England: 1966 general election results

How England voted at the 1966 general election: Labour won 285 of 511 seats with 47.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.

256 for a majority

Lab285
Con219
Lib6
Oth1

England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	285	+39	10,855,945	47.8%	+4.3	510
Conservative	219	−43	9,692,347	42.7%	−1.4	510
Liberal	6	+3	2,036,792	9.0%	−3.1	273
Others	1	+1	107,621	0.5%	+0.2	63

Change compared with the 1964 general election in England.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	3,302	5.5	82.5%	Con hold
Accrington	Lab	6,822	17.0	83.1%	Lab hold
Acton	Lab	4,941	15.4	73.9%	Lab hold
Aldershot	Con	8,896	17.0	75.4%	Con hold
Altrincham and Sale	Con	6,837	13.3	78.0%	Con hold
Arundel and Shoreham	Con	18,096	27.2	75.8%	Con hold
Ashfield	Lab	21,486	47.3	73.3%	Lab hold
Ashford	Con	8,113	19.0	75.4%	Con hold
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	7,332	17.4	73.7%	Lab hold
Aylesbury	Con	3,907	7.4	79.9%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	4,403	7.2	81.9%	Con hold
Barking	Lab	15,410	44.3	72.0%	Lab hold
Barkston Ash	Con	6,342	12.7	79.8%	Con hold
Barnet	Con	5,486	10.4	80.5%	Con hold
Barnsley	Lab	26,288	51.3	73.4%	Lab hold
Barons Court	Lab	3,470	10.5	75.2%	Lab hold
Barrow in Furness	Lab	8,032	20.6	76.8%	Lab hold
Basingstoke	Con	3,659	6.4	78.6%	Con hold
Bassetlaw	Lab	10,428	23.3	73.3%	Lab hold
Bath	Con	800	1.8	80.5%	Con hold
Batley and Morley	Lab	11,651	27.2	75.3%	Lab hold
Battersea North	Lab	10,172	47.3	63.2%	Lab hold
Battersea South	Lab	3,790	14.7	73.0%	Lab hold
Bebington	Lab	2,337	4.0	79.8%	Lab gain from Con
Beckenham	Con	13,865	24.8	77.8%	Con hold
Bedford	Lab	378	0.8	81.5%	Lab gain from Con
Belper	Lab	4,274	6.6	84.1%	Lab hold
Bermondsey	Lab	12,615	61.3	60.9%	Lab hold
Berwick upon Tweed	Con	4,373	14.6	76.6%	Con hold
Bethnal Green	Lab	15,253	52.7	57.7%	Lab hold
Bexley	Con	2,333	4.3	85.8%	Con hold
Billericay	Lab	1,642	1.9	84.1%	Lab gain from Con
Bilston	Lab	7,253	13.9	73.2%	Lab hold
Birkenhead	Lab	8,750	21.8	72.8%	Lab hold
Birmingham All Saints	Lab	4,755	17.0	65.1%	Lab hold
Birmingham Aston	Lab	7,400	21.7	64.2%	Lab hold
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	7,534	21.5	67.8%	Con hold
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	3,333	7.7	73.6%	Con hold
Birmingham Handsworth	Con	1,294	4.0	63.2%	Con hold
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	5,315	35.2	59.7%	Lab hold
Birmingham Northfield	Lab	11,902	19.0	75.1%	Lab hold
Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	3,665	10.0	76.2%	Lab gain from Con
Birmingham Selly Oak	Con	777	2.1	66.4%	Con hold
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	10,604	40.8	59.6%	Lab hold
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Lab	6,398	21.2	66.7%	Lab hold
Birmingham Stechford	Lab	11,871	31.0	70.2%	Lab hold
