UK Election spreadsheets

Iain Outlaw has created Excel spreadsheets for the British General Elections from 1966 -2001 These are available in zipped format	2001	(199k)
	1997	(226k)
	1992	(176k)
	1987	(161k)
	1983	(174k)
	1979	(155k)
	1974 October	(156k)
	1974 February	(145k)
	1970	(135k)
	1966	(125k)

Notes:

The spreadsheets are in MS Excel workbooks with one sheet displaying the information source and all the results on a second sheet. The results sheet has the following format:-

Column A	-	Constituency Name
Column B	-	MP (an asterisk indicates that candidate was an MP in the previous parliament though not necessarily in the same constituency)
Column C	-	Candidate Name (including gender identifiers Mrs, Miss, Ms. and some titles Dr., Prof., Rev., except in the 1997 and 2001 workbooks for which the candidate's first name is given)
Column D	-	Party or Platform (Labour/Co-operative candidates are identified separately from Labour)
Column E	-	Votes polled by candidate
Column F	-	Percentage of votes polled
Column G	-	Electorate
Column H	-	Majority
Column I	-	Turnout
Column J	-	Status (Gain, Hold, Win after Boundary Change)
Column K	-	Declaration Date and Time (for 1997 and 2001)

Because different sources have been used, there may be some small discrepancies between the data in the spreadsheets and the results on this website, though attempts have been made to minimise these. The source is given in the spreadsheets themselves, and is mainly The Daily Telegraph.

The data for 1979 have not been checked against any other source. The electorates quoted for five of the constituencies (Brentwood and Ongar, Cardiff South East, Chester-le-Street, Glasgow Springburn and Oxfordshire Mid) are estimates.
The 1966 and 1970 speadsheets have been created from data on this website.
The Daily Telegraph general election supplement for February 1974 has several hundred estimated Electorate figures with many of the remaining figures differing from those on this site. Iain Outlaw suggests The Times data are likely to be more reliable and has substituted electorate data from this website throughout this particular spreadsheet.
In February 1974, the Liberal and Labour candidates are given in a different order in Beckenham, Bedfordshire South and Harborough. Similarly the SNP and Labour candidates are transposed in Inverness, as are the Social Democrat and Independent Conservative in Tottenham.
Also in February 1974, in Gower the Liberal candidate is recorded as having 8757 votes in The Daily Telegraph, but The Times and Whittaker have 8737.

If anyone has further information that can resolve these issues with February 1974, please email Richard Kimber.