UK General Election results October 1974

10th October 1974

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

East Grinstead — Epping Forest

Epsom & Ewell — Fife Central

East Grinstead
[E] Conservative hold

G Johnson Smith	Conservative	22,035	53.18%
P Hayden	Liberal	12,755	30.78%
DWJ Blake	Labour	6,648	16.04%

Electorate: 55,602; Turnout: 74.53%;
Majority: 9,280 (22.39%)

East Kilbride
[S] Labour hold

MS Miller	Labour	21,810	41.88%
G Murray	SNP	19,106	36.69%
GW Parvin	Conservative	8,513	16.35%
D Miller	Liberal	2,644	5.08%

Electorate: 65,799; Turnout: 79.14%;
Majority: 2,704 ( 5.19%)

Eastleigh
[E] Conservative hold

DEC Price	Conservative	26,869	44.97%
E Presman	Labour	19,054	31.89%
GD Johnson	Liberal	13,832	23.15%

Electorate: 75,826; Turnout: 78.81%;
Majority: 7,815 (13.08%)

Ebbw Vale
[W] Labour hold

MM Foot	Labour	21,226	74.10%
A Donaldson	Liberal	3,167	11.06%
JP Evans	Conservative	2,153	7.52%
G Robert	Plaid Cymru	2,101	7.33%

Electorate: 37,640; Turnout: 76.11%;
Majority: 18,059 (63.04%)

Eccles
[E] Labour hold

L Carter-Jones	Labour	22,328	53.28%
RJ Dunn	Conservative	13,062	31.17%
AM Collier	Liberal	6,170	14.72%
T Keenan	Communist	348	0.83%

Electorate: 57,549; Turnout: 72.82%;
Majority: 9,266 (22.11%)

Edinburgh Central
[S] Labour hold

RF Cook	Labour	11,129	40.27%
P Jones	Conservative	7,176	25.97%
AWS Rae	SNP	6,866	24.85%
C Scott	Liberal	2,463	8.91%

Electorate: 40,956; Turnout: 67.47%;
Majority: 3,953 (14.30%)

Edinburgh East
[S] Labour hold

GS Strang	Labour	19,669	44.92%
GC MacDougall	SNP	11,213	25.61%
M Hogg	Conservative	10,111	23.09%
GN Dalzell	Liberal	2,578	5.89%
I Swann	Communist	213	0.49%

Electorate: 57,460; Turnout: 76.20%;
Majority: 8,456 (19.31%)

Edinburgh Leith
[S] Labour hold

RK Murray	Labour	11,708	39.69%
WRV Percy	Conservative	8,263	28.01%
R Scott	SNP	7,688	26.07%
AJH Squair	Liberal	1,836	6.22%

Electorate: 39,407; Turnout: 74.85%;
Majority: 3,445 (11.68%)

Edinburgh North
[S] Conservative hold

AM Fletcher	Conservative	12,856	39.34%
MJ O'Neill	Labour	8,465	25.90%
J Lynch	SNP	7,681	23.50%
M Macdonald	Liberal	3,677	11.25%

Electorate: 47,215; Turnout: 69.21%;
Majority: 4,391 (13.44%)

Edinburgh Pentlands
[S] Conservative hold

ML Rifkind	Conservative	14,083	33.93%
G Foulkes	Labour	12,826	30.90%
J Hutchinson	SNP	10,189	24.55%
SP Ross-Smith	Liberal	4,411	10.63%

Electorate: 54,955; Turnout: 75.53%;
Majority: 1,257 ( 3.03%)

Edinburgh South
[S] Conservative hold

AM Hutchinson	Conservative	14,962	35.92%
C Haddow	Labour	11,736	28.18%
R Shirley	SNP	9,034	21.69%
NL Gordon	Liberal	5,921	14.22%

Electorate: 56,154; Turnout: 74.18%;
Majority: 3,226 ( 7.74%)

Edinburgh West
[S] Conservative hold

Ld J Douglas-Hamilton	Conservative	15,354	38.15%
WJ Taylor	Labour	10,152	25.22%
CM Moore	SNP	8,135	20.21%
DCE Gorrie	Liberal	6,606	16.41%

Electorate: 52,569; Turnout: 76.56%;
Majority: 5,202 (12.93%)

Edmonton
[E] Labour hold

TE Graham	Labour	20,229	49.07%
J Attwood	Conservative	13,401	32.51%
J Dawnay	Liberal	5,699	13.82%
DJ Bruce	National Front	1,895	4.60%

Electorate: 61,476; Turnout: 67.06%;
Majority: 6,828 (16.56%)

Enfield North
[E] Labour hold

B Davies	Labour	20,880	43.66%
C de H Parkinson	Conservative	16,087	33.64%
S Curtis	Liberal	9,526	19.92%
R Burton	National Front	1,330	2.78%

Electorate: 67,818; Turnout: 70.52%;
Majority: 4,793 (10.02%)