Birmingham Yardley	Lab	5,759	12.7	77.6%	Lab hold
Bishop Auckland	Lab	10,079	29.7	73.4%	Lab hold
Blackburn	Lab	7,248	16.7	79.2%	Lab hold
Blackpool North	Con	5,310	13.0	72.9%	Con hold
Blackpool South	Con	3,398	8.6	70.5%	Con hold
Blaydon	Lab	14,780	38.4	77.4%	Lab hold
Blyth	Lab	26,314	56.4	74.4%	Lab hold
Bodmin	Lib	2,023	5.2	84.4%	Lib hold
Bolsover	Lab	24,299	64.1	76.6%	Lab hold
Bolton East	Lab	8,282	18.4	77.0%	Lab hold
Bolton West	Lab	4,917	12.8	78.3%	Lab hold
Bootle	Lab	8,599	26.7	68.2%	Lab hold
Bosworth	Lab	7,773	14.2	79.8%	Lab hold
Bournemouth East and Christchurch	Con	14,449	29.9	74.7%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	Con	9,406	18.3	73.4%	Con hold
Bradford East	Lab	10,344	39.0	65.1%	Lab hold
Bradford North	Lab	4,199	10.7	77.7%	Lab hold
Bradford South	Lab	7,497	17.2	76.0%	Lab hold
Bradford West	Lab	1,534	4.1	76.6%	Lab gain from Con
Brentford and Chiswick	Lab	607	2.0	82.1%	Lab gain from Con
Bridgwater	Con	2,986	6.4	80.2%	Con hold
Bridlington	Con	10,037	24.9	71.5%	Con hold
Brierley Hill	Con	1,567	2.4	79.0%	Con hold
Brigg	Lab	11,308	20.2	72.4%	Lab hold
Brighouse and Spenborough	Lab	4,524	9.6	84.0%	Lab hold
Brighton Kemptown	Lab	831	1.7	80.1%	Lab hold
Brighton Pavilion	Con	6,354	16.3	70.3%	Con hold
Bristol Central	Lab	5,989	22.9	69.9%	Lab hold
Bristol North East	Lab	3,972	8.4	77.0%	Lab gain from Con
Bristol North West	Lab	669	1.4	82.0%	Lab gain from Con
Bristol South	Lab	13,554	34.3	69.5%	Lab hold
Bristol South East	Lab	11,416	22.7	76.2%	Lab hold
Bristol West	Con	11,518	33.0	72.2%	Con hold
Bromley	Con	9,827	25.6	77.7%	Con hold
Bromsgrove	Con	3,696	6.1	80.2%	Con hold
Buckingham	Lab	2,254	4.3	85.9%	Lab hold
Burnley	Lab	13,873	32.8	80.0%	Lab hold
Burton	Con	277	0.6	78.7%	Con hold
Bury and Radcliffe	Lab	4,471	8.3	81.2%	Lab hold
Bury St Edmunds	Con	4,642	9.1	78.9%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Lab	6,296	13.4	73.7%	Lab hold
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	12,607	44.0	55.6%	Lab hold
Cambridge	Lab	991	2.1	80.0%	Lab gain from Con
Cambridgeshire	Con	5,167	9.6	79.2%	Con hold
Cannock	Lab	11,027	19.6	73.7%	Lab hold
Canterbury	Con	11,788	21.6	76.1%	Con hold
Carlisle	Lab	4,927	12.3	83.5%	Lab hold
Carlton	Con	4,046	6.4	82.7%	Con hold
Carshalton	Con	5,869	11.2	79.4%	Con hold
Central Norfolk	Con	4,406	8.6	79.8%	Con hold
Cheadle	Lib	655	0.9	82.4%	Lib gain from Con
Chelmsford	Con	4,975	8.2	82.5%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	8,703	31.8	63.1%	Con hold
Cheltenham	Con	2,915	6.9	77.2%	Con hold
Chertsey	Con	6,353	13.6	78.0%	Con hold
Chester-le-Street	Lab	22,747	53.9	74.9%	Lab hold
Chesterfield	Lab	18,099	35.3	76.7%	Lab hold
Chichester	Con	17,574	32.0	73.2%	Con hold
Chigwell	Con	2,568	5.8	81.3%	Con hold
Chippenham	Con	694	1.5	84.3%	Con hold
Chislehurst	Lab	810	1.6	84.3%	Lab gain from Con
