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Huntingdonshire

Every general election in Huntingdonshire since 1918 (until 1979). Latest: Conservative, majority 21,563.

1979 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Conservative Won40,19355.4%
Labour18,63025.7%
Liberal12,81217.6%
Others9831.4%
Valid votes72,618
Majority21,56329.7%

Con hold Turnout 77.4% of 93,862 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181923192919351950195519641970O19741979Conservative, 1918: 62.7%Conservative, 1922: 50.7%Conservative, 1923: 47.3%Conservative, 1924: 56.9%Conservative, 1929: 42.2%Conservative, 1955: 58.4%Conservative, 1959: 53.8%Conservative, 1964: 51.1%Conservative, 1966: 49.2%Conservative, 1970: 54.7%Conservative, February 1974: 44.6%Conservative, October 1974: 45.1%Conservative, 1979: 55.4%Labour, 1922: 23.6%Labour, 1929: 12.3%Labour, 1931: 16.7%Labour, 1935: 31.3%Labour, 1945: 30.8%Labour, 1950: 36.3%Labour, 1951: 42.6%Labour, 1955: 41.6%Labour, 1959: 31.9%Labour, 1964: 31.3%Labour, 1966: 36.7%Labour, 1970: 35.1%Labour, February 1974: 26.2%Labour, October 1974: 29.6%Labour, 1979: 25.7%Liberal, 1918: 37.4%Liberal, 1922: 25.8%Liberal, 1923: 52.7%Liberal, 1924: 43.1%Liberal, 1929: 45.5%Liberal, 1945: 19.1%Liberal, 1950: 12.3%Liberal, 1959: 14.3%Liberal, 1964: 17.6%Liberal, 1966: 14.2%Liberal, 1970: 10.2%Liberal, February 1974: 29.2%Liberal, October 1974: 25.3%Liberal, 1979: 17.6%National Liberal, 1931: 83.3%National Liberal, 1935: 68.7%National Liberal, 1945: 50.1%National Liberal, 1950: 51.4%National Liberal, 1951: 57.4%
Vote share in Huntingdonshire at each general election Con Lab Lib Nat Lib

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
1979ConLab21,56329.777.4%Con hold
October 1974ConLab9,24415.475.1%Con hold
February 1974ConLib10,00215.482.4%
1970ConLab9,81019.675.3%Con hold
1966ConLab5,22812.577.6%Con hold
1964ConLab7,86419.878.8%Con hold
1959ConLab8,27122.080.4%Con hold
1955ConLab5,93916.877.1%
1951Nat LibLab5,35814.880.8%Nat Lib hold
1950Nat LibLab5,45515.182.6%
1945Nat LibLab5,93119.365.7%
1935Nat LibLab9,42637.566.2%Nat Lib hold
1931Nat LibLab18,47866.774.2%Nat Lib gain from Lib
1929LibCon9543.477.2%Lib gain from Con
1924ConLib3,12413.977.8%Con gain from Lib
1923LibCon1,0615.369.6%Lib gain from Con
1922ConLib4,95624.970.7%Con hold
1918ConLib4,34425.362.8%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Huntingdonshire?

The Conservatives won Huntingdonshire at the 1979 general election with a majority of 21,563.

Which parties have won Huntingdonshire?

At the 18 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 11, National Liberal 5, Liberal 2.

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