UK General Election results February 1974

28th February 1974

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

Hemsworth — Holland with Boston

Honiton — Huyton

Hemsworth
[E] Labour hold

A Woodall	Labour	44,093	82.81%
RF Kerr	Conservative	9,152	17.19%

Electorate: 69,030; Turnout: 77.13%;
Majority: 34,941 (65.62%)

Hendon North
[E] new constituency boundaries

J Gorst	Conservative	17,285	42.63%
JS Champion	Labour	14,673	36.19%
D Edwards	Liberal	8,585	21.18%

Electorate: 50,110; Turnout: 80.91%;
Majority: 2,612 (6.44%)

Hendon South
[E] new constituency boundaries

PJM Thomas	Conservative	17,795	44.40%
MD Colne	Liberal	11,198	27.94%
RM Hadley	Labour	11,088	27.66%

Electorate: 51,456; Turnout: 77.89%;
Majority: 6,597 (16.46%)

Henley
[E] new constituency boundaries

MRD Heseltine	Conservative	24,367	48.41%
SC Evans	Liberal	15,467	30.73%
A Alexander	Labour	10,500	20.86%

Electorate: 61,931; Turnout: 81.27%;
Majority: 8,900 (17.68%)

Hereford
[E] Conservative hold

D Gibson-Watt	Conservative	18,676	41.31%
CB Tannant Nash	Liberal	15,238	33.70%
IE Geffen	Labour	11,299	24.99%

Electorate: 57,311; Turnout: 78.89%;
Majority: 3,438 (7.60%)

Hertford & Stevenage
[E] new constituency boundaries

SVTB Williams	Labour	30,343	44.65%
V Bendall	Conservative	22,167	32.62%
TN Willis	Liberal	15,444	22.73%

Electorate: 81,301; Turnout: 83.58%;
Majority: 8,176 (12.03%)

Hertfordshire East
[E] new constituency boundaries

D Walker-Smith	Conservative	32,032	44.96%
MM Keir	Labour	20,674	29.02%
P Clark	Liberal	18,546	26.03%

Electorate: 87,987; Turnout: 80.98%;
Majority: 11,358 (15.94%)

Hertfordshire South
[E] new constituency boundaries

C Parkinson	Conservative	21,190	40.25%
A Dubs	Labour	18,104	34.39%
J Henchley	Liberal	13,356	25.37%

Electorate: 64,035; Turnout: 82.22%;
Majority: 3,086 (5.86%)

Hertfordshire South West
[E] new constituency boundaries

GH Dodsworth	Conservative	26,563	42.15%
JE Mitchell	Labour	18,465	29.30%
JES Jarrett	Liberal	17,987	28.54%

Electorate: 75,216; Turnout: 83.78%;
Majority: 8,098 (12.85%)

Hexham
[E] Conservative hold

AGF Rippon	Conservative	24,059	45.46%
E Wade	Labour	16,129	30.48%
R Cairncross	Liberal	12,730	24.06%

Electorate: 64,400; Turnout: 82.17%;
Majority: 7,930 (14.99%)

Heywood & Royton
[E] Labour hold

J Barnett	Labour	28,216	44.32%
I MacGregor	Conservative	21,054	33.07%
V Bingham	Liberal	14,392	22.61%

Electorate: 77,050; Turnout: 82.62%;
Majority: 7,162 (11.25%)

High Peak
[E] Conservative hold

S Le marchant	Conservative	19,231	39.81%
PM Jackson	Labour	16,956	35.10%
N Scott	Liberal	12,117	25.08%

Electorate: 56,592; Turnout: 85.35%;
Majority: 2,275 (4.71%)

Hitchin
[E] new constituency boundaries

I Stewart	Conservative	27,222	44.11%
A Mallalieu	Labour	23,204	37.60%
D Beavan	Liberal	10,824	17.54%
P Bianchi	Ind	467	0.76%

Electorate: 72,126; Turnout: 85.57%;
Majority: 4,018 (6.51%)

Holborn & St Pancras South
[E] Labour hold

LM Jeger	Labour	12,414	49.13%
RFJ Parsons	Conservative	8,223	32.54%
T Hibbert	Liberal	4,632	18.33%

Electorate: 38,988; Turnout: 64.81%;
Majority: 4,191 (16.59%)

Holland with Boston
[E] Conservative hold

R Body	Conservative	30,561	47.60%
M Cornish	Labour	18,180	28.31%
GR Stephenson	Liberal	15,466	24.09%

Electorate: 79,775; Turnout: 80.49%;
Majority: 12,381 (19.28%)