Chorley	Lab	4,744	9.5	81.1%	Lab hold
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	Con	7,771	16.3	74.9%	Con hold
Cities of London and Westminster	Con	6,893	19.6	60.0%	Con hold
City of Chester	Con	2,803	6.0	78.0%	Con hold
Cleveland	Lab	11,880	18.6	81.1%	Lab hold
Clitheroe	Con	2,230	6.0	83.5%	Con hold
Colchester	Con	1,015	1.9	82.3%	Con hold
Colne Valley	Lib	2,499	5.5	86.2%	Lib gain from Lab
Consett	Lab	18,895	46.5	73.5%	Lab hold
Coventry East	Lab	18,696	30.9	77.3%	Lab hold
Coventry North	Lab	7,907	18.6	78.7%	Lab hold
Coventry South	Lab	5,540	9.7	80.2%	Lab hold
Crewe	Lab	8,710	22.0	75.6%	Lab hold
Crosby	Con	3,306	8.1	72.2%	Con hold
Croydon North East	Con	588	1.4	76.3%	Con hold
Croydon North West	Con	2,696	6.6	74.4%	Con hold
Croydon South	Lab	81	0.2	76.1%	Lab gain from Con
Dagenham	Lab	24,525	52.2	67.4%	Lab hold
Darlington	Lab	4,363	9.2	82.3%	Lab hold
Dartford	Lab	6,909	11.7	80.8%	Lab hold
Darwen	Con	1,735	3.6	82.6%	Con hold
Dearne Valley	Lab	30,614	68.0	76.7%	Lab hold
Deptford	Lab	10,860	40.5	60.1%	Lab hold
Derby North	Lab	8,818	23.7	70.8%	Lab hold
Derby South	Lab	9,576	25.7	72.6%	Lab hold
Devizes	Con	2,597	5.4	81.0%	Con hold
Dewsbury	Lab	10,666	24.8	77.9%	Lab hold
Don Valley	Lab	29,235	49.8	78.3%	Lab hold
Doncaster	Lab	6,088	13.4	81.2%	Lab hold
Dorking	Con	10,886	25.4	79.0%	Con hold
Dover	Lab	3,216	5.8	84.2%	Lab hold
Dudley	Lab	10,022	18.1	73.9%	Lab hold
Durham	Lab	18,817	41.3	74.7%	Lab hold
Ealing North	Lab	2,577	5.3	82.2%	Lab hold
Ealing South	Con	5,083	13.5	73.3%	Con hold
Easington	Lab	24,747	62.7	70.5%	Lab hold
East Grinstead	Con	17,984	31.5	76.8%	Con hold
East Ham North	Lab	7,182	31.7	64.7%	Lab hold
East Ham South	Lab	10,003	39.9	65.7%	Lab hold
East Hertfordshire	Con	5,206	8.2	80.1%	Con hold
East Surrey	Con	14,493	25.6	79.3%	Con hold
Eastbourne	Con	9,293	16.5	77.2%	Con hold
Eastleigh	Con	701	1.3	83.7%	Con hold
Eccles	Lab	9,257	22.0	74.1%	Lab hold
Edmonton	Lab	7,725	17.1	72.2%	Lab hold
Enfield East	Lab	7,527	22.0	75.2%	Lab hold
Enfield West	Con	10,157	26.5	80.1%	Con hold
Epping	Lab	7,508	9.3	82.4%	Lab hold
Epsom	Con	17,593	30.6	79.2%	Con hold
Erith and Crayford	Lab	9,210	21.1	81.7%	Lab hold
Esher	Con	17,626	29.9	78.0%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	Lab	4,663	9.6	85.3%	Lab gain from Con
Exeter	Lab	3,586	7.9	83.6%	Lab gain from Con
Eye	Con	3,613	7.7	81.5%	Con hold
Falmouth and Camborne	Lab	3,263	7.1	82.5%	Lab hold
Farnham	Con	8,992	20.9	80.0%	Con hold
Farnworth	Lab	14,686	32.4	74.8%	Lab hold
Faversham	Lab	2,489	5.0	79.9%	Lab hold
Feltham	Lab	8,457	20.4	77.3%	Lab hold
Finchley	Con	9,464	18.4	75.3%	Con hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	7,402	19.2	70.6%	Con hold
Fulham	Lab	6,986	20.3	76.4%	Lab hold
Gainsborough	Con	3,866	9.7	75.8%	Con hold
Gateshead East	Lab	15,544	39.1	75.7%	Lab hold
Gateshead West	Lab	13,503	49.5	70.1%	Lab hold
