UK General Election results 1970

18th June 1970

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

Westhoughton — Wokingham

Wolverhampton North East — York

Westhoughton
[E] Labour hold

JT Price	Labour	29,674	55.44%
CA Unsworth	Conservative	23,847	44.56%

Electorate: 69,642; Turnout: 76.85%;
Majority: 5,827 (10.89%)

West Lothian
[S] Labour hold

T Dalyell	Labour	29,360	52.91%
WC Wolfe	Scottish Nationalist	15,620	28.15%
E of Ancram	Conservative	10,048	18.11%
C Bett	Communist	459	0.83%

Electorate: 72,366; Turnout: 76.68%;
Majority: 13,740 (24.76%)

Westmorland
[E] Conservative hold

TM Jopling	Conservative	21,253	55.29%
JG Pease	Liberal	9,426	24.52%
RS Ward	Labour	7,757	20.18%

Electorate: 53,453; Turnout: 71.91%;
Majority: 11,827 (30.77%)

Weston-super-Mare
[E] Conservative hold

AW Wiggin	Conservative	33,816	57.90%
S Palmer	Labour	14,473	24.78%
ERF Deal	Liberal	10,120	17.33%

Electorate: 79,306; Turnout: 73.65%;
Majority: 19,343 (33.12%)

Whitehaven
[E] Labour hold

JA Cunningham	Labour	22,974	58.32%
WG McKay	Conservative	16,418	41.68%

Electorate: 50,326; Turnout: 78.27%;
Majority: 6,556 (16.64%)

Widnes
[E] Labour hold

JE MacColl	Labour	28,384	57.66%
GH Pierce	Conservative	20,841	42.34%

Electorate: 71,633; Turnout: 68.72%;
Majority: 7,543 (15.32%)

Wigan
[E] Labour hold

EA Fitch	Labour	28,102	67.46%
A Daniels	Conservative	12,882	30.92%
J Kay	Communist	672	1.61%

Electorate: 57,639; Turnout: 72.27%;
Majority: 15,220 (36.54%)

Willesden East
[E] Labour hold

R Freeson	Labour	20,073	56.33%
HW Cutler	Conservative	15,564	43.67%

Electorate: 57,152; Turnout: 62.35%;
Majority: 4,509 (12.65%)

Willesden West
[E] Labour hold

LA Pavitt	Labour	21,918	67.24%
RF Dyason	Conservative	10,163	31.18%
LG Burt	Communist	515	1.58%

Electorate: 55,030; Turnout: 59.23%;
Majority: 11,755 (36.06%)

Wimbledon
[E] Conservative hold

RMO Havers	Conservative	15,285	53.47%
RC Holmes	Labour	8,554	29.92%
JR Macdonald	Liberal	4,749	16.61%

Electorate: 42,774; Turnout: 66.83%;
Majority: 6,731 (23.54%)

Winchester
[E] Conservative hold

MCM Giles	Conservative	25,249	55.02%
C Perry	Labour	11,773	25.66%
JW Matthew	Liberal	8,867	19.32%

Electorate: 61,546; Turnout: 74.56%;
Majority: 13,476 (29.37%)

Windsor
[E] Conservative hold

AJ Glyn	Conservative	32,264	58.85%
TD Sullivan	Labour	16,214	29.58%
RJ Trevallion	Liberal	6,343	11.57%

Electorate: 77,634; Turnout: 70.61%;
Majority: 16,050 (29.28%)

Wirral
[E] Conservative hold

JSB Lloyd	Conservative	38,655	55.12%
RG Paterson	Labour	22,197	31.65%
G Jones	Liberal	9,276	13.23%

Electorate: 94,520; Turnout: 74.19%;
Majority: 16,458 (23.47%)

Woking
[E] Conservative hold

CGD Onslow	Conservative	37,220	56.71%
RM Taylor	Labour	18,652	28.42%
P Wade	Liberal	9,763	14.87%

Electorate: 93,921; Turnout: 69.88%;
Majority: 18,568 (28.29%)

Wokingham
[E] Conservative hold

WR van Strawbenzee	Conservative	43,183	55.00%
CAR Helm	Labour	22,630	28.82%
DHV Case	Liberal	12,704	16.18%

