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23 February 1950 | 65,404/78,491 | 83.33 | |
Labour Party | 35,702 | 54.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,052 | 36.77 | |
Liberal Party | 5,650 | 8.64 | |
Majority | 11,650 | 17.81 | |
25 October 1951 | 65,291/79,445 | 82.18 | |
Labour Party | 37,728 | 57.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,563 | 42.22 | |
Majority | 10,165 | 15.57 | |
26 May 1955 | 55,711/74,944 | 74.34 | |
Labour Party | 29,747 | 53.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,543 | 38.67 | |
Liberal Party | 4,421 | 7.94 | |
Majority | 8,204 | 14.73 | |
8 October 1959 | 52,815/70,996 | 74.39 | |
Labour Party | 28,367 | 53.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,448 | 46.29 | |
Majority | 3,919 | 7.42 | |
15 October 1964 | 46,952/66,905 | 70.18 | |
Labour Party | 23,640 | 50.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,714 | 33.47 | |
Liberal Party | 7,598 | 16.18 | |
Majority | 7,926 | 16.88 | |
15 December 1964 Elevation of Rev Reginald Sorensen to the Peerage - Baron Sorensen of Leytonstone. | |||
21 January 1965 | 38,578/66,905 | 57.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,544 | 42.88 | |
Labour Party | 16,339 | 42.35 | |
Liberal Party | 5,382 | 13.95 | |
UK & Dominion | 157 | 0.41 | |
Disarmament | 156 | 0.40 | |
Majority | 205 | 0.53 | |
Rt Hon Patrick Gordon-Walker was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time of the election. He subsequently resigned. | |||
31 March 1966 | 49,252/64,727 | 76.09 | |
Labour Party | 26,803 | 54.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,157 | 36.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,851 | 7.82 | |
Independent Labour Party | 441 | 0.90 | |
Majority | 8,646 | 17.55 | |
18 June 1970 | 41,292/66,540 | 62.06 | |
Labour Party | 23,386 | 56.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,906 | 43.36 | |
Majority | 5,480 | 13.27 | |
28 February 1974 | 46,437/63,909 | 72.66 | |
Labour Party | 22,785 | 49.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,848 | 27.67 | |
Liberal Party | 8,707 | 18.75 | |
National Front | 2,097 | 4.52 | |
Majority | 9,937 | 21.40 | |
10 October 1974 | 40,323/64,328 | 62.68 | |
Labour Party | 22,130 | 54.88 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,617 | 26.33 | |
Liberal Party | 5,408 | 13.41 | |
National Front | 2,168 | 5.38 | |
Majority | 11,513 | 28.55 | |
3 May 1979 | 41,060/59,176 | 69.39 | |
Labour Party | 21,095 | 51.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,361 | 37.41 | |
Liberal Party | 3,425 | 8.34 | |
National Front | 1,179 | 2.87 | |
Majority | 5,734 | 13.96 | |
22 January 1982 Bryan Magee resigns the Labour whip. | |||
March 1982 Bryan Magee accepts the SDP whip. | |||
9 June 1983 | 37,940/58,376 | 64.99 | |
Labour Party | 16,504 | 43.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,988 | 31.60 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 9,448 | 24.90 | |
Majority | 4,516 | 11.90 | |
11 June 1987 | 40,123/58,263 | 68.87 | |
Labour Party | 16,536 | 41.21 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 11,895 | 29.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,692 | 29.14 | |
Majority | 4,641 | 11.57 | |
9 April 1992 | 38,593/57,271 | 67.39 | |
Labour Party | 20,334 | 52.69 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,850 | 22.93 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8,180 | 21.20 | |
Official Liberal Party | 561 | 1.45 | |
Green Party | 412 | 1.07 | |
Natural Law Party | 256 | 0.66 | |
Majority | 11,484 | 29.76 | |