Gillingham	Con	3,140	7.7	78.5%	Con hold
Gloucester	Lab	5,273	12.2	77.5%	Lab hold
Goole	Lab	12,148	29.6	73.1%	Lab hold
Gosport and Fareham	Con	11,026	17.4	75.4%	Con hold
Grantham	Con	2,158	4.2	80.5%	Con hold
Gravesend	Lab	4,792	7.9	82.0%	Lab hold
Greenwich	Lab	11,159	29.7	67.7%	Lab hold
Grimsby	Lab	8,126	17.9	74.2%	Lab hold
Guildford	Con	8,345	17.4	78.7%	Con hold
Hackney Central	Lab	14,026	41.7	57.5%	Lab hold
Halifax	Lab	5,704	11.3	80.5%	Lab hold
Haltemprice	Con	12,549	26.8	76.5%	Con hold
Hammersmith North	Lab	10,665	37.6	63.9%	Lab hold
Hampstead	Lab	2,253	4.6	72.4%	Lab gain from Con
Harborough	Con	6,997	9.9	81.6%	Con hold
Harrogate	Con	13,414	32.2	74.5%	Con hold
Harrow Central	Con	1,630	4.6	80.2%	Con hold
Harrow East	Lab	378	1.0	82.8%	Lab gain from Con
Harrow West	Con	10,347	24.3	80.2%	Con hold
Harwich	Con	6,640	12.6	74.4%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	2,340	6.2	76.4%	Con hold
Hayes and Harlington	Lab	8,824	26.5	72.7%	Lab hold
Hemel Hempstead	Con	2,038	2.9	84.7%	Con hold
Hemsworth	Lab	34,722	70.8	76.0%	Lab hold
Hendon North	Con	600	1.5	80.0%	Con hold
Hendon South	Con	4,056	10.7	72.8%	Con hold
Henley	Con	5,674	10.9	75.2%	Con hold
Hereford	Con	2,747	7.0	77.3%	Con hold
Hertford	Con	794	1.2	83.7%	Con hold
Heston and Isleworth	Con	926	2.3	79.9%	Con hold
Hexham	Con	4,784	11.0	78.5%	Con hold
Heywood and Royton	Lab	5,653	11.2	79.6%	Lab hold
High Peak	Lab	814	2.0	84.2%	Lab gain from Con
Hitchin	Lab	9,750	13.1	82.3%	Lab hold
Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	5,146	19.0	65.5%	Lab hold
Holland With Boston	Con	316	0.6	75.0%	Con hold
Honiton	Con	13,709	27.7	78.6%	Con hold
Horncastle	Con	5,375	16.6	75.9%	Con hold
Hornchurch	Lab	3,033	4.1	81.1%	Lab gain from Con
Hornsey	Con	615	1.3	72.8%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	6,041	8.6	79.0%	Con hold
Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	22,763	55.0	73.9%	Lab hold
Hove	Con	15,890	31.6	72.1%	Con hold
Howden	Con	8,280	23.7	71.8%	Con hold
Huddersfield East	Lab	10,879	27.7	77.9%	Lab hold
Huddersfield West	Lab	4,476	10.9	82.3%	Lab hold
Huntingdonshire	Con	5,228	12.5	77.6%	Con hold
Huyton	Lab	20,950	33.9	70.1%	Lab hold
Ilford North	Con	3,344	6.6	76.7%	Con hold
Ilford South	Lab	2,520	5.8	76.9%	Lab gain from Con
Ilkeston	Lab	20,940	40.2	76.2%	Lab hold
Ince	Lab	19,840	47.3	75.4%	Lab hold
Ipswich	Lab	6,873	11.3	77.5%	Lab hold
Isle of Thanet	Con	4,886	7.9	75.7%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	10,451	19.7	75.0%	Con hold
Islington East	Lab	7,519	29.0	57.1%	Lab hold
Islington North	Lab	7,831	28.8	54.2%	Lab hold
Islington South West	Lab	10,303	41.3	50.9%	Lab hold
Jarrow	Lab	13,557	35.3	76.7%	Lab hold
Keighley	Lab	4,012	10.0	83.5%	Lab hold
Kensington North	Lab	5,263	18.0	62.1%	Lab hold
Kensington South	Con	14,631	45.2	58.1%	Con hold