Electorate: 108,740; Turnout: 72.21%;
Majority: 20,553 (26.18%)

Wolverhampton North East
[E] Labour hold

R Short	Labour	16,851	49.85%
GI Wright	Conservative	15,358	45.44%
S Wright	National Front	1,592	4.71%

Electorate: 51,305; Turnout: 65.88%;
Majority: 1,493 (4.42%)

Wolverhampton South West
[E] Conservative hold

JE Powell	Conservative	26,220	64.34%
JAN Bamfield	Labour	11,753	28.84%
E Robinson	Liberal	2,459	6.03%
P Carter	Communist	189	0.46%
RGD Menzies	Ind	77	0.19%
DP Dass	Ind	52	0.13%

Electorate: 53,592; Turnout: 76.04%;
Majority: 14,467 (35.50%)

Wood Green
[E] Labour hold

JS Butler	Labour	18,666	57.10%
MPR Malynn	Conservative	14,022	42.90%

Electorate: 53,660; Turnout: 60.92%;
Majority: 4,644 (14.21%)

Woolwich East
[E] Labour hold

CP Mayhew	Labour	19,423	65.44%
JA Cope	Conservative	10,259	34.56%

Electorate: 48,930; Turnout: 60.66%;
Majority: 9,164 (30.87%)

Woolwich West
[E] Labour hold

W Hamling	Labour	21,036	50.75%
MP Gaffney	Conservative	20,418	49.25%

Electorate: 57,621; Turnout: 71.94%;
Majority: 618 (1.49%)

Worcester
[E] Conservative hold

PE Walker	Conservative	29,717	58.28%
P Jones	Labour	21,275	41.72%

Electorate: 70,010; Turnout: 72.84%;
Majority: 8,442 (16.56%)

Worcestershire South
[E] Conservative hold

GDN Nabarro	Conservative	30,648	60.39%
AE Bailey	Labour	12,839	25.30%
JC Hall	Liberal	7,262	14.31%

Electorate: 70,395; Turnout: 72.09%;
Majority: 17,809 (35.09%)

Workington
[E] Labour hold

TF Peart	Labour	24,975	61.66%
MF Turner-Bridger	Conservative	15,532	38.34%

Electorate: 52,329; Turnout: 77.41%;
Majority: 9,443 (23.31%)

Worthing
[E] Conservative hold

TL Higgins	Conservative	33,051	65.61%
SM Bartlett	Labour	8,989	17.84%
MJ Rooke	Liberal	8,336	16.55%

Electorate: 71,979; Turnout: 69.99%;
Majority: 24,062 (47.76%)

The Wrekin
[E] Conservative gain

JAP Trafford	Conservative	26,282	50.50%
GT Fowler	Labour	25,764	49.50%

Electorate: 66,087; Turnout: 78.75%;
Majority: 518 (1.00%)

Wrexham
[W] Labour hold

RT Ellis	Labour	31,089	56.84%
B Patterson	Conservative	15,649	28.61%
W McBriar	Liberal	5,067	9.26%
C Golding	Plaid Cymru	2,894	5.29%

Electorate: 72,814; Turnout: 75.12%;
Majority: 15,440 (28.23%)

Wycombe
[E] Conservative hold

J Hall	Conservative	40,151	55.93%
BS Jones	Labour	23,341	32.51%
EH Palfrey	Liberal	8,297	11.56%

Electorate: 95,936; Turnout: 74.83%;
Majority: 16,810 (23.42%)

Yarmouth
[E] Conservative gain

A Fell	Conservative	23,088	49.61%
H Gray	Labour	19,931	42.82%
J Knott	Liberal	3,523	7.57%

Electorate: 60,226; Turnout: 77.28%;
Majority: 3,157 (6.78%)

Yeovil
[E] Conservative hold

JWW Peyton	Conservative	27,689	49.69%
JA Elswood	Labour	20,621	37.00%
DE Evans	Liberal	7,418	13.31%

Electorate: 70,236; Turnout: 79.34%;
Majority: 7,068 (12.68%)

York
[E] Labour hold

AW Lyon	Labour	29,619	51.93%
B Askew	Conservative	27,422	48.07%

Electorate: 74,811; Turnout: 76.25%;
Majority: 2,197 (3.85%)

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