UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Stockport North — Surbiton

Surrey East — Totnes

Stockport North
[E] Conservative gain

IW Owen	Conservative	18,132	46.00%
A Gregory	Labour	17,261	43.79%
S Collier	Liberal	4,022	10.20%

Electorate: 52,684; Turnout: 74.81%;
Majority: 871 (2.21%)

Stockport South
[E] Labour hold

M Orbach	Labour	16,747	46.47%
C Howson	Conservative	14,679	40.73%
T Jones	Liberal	4,613	12.80%

Electorate: 49,173; Turnout: 73.29%;
Majority: 2,068 (5.74%)

Stockton on Tees
[E] Labour hold

WT Rodgers	Labour	22,283	54.87%
PV Radford	Conservative	17,960	44.22%
E Jones	Communist	369	0.91%

Electorate: 55,564; Turnout: 73.09%;
Majority: 4,323 (10.64%)

Stoke Newington & Hackney North
[E] Labour hold

D Weitzman	Labour	20,446	62.84%
JR Boast	Conservative	11,298	34.72%
M Goldman	Communist	793	2.44%

Electorate: 64,980; Turnout: 50.07%;
Majority: 9,148 (28.12%)

Stoke on Trent Central
[E] Labour hold

RB Cant	Labour	18,758	62.56%
E Ashley	Conservative	11,227	37.44%

Electorate: 59,941; Turnout: 50.02%;
Majority: 7,531 (25.12%)

Stoke on Trent North
[E] Labour hold

JS Forrester	Labour	20,642	66.19%
JS Heath	Conservative	10,542	33.81%

Electorate: 58,898; Turnout: 52.95%;
Majority: 10,100 (32.39%)

Stoke on Trent South
[E] Labour hold

J Ashley	Labour	20,770	60.24%
RJ Apps	Conservative	13,344	38.70%
SJ Lomas	Communist	364	1.06%

Electorate: 68,064; Turnout: 50.66%;
Majority: 7,426 (21.54%)

Stratford
[E] Conservative hold

AEU Maude	Conservative	28,106	58.08%
PE Tombs	Labour	11,393	23.54%
DR Bruce	Liberal	8,895	18.38%

Electorate: 65,327; Turnout: 74.08%;
Majority: 16,713 (34.54%)

Stretford
[E] Conservative gain

WS Churchill	Conservative	28,629	53.77%
EA Davies	Labour	24,614	46.23%

Electorate: 71,062; Turnout: 74.92%;
Majority: 4,015 (7.54%)

Stroud
[E] Conservative hold

JA Kershaw	Conservative	27,089	51.07%
RD Wheatley	Labour	19,158	36.12%
DM Davies	Liberal	6,799	12.82%

Electorate: 66,081; Turnout: 80.27%;
Majority: 7,931 (14.95%)

Sudbury & Woodbridge
[E] Conservative hold

KM Stainton	Conservative	32,393	54.57%
B Orriss	Labour	19,829	33.41%
EM Wheeler	Liberal	7,136	12.02%

Electorate: 78,250; Turnout: 75.86%;
Majority: 12,564 (21.17%)

Sunderland North
[E] Labour hold

FT Willey	Labour	25,779	60.63%
JM Reay-Smith	Conservative	16,738	39.37%

Electorate: 60,975; Turnout: 69.73%;
Majority: 9,041 (21.26%)

Sunderland South
[E] Labour hold

GAT Bagier	Labour	26,840	56.43%
DA Orde	Conservative	20,722	43.57%

Electorate: 67,875; Turnout: 70.07%;
Majority: 6,118 (12.86%)

Surbiton
[E] Conservative hold

NTL Fisher	Conservative	17,359	51.72%
RD Kerr-Waller	Labour	10,469	31.19%
CF Green	Liberal	4,027	12.00%
E Scruty	Ind Powell Conservative	1,706	5.08%

Electorate: 47,706; Turnout: 70.35%;
Majority: 6,890 (20.53%)

Surrey East
[E] Conservative hold

WG Clark	Conservative	35,773	61.99%
PW Meyer	Liberal	11,749	20.36%
MD Simmons	Labour	10,186	17.65%

Electorate: 78,965; Turnout: 73.08%;
Majority: 24,024 (41.63%)