Kettering	Lab	11,460	17.1	81.3%	Lab hold
Kidderminster	Con	3,177	6.7	75.6%	Con hold
King'S Lynn	Lab	2,019	4.5	82.9%	Lab hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	7,866	17.7	77.0%	Con hold
Kingston-upon-Hull East	Lab	23,072	43.8	73.4%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull North	Lab	8,769	18.2	79.0%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull West	Lab	12,265	29.7	70.4%	Lab hold
Knutsford	Con	13,711	26.6	79.1%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Lab	6,134	22.6	57.0%	Lab hold
Lambeth Norwood	Lab	2,273	5.8	71.8%	Lab gain from Con
Lambeth Vauxhall	Lab	7,585	33.2	58.6%	Lab hold
Lancaster	Lab	1,811	5.3	79.2%	Lab gain from Con
Leeds East	Lab	11,277	23.1	72.7%	Lab hold
Leeds North East	Con	4,962	13.5	68.1%	Con hold
Leeds North West	Con	6,124	11.3	73.1%	Con hold
Leeds South	Lab	13,358	39.6	68.1%	Lab hold
Leeds South East	Lab	8,890	43.6	61.4%	Lab hold
Leeds West	Lab	10,508	24.3	72.0%	Lab hold
Leek	Lab	7,761	12.3	78.8%	Lab hold
Leicester North East	Lab	6,238	19.8	75.4%	Lab hold
Leicester North West	Lab	7,807	21.8	73.7%	Lab hold
Leicestersouth East	Con	7,796	19.8	73.3%	Con hold
Leicestersouth West	Lab	5,554	17.3	74.0%	Lab hold
Leigh	Lab	16,062	37.3	74.3%	Lab hold
Leominster	Con	7,398	25.3	75.2%	Con hold
Lewes	Con	12,968	25.2	76.3%	Con hold
Lewisham North	Lab	2,363	6.2	77.4%	Lab gain from Con
Lewisham South	Lab	9,918	26.7	75.1%	Lab hold
Lewisham West	Lab	2,034	5.1	75.7%	Lab gain from Con
Leyton	Lab	8,646	17.6	76.1%	Lab hold
Lichfield and Tamworth	Lab	4,134	8.0	78.8%	Lab hold
Lincoln	Lab	6,537	16.6	78.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	7,541	26.1	60.5%	Lab hold
Liverpool Exchange	Lab	9,717	47.5	50.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Garston	Con	3,970	8.7	68.2%	Con hold
Liverpool Kirkdale	Lab	6,014	18.5	65.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Scotland	Lab	9,514	48.2	51.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Toxteth	Lab	3,845	13.2	65.8%	Lab hold
Liverpool Walton	Lab	5,333	14.6	71.2%	Lab hold
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	5,650	14.3	71.0%	Con hold
Liverpool West Derby	Lab	4,838	13.8	67.6%	Lab hold
Loughborough	Lab	6,024	13.2	82.3%	Lab hold
Louth	Con	4,092	9.5	74.4%	Con hold
Lowestoft	Con	358	0.7	83.1%	Con hold
Ludlow	Con	3,480	9.7	73.9%	Con hold
Luton	Lab	2,464	5.2	79.2%	Lab hold
Macclesfield	Con	4,203	8.0	81.7%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	4,994	9.4	74.3%	Con hold
Maldon	Con	506	1.0	83.3%	Con hold
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	8,023	29.4	59.1%	Lab hold
Manchester Blackley	Lab	6,300	15.3	75.5%	Lab hold
Manchester Cheetham	Lab	8,362	41.7	57.0%	Lab hold
Manchester Exchange	Lab	6,664	47.0	53.7%	Lab hold
Manchester Gorton	Lab	8,308	20.2	72.6%	Lab hold
Manchester Moss Side	Con	1,083	3.7	65.4%	Con hold