Epping Forest
[E] Conservative hold

JA Biggs-Davison	Conservative	22,392	47.68%
SJ Palfreman	Labour	15,618	33.26%
DFJ Wood	Liberal	8,952	19.06%

Electorate: 64,055; Turnout: 73.32%;
Majority: 6,774 (14.42%)

Epsom & Ewell
[E] Conservative hold

PAG Rawlinson	Conservative	32,109	54.06%
DJH Griffiths	Liberal	15,819	26.63%
NJ Kearney	Labour	11,471	19.31%

Electorate: 80,597; Turnout: 73.70%;
Majority: 16,290 (27.42%)

Erith & Crayford
[E] Labour hold

AJ Wellbeloved	Labour	22,670	51.18%
M Macdonald	Conservative	14,203	32.06%
T Hibbert	Liberal	7,423	16.76%

Electorate: 60,595; Turnout: 73.10%;
Majority: 8,467 (19.11%)

Esher
[E] Conservative hold

DCM Mather	Conservative	19,741	55.84%
C Welchman	Liberal	8,881	25.12%
A Hudson	Labour	6,729	19.03%

Electorate: 47,572; Turnout: 74.31%;
Majority: 10,860 (30.72%)

Essex South East
[E] Conservative hold

BR Braine	Conservative	27,348	48.81%
DB Jones	Labour	18,638	33.26%
A Morris	Liberal	10,049	17.93%

Electorate: 76,013; Turnout: 73.72%;
Majority: 8,710 (15.54%)

Eton & Slough
[E] Labour hold

J Lestor	Labour	22,238	47.94%
S Dolland	Conservative	14,575	31.42%
P Goldenberg	Liberal	8,213	17.71%
AP Coniam	National Front	1,241	2.68%
J Renton	Anti-Extremist	120	0.26%

Electorate: 63,813; Turnout: 72.69%;
Majority: 7,663 (16.52%)

Exeter
[E] Conservative hold

JG Hannam	Conservative	21,970	40.73%
FK Taylor	Labour	19,622	36.38%
DJ Morrish	Liberal	12,342	22.88%

Electorate: 67,184; Turnout: 80.28%;
Majority: 2,348 ( 4.35%)

Eye
[E] Conservative hold

H Harrison	Conservative	22,387	44.01%
D Robinson	Liberal	14,530	28.57%
R Bushby	Labour	13,948	27.42%

Electorate: 65,710; Turnout: 77.41%;
Majority: 7,857 (15.45%)

Falmouth & Cambourne
[E] Conservative hold

WD Mudd	Conservative	23,950	47.22%
MG Dalling	Labour	18,094	35.68%
E Sara	Liberal	6,428	12.67%
AGST Davey	Ind Liberal	2,246	4.43%

Electorate: 66,921; Turnout: 75.79%;
Majority: 5,856 (11.55%)

Fareham
[E] Conservative hold

RFB Bennett	Conservative	19,053	43.15%
P Smith	Liberal	14,605	33.08%
BR Townsend	Labour	8,153	18.46%
WP Boulden	Ind Conservative	1,727	3.91%
RM Doughty	National Front	617	1.40%

Electorate: 57,330; Turnout: 77.02%;
Majority: 4,448 (10.07%)

Farnham
[E] Conservative hold

M Macmillan	Conservative	23,885	49.95%
P Davies	Liberal	15,626	32.68%
HC Hodge	Labour	8,305	17.37%

Electorate: 62,738; Turnout: 76.22%;
Majority: 8,259 (17.27%)

Farnworth
[E] Labour hold

JFH Roper	Labour	28,184	53.45%
RH Shepherd	Conservative	13,489	25.58%
MP Rothwell	Liberal	11,059	20.97%

Electorate: 70,565; Turnout: 74.73%;
Majority: 14,695 (27.87%)

Faversham
[E] Conservative hold

RD Moate	Conservative	25,087	43.05%
M Freedman	Labour	22,210	38.11%
PJ Morgan	Liberal	10,979	18.84%

Electorate: 76,000; Turnout: 76.68%;
Majority: 2,877 ( 4.94%)

Feltham & Heston
[E] Labour hold

RW Kerr	Labour	26,611	49.64%
RP Ground	Conservative	17,464	32.57%
JA Quinn	Liberal	7,554	14.09%
J Reid	National Front	1,984	3.70%

Electorate: 78,983; Turnout: 67.88%;
Majority: 9,147 (17.06%)

Fermanagh & South Tyrone
[N] Ind gain

MF Maguire	Ind	32,795	51.84%
HW West	United UU Council	30,285	47.87%
AJ Evans	Marxist-Leninist	185	0.29%

Electorate: 71,343; Turnout: 88.68%;
Majority: 2,510 ( 3.97%)

Fife Central
[S] Labour hold

WW Hamilton	Labour	22,400	51.90%
DV Livingstone	SNP	14,414	33.40%
P Clarke	Conservative	5,308	12.30%
A Maxwell	Communist	1,040	2.41%

Electorate: 58,402; Turnout: 73.91%;
Majority: 7,986 (18.50%)

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