Sutton & Cheam
[E] Conservative hold

RC Sharples	Conservative	23,957	58.09%
J Dowsett	Labour	11,261	27.31%
NDM McGeorge	Liberal	6,023	14.60%

Electorate: 61,050; Turnout: 67.55%;
Majority: 12,696 (30.78%)

Sutton Coldfield
[E] Conservative hold

GW Lloyd	Conservative	36,774	57.40%
PM Tebbutt	Labour	18,134	28.30%
LA King	Liberal	9,163	14.30%

Electorate: 92,742; Turnout: 69.09%;
Majority: 18,640 (29.09%)

Swansea East
[W] Labour hold

N McBride	Labour	28,183	68.53%
MJ Murphy	Conservative	8,191	19.92%
DR Evans	Plaid Cymru	4,188	10.18%
WR Jones	Communist	563	1.37%

Electorate: 58,653; Turnout: 70.12%;
Majority: 19,992 (48.61%)

Swansea West
[W] Labour hold

AJ Williams	Labour	24,622	50.21%
JEH Rees	Conservative	21,384	43.61%
GR ap Gwent	Plaid Cymru	3,033	6.18%

Electorate: 64,745; Turnout: 75.74%;
Majority: 3,238 (6.60%)

Swindon
[E] Labour gain

DL Stoddart	Labour	25,731	55.52%
CJE Ward	Conservative	20,155	43.49%
J Gradwell	Communist	456	0.98%

Electorate: 61,385; Turnout: 75.49%;
Majority: 5,576 (12.03%)

Taunton
[E] Conservative hold

EDL du Cann	Conservative	26,158	53.55%
S Mama	Labour	17,823	36.48%
G O'Donnell	Liberal	4,871	9.97%

Electorate: 61,870; Turnout: 78.96%;
Majority: 8,335 (17.06%)

Tavistock
[E] Conservative hold

MRD Heseltine	Conservative	25,846	57.15%
MEB Banks	Liberal	10,397	22.99%
HM Luscombe	Labour	8,982	19.86%

Electorate: 59,941; Turnout: 75.45%;
Majority: 15,449 (34.16%)

Thirsk & Malton
[E] Conservative hold

RH Turton	Conservative	30,892	66.86%
JR Bradshaw	Labour	15,309	33.14%

Electorate: 63,863; Turnout: 72.34%;
Majority: 15,583 (33.73%)

Thurrock
[E] Labour hold

HJ Delargy	Labour	30,874	55.75%
GFJ Bright	Conservative	19,486	35.18%
K Fleetwood	Liberal	5,024	9.07%

Electorate: 84,337; Turnout: 65.67%;
Majority: 11,388 (20.56%)

Tiverton
[E] Conservative hold

RJ Maxwell-Hyslop	Conservative	24,689	55.18%
R Hewetson	Labour	10,823	24.19%
FJ Suter	Liberal	9,229	20.63%

Electorate: 58,095; Turnout: 77.01%;
Majority: 13,866 (30.99%)

Tonbridge
[E] Conservative hold

RP Hornby	Conservative	31,890	53.19%
MM Colquhoun	Labour	17,897	29.85%
HE Hill	Liberal	10,167	16.96%

Electorate: 83,309; Turnout: 71.97%; Turnout: %;
Majority: 13,993 (23.34%)

Torquay
[E] Conservative hold

FM Bennett	Conservative	33,996	55.63%
PST Bryers	Labour	15,948	26.10%
KP Jenkins	Liberal	11,163	18.27%

Electorate: 82,894; Turnout: 73.72%;
Majority: 18,048 (29.54%)

Torrington
[E] Conservative hold

PM Mills	Conservative	21,328	54.03%
LA Lacey	Liberal	11,455	29.02%
TK Marston	Labour	6,695	16.96%

Electorate: 48,903; Turnout: 80.73%;
Majority: 9,873 (25.01%)

Totnes
[E] Conservative hold

RL Mawby	Conservative	31,519	54.85%
R Blank	Labour	16,429	28.59%
D Penhaligon	Liberal	9,515	16.56%

Electorate: 74,944; Turnout: 76.67%;
Majority: 15,090 (26.26%)

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