Manchester Openshaw	Lab	11,638	34.2	65.9%	Lab hold
Manchester Withington	Con	647	1.7	71.2%	Con hold
Manchester Wythenshawe	Lab	8,937	17.3	74.8%	Lab hold
Mansfield	Lab	18,862	42.0	74.8%	Lab hold
Melton	Con	7,595	11.9	80.5%	Con hold
Meriden	Lab	4,581	7.3	85.7%	Lab hold
Merton and Morden	Con	420	1.1	81.2%	Con hold
Mid-Bedfordshire	Con	3,078	6.0	82.3%	Con hold
Middlesbrough East	Lab	18,984	50.2	68.3%	Lab hold
Middlesbrough West	Lab	3,893	9.0	81.5%	Lab hold
Middleton and Prestwick	Lab	3,817	7.1	78.0%	Lab gain from Con
Mitcham	Con	528	1.0	79.4%	Con hold
Morecambe and Lonsdale	Con	10,300	22.2	76.5%	Con hold
Morpeth	Lab	16,525	48.7	76.9%	Lab hold
Nantwich	Con	2,233	5.9	79.3%	Con hold
Nelson and Colne	Lab	4,577	12.3	80.9%	Lab hold
New Forest	Con	13,032	24.5	74.2%	Con hold
Newark	Lab	6,489	13.4	81.2%	Lab hold
Newbury	Con	4,146	7.2	79.1%	Con hold
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	12,051	23.6	79.9%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	Lab	13,817	54.9	65.9%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	Lab	7,326	19.5	80.3%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	Con	2,693	8.8	75.0%	Con hold
Newcastle-Upontyne West	Lab	12,217	25.3	75.8%	Lab hold
Newton	Lab	15,056	25.6	78.0%	Lab hold
Normanton	Lab	20,332	52.8	74.3%	Lab hold
North Cornwall	Lib	1,508	4.0	87.5%	Lib gain from Con
North Devon	Lib	1,166	3.0	85.3%	Lib hold
North Dorset	Con	5,515	12.9	82.1%	Con hold
North East Derbyshire	Lab	19,600	33.9	73.8%	Lab hold
North Fylde	Con	10,172	22.5	73.4%	Con hold
North Norfolk	Lab	737	1.8	83.2%	Lab hold
North Somerset	Con	2,298	3.7	85.3%	Con hold
North West Durham	Lab	16,190	47.2	73.4%	Lab hold
Northampton	Lab	7,489	13.5	76.4%	Lab hold
Northwich	Con	703	1.9	82.3%	Con hold
Norwich North	Lab	8,926	31.2	74.2%	Lab hold
Norwich South	Lab	3,355	9.6	83.2%	Lab hold
Nottingham Central	Lab	6,426	17.7	67.7%	Lab hold
Nottingham North	Lab	11,751	23.6	74.0%	Lab hold
Nottingham South	Lab	316	0.7	75.6%	Lab gain from Con
Nottingham West	Lab	6,548	15.9	78.3%	Lab hold
Nuneaton	Lab	11,403	22.4	79.7%	Lab hold
Oldbury and Halesowen	Lab	3,470	6.5	76.7%	Lab hold
Oldham East	Lab	5,635	15.4	72.7%	Lab hold
Oldham West	Lab	7,572	22.5	72.4%	Lab hold
Ormskirk	Con	9,780	17.5	73.9%	Con hold
Orpington	Lib	1,622	3.4	86.9%	Lib hold
Oswestry	Con	4,716	12.8	73.3%	Con hold
Oxford	Lab	2,425	4.6	79.3%	Lab gain from Con
Paddington North	Lab	6,464	26.2	66.4%	Lab hold
Paddington South	Con	1,443	6.8	62.4%	Con hold
Penistone	Lab	19,602	38.9	78.9%	Lab hold
Penrith and the Borders	Con	8,901	22.4	78.7%	Con hold
Peterborough	Con	3	0.0	81.4%	Con hold
Petersfield	Con	13,002	28.4	75.7%	Con hold
Plymouth Devonport	Con	319	0.7	76.2%	Con hold
Plymouth Sutton	Lab	5,222	9.0	78.9%	Lab gain from Con
Pontefract	Lab	23,401	56.7	75.6%	Lab hold
Poole	Con	5,821	10.9	79.0%	Con hold
Poplar	Lab	17,208	69.0	57.7%	Lab hold