Honiton
[E] new constituency boundaries

PFH Emery	Conservative	32,429	54.48%
V Howell	Liberal	18,306	30.75%
MDD Newitt	Labour	8,791	14.77%

Electorate: 72,606; Turnout: 81.98%;
Majority: 14,123 (23.73%)

Horncastle
[E] Conservative hold

PHB Tapsell	Conservative	19,344	49.53%
R Miller	Liberal	12,555	32.15%
AJR Berry	Labour	6,791	17.39%
EP Iszatt	Ind Democratic Alliance	367	0.94%

Electorate: 49,232; Turnout: 79.33%;
Majority: 6,789 (17.38%)

Hornchurch
[E] new constituency boundaries

AL Williams	Labour	21,763	45.02%
J Jackson	Conservative	15,567	32.20%
B McCarthy	Liberal	10,391	21.50%
B Percy-Davis	People	619	1.28%

Electorate: 59,866; Turnout: 80.75%;
Majority: 6,196 (12.82%)

Hornsey
[E] Conservative hold

HAL Rossi	Conservative	18,792	42.66%
I Kuczynski	Labour	16,584	37.65%
P O'Brien	Liberal	8,676	19.69%

Electorate: 57,979; Turnout: 75.98%;
Majority: 2,208 (5.01%)

Horsham & Crawley
[E] new constituency boundaries

PM Hordern	Conservative	31,802	42.40%
R Leighton	Labour	25,028	33.37%
A Gill	Liberal	18,167	24.22%

Electorate: 89,827; Turnout: 83.49%;
Majority: 6,774 (9.03%)

Houghton-le-Spring
[E] new constituency boundaries

TW Urwin	Labour	34,263	76.89%
RC Ritchie	Conservative	10,300	23.11%

Electorate: 59,318; Turnout: 75.13%;
Majority: 23,963 (53.77%)

Hove
[E] Conservative hold

T Sainsbury	Conservative	30,451	54.17%
D Wilson	Liberal	18,942	33.70%
RA Wallis	Labour	6,374	11.34%
E Budden	National Front	442	0.79%

Electorate: 72,649; Turnout: 77.37%;
Majority: 11,509 (20.48%)

Howden
[E] Conservative hold

PEO Bryan	Conservative	21,892	48.83%
S Haywood	Liberal	15,681	34.98%
J Kirkwood	Labour	7,259	16.19%

Electorate: 57,036; Turnout: 78.60%;
Majority: 6,211 (13.85%)

Huddersfield East
[E] Labour hold

JPW Mallalieu	Labour	20,224	47.35%
CJH Taylor	Conservative	12,920	30.25%
M Lee	Liberal	8,530	19.97%
N Mear	National Front	796	1.86%
A Drake	Communist	246	0.58%

Electorate: 53,062; Turnout: 80.50%;
Majority: 7,304 (17.10%)

Huddersfield West
[E] Labour hold

K Lomas	Labour	17,434	39.60%
JM Stansfield	Conservative	16,804	38.17%
K Hasler	Liberal	9,790	22.24%

Electorate: 53,101; Turnout: 82.91%;
Majority: 630 (1.43%)

Hull Central
[E] new constituency boundaries

JK McNamara	Labour	26,855	58.27%
PWJ Carver	Conservative	19,236	41.73%

Electorate: 62,698; Turnout: 73.51%;
Majority: 7,619 (16.53%)

Hull East
[E] new constituency boundaries

JL Prescott	Labour	41,300	69.99%
EDM Tod	Conservative	17,707	30.01%

Electorate: 80,681; Turnout: 73.14%;
Majority: 23,593 (39.98%)

Hull West
[E] Labour hold

J Johnson	Labour	20,719	49.33%
CMK Taylor	Conservative	12,788	30.44%
I Silverwood	Liberal	8,497	20.23%

Electorate: 57,075; Turnout: 73.59%;
Majority: 7,931 (18.88%)

Huntingdonshire
[E] Conservative hold

DLM Renton	Conservative	29,042	44.58%
D Rowe	Liberal	19,040	29.23%
PA Ormerod	Labour	17,066	26.20%

Electorate: 79,050; Turnout: 82.41%;
Majority: 10,002 (15.35%)

Huyton
[E] new constituency boundaries

JH Wilson	Labour	31,767	56.68%
T Benyon	Conservative	16,462	29.37%
N Snowden	Liberal	7,584	13.53%
H Smith	Ind	234	0.42%

Electorate: 72,592; Turnout: 77.21%;
Majority: 15,305 (27.31%)

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