24,503	51.51%
CH Beaumont	Labour	16,629	34.96%
CA Shaw	Liberal	6,439	13.54%

Electorate: 62,417; Turnout 76.21%;
Majority: 7,874 (16.55%)

St Helens
[E] Labour hold

L Spriggs	Labour	31,587	65.67%
ID McGaw	Conservative	16,509	34.33%

Electorate: 74,609; Turnout 64.46%;
Majority: 15,078 (31.35%)

St Ives
[E] Conservative hold

JWF Nott	Conservative	18,581	50.94%
ME Castle	Labour	9,913	27.18%
HL Fry	Liberal	7,981	21.88%

Electorate: 48,603; Turnout 75.05%;
Majority: 8,668 (23.76%)

St Marylebone
[E] Conservative hold

Q McG Hogg	Conservative	17,639	62.09%
KW Morrell	Labour	8,325	29.31%
MBJ Vann	Liberal	2,443	8.60%

Electorate: 47,691; Turnout 59.56%;
Majority: 9,314 (32.79%)

St Pancras
[E] Labour hold

AW Stallard	Labour	16,497	59.31%
CJO Moorhouse	Conservative	10,648	38.28%
G McLennan	Communist	670	2.41%

Electorate: 50,121; Turnout 55.50%;
Majority: 5,849 (21.03%)

Salford East
[E] Labour hold

F Allaun	Labour	15,853	55.75%
JB Lack	Conservative	9,583	33.70%
AF Bell	Liberal	3,000	10.55%

Electorate: 45,712; Turnout 62.21%;
Majority: 6,270 (22.05%)

Salford West
[E] Labour hold

S Orme	Labour	16,986	54.28%
AE Clark	Conservative	14,310	45.72%

Electorate: 47,764; Turnout 65.52%;
Majority: 2,676 (8.55%)

Salisbury
[E] Conservative hold

MA Hamilton	Conservative	26,549	60.28%
A Waugh	Labour	17,493	39.72%

Electorate: 61,317; Turnout 71.83%;
Majority: 9,056 (20.56%)

Scarborough & Whitby
[E] Conservative hold

MN Shaw	Conservative	26,154	49.84%
MF Pitts	Liberal	16,517	31.48%
JB Hewitson	Labour	9,802	18.68%

Electorate: 73,400; Turnout 71.49%;
Majority: 9,637 (18.37%)

Sedgefield
[E] Labour hold

D Reed	Labour	36,867	60.53%
AA Beck	Conservative	24,036	39.47%

Electorate: 83,776; Turnout 72.70%;
Majority: 12,831 (21.07%)

Sevenoaks
[E] Conservative hold

JC Rodgers	Conservative	32,654	54.13%
J Ovenden	Labour	15,376	25.49%
RF Webster	Liberal	12,290	20.37%

Electorate: 82,635; Turnout 73.00%;
Majority: 17,278 (28.64%)

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