South East: 1964 general election results

How South East voted at the 1964 general election: the Conservatives won 54 of 62 seats with 50.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.

32 for a majority

Con54
Lab8

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	54	−4	1,613,315	50.5%	−8.5	62
Labour	8	+4	1,038,282	32.5%	−1.0	62
Liberal	0	0	540,802	16.9%	+9.4	54
1 other parties and independents			3,339	0.1%

Change compared with the 1959 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	6,373	11.5	80.6%	Con hold
Aldershot	Con	12,079	24.4	75.0%	Con hold
Arundel and Shoreham	Con	21,319	33.2	76.5%	Con hold
Ashford	Con	9,037	21.2	77.5%	Con hold
Aylesbury	Con	7,389	14.6	80.0%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	5,122	8.9	82.4%	Con hold
Basingstoke	Con	7,976	14.9	78.1%	Con hold
Bournemouth East and Christchurch	Con	16,405	34.5	74.7%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	Con	12,139	23.5	73.7%	Con hold
Brighton Kemptown	Lab	7	0.0	72.2%	Lab gain from Con
Brighton Pavilion	Con	9,850	24.9	70.1%	Con hold
Buckingham	Lab	1,481	3.0	86.5%	Lab gain from Con
Canterbury	Con	11,616	22.5	76.3%	Con hold
Chertsey	Con	7,984	17.4	77.8%	Con hold
Chichester	Con	18,310	35.0	74.0%	Con hold
Dartford	Lab	4,875	8.3	81.5%	Lab hold
Dorking	Con	14,056	32.8	79.4%	Con hold
Dover	Lab	418	0.8	82.7%	Lab gain from Con
East Grinstead	Con	14,341	26.2	78.0%	Con hold
East Surrey	Con	15,778	27.7	79.2%	Con hold
Eastbourne	Con	10,969	20.4	76.7%	Con hold
Eastleigh	Con	2,088	4.1	83.9%	Con hold
Epsom	Con	17,991	31.0	79.9%	Con hold
Esher	Con	19,582	33.1	79.2%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	Con	11	0.0	79.9%	Con gain from Lab
Farnham	Con	9,506	22.8	78.7%	Con hold
Faversham	Lab	3,964	8.0	81.7%	Lab hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	9,273	24.5	71.0%	Con hold
Gillingham	Con	5,644	14.3	78.0%	Con hold
Gosport and Fareham	Con	14,048	22.5	76.0%	Con hold
Gravesend	Lab	748	1.3	80.4%	Lab gain from Con
Hastings	Con	5,578	14.7	76.3%	Con hold
Henley	Con	8,284	16.4	78.3%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	9,868	14.5	79.5%	Con hold
Hove	Con	17,709	36.8	69.6%	Con hold
Isle of Thanet	Con	7,350	12.6	74.2%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	11,253	21.9	74.3%	Con hold
Lewes	Con	14,061	29.0	76.4%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	7,936	14.8	78.0%	Con hold
New Forest	Con	14,960	28.6	75.9%	Con hold
Newbury	Con	5,993	10.9	79.3%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	1,429	2.8	77.3%	Con hold
Petersfield	Con	12,265	28.1	75.4%	Con hold
Portsmouth Langston	Con	9,843	14.3	75.2%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	10,483	27.4	71.0%	Con hold
Portsmouth West	Con	497	1.3	74.8%	Con hold
Reading	Con	10	0.0	79.8%	Con hold
Reigate	Con	9,389	18.6	79.7%	Con hold
Rochester and Chatham	Lab	1,013	2.0	76.4%	Lab gain from Con
Rye	Con	16,976	37.3	77.4%	Con hold
Sevenoaks	Con	13,720	24.9	80.1%	Con hold
South Buckinghamshire	Con	17,754	27.6	78.9%	Con hold
Southampton Test	Con	348	0.7	76.7%	Con hold
Southamptonitchen	Lab	9,975	18.2	76.1%	Lab hold
Spelthorne	Con	5,433	11.5	80.1%	Con hold
Tonbridge	Con	8,765	15.5	78.7%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	9,007	22.2	79.8%	Con hold
Windsor	Con	11,642	23.2	76.4%	Con hold
Woking	Con	13,336	22.1	78.1%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	14,823	22.7	79.2%	Con hold
Worthing	Con	18,883	38.2	76.2%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	9,343	15.1	81.3%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1964 general election?

The Conservatives won 54 of the 62 seats in South East, with 50.5% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1964?

62 constituencies.

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