UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Sheffield Attercliffe — Southampton Itchen

Southampton Test — Stirlingshire West

Sheffield Attercliffe
[E] Labour hold

AEP Duffy	Labour	26,482	69.60%
PM Santhouse	Conservative	10,986	28.87%
PH Sims	Ind	581	1.53%

Electorate: 59,985; Turnout 63.43%;
Majority: 15,496 (40.73%)

Sheffield Brightside
[E] Labour hold

E Griffiths	Labour	23,941	72.16%
A H Newton	Conservative	8,572	25.84%
G Ashberry	Communist	665	2.00%

Electorate: 53,516; Turnout: 62.00%;
Majority: 15,369 (46.32%)

Sheffield Hallam
[E] Conservative hold

JH Osborn	Conservative	25,134	61.32%
AH Broadley	Labour	12,884	31.43%
P Singh	Liberal	2,972	7.25%

Electorate: 58,762; Turnout 69.76%;
Majority: 12,250 (29.89%)

Sheffield Heeley
[E] Conservative gain

JD Spence	Conservative	27,950	47.05%
FO Hooley	Labour	27,237	45.85%
AJ Singleton	Liberal	4,220	7.10%

Electorate: 80,953; Turnout 73.38%;
Majority: 713 (1.20%)

Sheffield Hillsborough
[E] Labour hold

G Darling	Labour	18,775	62.13%
CI Patnick	Conservative	11,445	37.87%

Electorate: 46,524; Turnout 64.96%;
Majority: 7,330 (24.26%)

Sheffield Park
[E] Labour hold

FW Mulley	Labour	23,302	75.26%
RT Renton	Conservative	7,024	22.69%
C Morton	Communist	637	2.06%

Electorate: 52,969; Turnout 58.45%;
Majority: 16,278 (52.57%)

Shipley
[E] Conservative hold

JM Fox	Conservative	20,938	50.37%
N Free	Labour	16,161	38.88%
AM Micklem	Liberal	4,468	10.75%

Electorate: 50,435; Turnout 82.42%;
Majority: 4,777 (11.49%)

Shoreditch & Finsbury
[E] Labour hold

RW Brown	Labour	14,474	66.89%
RE Sims	Conservative	7,166	33.11%

Electorate: 44,436; Turnout 48.70%;
Majority: 7,308 (33.77%)

Shrewsbury
[E] Conservative hold

JA Langford-Holt	Conservative	22,619	53.87%
PA Kent	Labour	13,413	31.94%
IR Brodie	Liberal	5,960	14.19%

Electorate: 57,441; Turnout 73.10%;
Majority: 9,206 (21.92%)

Skipton
[E] Conservative hold

GB Drayson	Conservative	20,817	51.32%
K Targett	Labour	12,011	29.61%
JYL Burns	Liberal	7,733	19.07%

Electorate: 51,607; Turnout 78.60%;
Majority: 8,806 (21.71%)

Smethwick
[E] Labour hold

AMW Faulds	Labour	16,077	52.21%
BB Rathbone	Conservative	13,968	45.36%
M Gupta	Liberal	747	2.43%

Electorate: 45,246; Turnout 68.05%;
Majority: 2,109 (6.85%)

Solihull
[E] Conservative hold

WP Grieve	Conservative	37,756	64.29%
D Gray	Labour	13,181	22.44%
RA Davis	Liberal	7,795	13.27%

Electorate: 81,419; Turnout 72.14%;
Majority: 24,575 (41.84%)

Somerset North
[E] Conservative hold

AP Dean	Conservative	38,975	58.09%
JT Mitchard	Labour	28,121	41.91%

Electorate: 84,866; Turnout 79.06%;
Majority: 10,854 (16.18%)

Southall
[E] Labour hold

SJ Bidwell	Labour	19,389	53.67%
KG Reeves	Conservative	15,166	41.98%
J Shaw	National Front	1,572	4.35%

Electorate: 56,034; Turnout 64.47%;
Majority: 4,223 (11.69%)

Southampton Itchen
[E] Speaker hold

HM King	Speaker	29,417	67.17%
E Bray	National Democrat	9,581	21.88%
BH Phillips	Ind	4,794	10.95%

Electorate: 80,963; Turnout 54.09%;
Majority: 19,836 (45.30%)

Southampton Test
[E] Conservative gain

SJA Hill	Conservative	24,660	47.54%
RC Mitchell	Labour	22,858	44.07%
JR Wallis	Liberal	4,349	8.38%

Electorate: 70,732; Turnout 73.33%;
Majority: 1,802 (3.47%)

Southend East
[E] Conservative hold

SJ McAdden	Conservative	24,025	58.47%
PR Clyne	Labour	17,065	41.53%

Electorate: 57,726; Turnout 71.18%;
Majority: 6,960 (16.94%)

Southend West
[E] Conservative hold

HPG Channon	Conservative	29,304	60.05%
M Burstin	Labour	12,419	25.45%
JH Barnett	Liberal	7,077	14.50%

Electorate: 69,022; Turnout 70.70%;
Majority: 16,885 (34.60%)

Southgate
[E] Conservative hold

AG Berry	Conservative	22,963	60.74%
RB Bastin	Labour	9,389	24.84%
GJ Bridge	Liberal	5,451	14.42%

Electorate: 55,913; Turnout 67.61%;
Majority: 13,574 (35.91%)

Southport
[E] Conservative hold

WI Percival	Conservative	22,950	50.21%
R Fearn	Liberal	13,809	30.21%
BT George	Labour	8,950	19.58%

Electorate: 64,806; Turnout 70.53%;
Majority: 9,141 (20.00%)

South Shields
[E] Labour hold

A Blenkinsop	Labour	30,191	60.20%
J McKee	Conservative	19,960	39.80%

Electorate: 75,129; Turnout 66.75%;
Majority: 10,231 (20.40%)

Southwark
[E] Labour hold

RJ Gunter	Labour	16,834	67.33%
J Gordon	Conservative	7,040	28.16%
E Hume	Communist	1,128	4.51%

Electorate: 51,878; Turnout 48.19%;
Majority: 9,794 (39.17%)

Sowerby
[E] Labour hold

ALND Houghton	Labour	16,583	43.83%
WG Burman	Conservative	16,114	42.59%
DT Shutt	Liberal	5,137	13.58%

Electorate: 50,072; Turnout 75.56%;
Majority: 469 (1.24%)

Spelthorne
[E] Conservative hold

HE Atkins	Conservative	27,266	54.21%
PL Cheney	Labour	18,239	36.26%
RH Longland	Liberal	4,792	9.53%

Electorate: 68,664; Turnout 73.25%;
Majority: 9,027 (17.95%)

Stafford & Stone
[E] Conservative hold

HCPJ Fraser	Conservative	30,056	54.84%
MJK Stanworth	Labour	20,380	37.19%
W Williams	Liberal	4,370	7.97%

Electorate: 74,701; Turnout 73.37%;
Majority: 9,676 (17.66%)

Stalybridge & Hyde
[E] Labour hold

T Pendry	Labour	22,226	47.38%
JE Rogerson	Conservative	19,377	41.31%
R Cooke	Liberal	5,303	11.31%

Electorate: 63,908; Turnout: 73.40%;
Majority: 2,849 (6.07%)

Stepney
[E] Labour hold

PD Shore	Labour	18,993	74.83%
H Greenway	Conservative	4,922	19.39%
S Kaye	Communist	1,468	5.78%

Electorate: 56,519; Turnout 44.91%;
Majority: 14,071 (55.43%)

Stirling & Falkirk
[S] Labour hold

M MacPherson	Labour	22,984	50.73%
DR Anderson	Conservative	15,754	34.77%
I Murray	Scottish Nationalist	6,571	14.50%

Electorate: 62,425; Turnout 72.58%;
Majority: 7,230 (15.96%)

Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan
[S] Labour hold

RC Douglas	Labour	23,729	50.71%
J Fairlie	Conservative	13,178	28.16%
ICH Macdonald	Scottish Nationalist	7,243	15.48%
RE Bell	Liberal	2,640	5.64%

Electorate: 61,877; Turnout 75.62%;
Majority: 10,551 (22.55%)

Stirlingshire West
[S] Labour hold

W Baxter	Labour	18,884	48.89%
J Glen	Conservative	11,465	29.68%
RD McIntyre	Scottish Nationalist	8,279	21.43%

Electorate: 48,934; Turnout 78.94%;
Majority: 7,419 (19.21%)

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