Portsmouth Langston	Con	8,249	11.6	74.0%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	7,975	21.3	70.7%	Con hold
Portsmouth West	Lab	1,227	3.4	76.5%	Lab gain from Con
Preston North	Lab	2,418	6.0	81.1%	Lab gain from Con
Preston South	Lab	2,789	7.2	80.0%	Lab hold
Pudsey	Con	2,372	5.1	83.3%	Con hold
Reading	Lab	4,133	8.3	84.0%	Lab gain from Con
Reigate	Con	7,514	14.7	80.1%	Con hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	6,223	14.1	79.4%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con	13,331	32.1	71.3%	Con hold
Ripon	Con	8,745	26.3	78.9%	Con hold
Rochdale	Lab	11,242	24.1	79.0%	Lab hold
Rochester and Chatham	Lab	2,246	4.2	78.1%	Lab hold
Romford	Lab	8,061	14.8	75.4%	Lab hold
Rossendale	Lab	4,109	10.8	80.4%	Lab hold
Rother Valley	Lab	30,467	53.6	73.5%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Lab	15,477	39.4	68.7%	Lab hold
Rowley Regis and Tipton	Lab	13,094	31.6	69.2%	Lab hold
Rugby	Lab	409	0.9	84.9%	Lab gain from Con
Ruislip Northwood	Con	7,276	18.1	81.7%	Con hold
Runcorn	Con	5,182	11.7	82.1%	Con hold
Rushcliffe	Lab	380	0.7	85.4%	Lab gain from Con
Rutland and Stamford	Con	2,287	6.8	77.6%	Con hold
Rye	Con	17,099	37.0	75.7%	Con hold
Saffron Waldon	Con	3,265	7.6	82.5%	Con hold
Salford East	Lab	9,409	34.3	61.1%	Lab hold
Salford West	Lab	5,980	18.4	67.1%	Lab hold
Salisbury	Con	4,139	10.1	76.2%	Con hold
Scarborough and Whitby	Con	5,542	11.3	74.1%	Con hold
Sedgefield	Lab	15,438	29.3	76.0%	Lab hold
Sevenoaks	Con	10,313	18.2	79.2%	Con hold
Sheffield Attercliffe	Lab	22,825	54.5	67.6%	Lab hold
Sheffield Brightside	Lab	19,177	54.6	66.2%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hallam	Con	7,930	18.9	75.0%	Con hold
Sheffield Heeley	Lab	4,729	8.0	78.7%	Lab gain from Con
Sheffield Hillsborough	Lab	12,025	35.8	70.3%	Lab hold
Sheffield Park	Lab	19,533	63.9	64.9%	Lab hold
Shipley	Con	1,500	3.8	86.6%	Con hold
Shoreditch and Finsbury	Lab	11,499	46.9	53.5%	Lab hold
Shrewsbury	Con	2,966	7.6	76.5%	Con hold
Skipton	Con	4,256	10.9	82.0%	Con hold
Smethwick	Lab	3,490	10.3	75.4%	Lab gain from Con
Solihull	Con	16,248	31.4	74.8%	Con hold
South Bedfordshire	Lab	4,230	5.9	83.7%	Lab gain from Con
South Buckinghamshire	Con	16,992	25.6	80.2%	Con hold
South Dorset	Con	1,877	3.8	81.0%	Con hold
South East Derbyshire	Lab	5,496	9.3	81.8%	Lab hold
South East Essex	Con	5,734	8.7	77.3%	Con hold
South Fylde	Con	16,324	29.8	74.6%	Con hold
South Gloucestershire	Con	1,424	2.3	84.4%	Con hold
South Norfolk	Con	119	0.3	81.4%	Con hold
South Northamptonshire	Con	2,691	5.7	82.2%	Con hold
South Shields	Lab	14,489	29.5	68.7%	Lab hold
South West Hertfordshire	Con	3,192	5.1	83.1%	Con hold
South West Norfolk	Con	775	2.2	84.0%	Con hold
South Worcestershire	Con	11,084	23.7	75.6%	Con hold
Southall	Lab	5,347	14.3	70.8%	Lab hold
Southampton Test	Lab	2,440	4.8	78.1%	Lab gain from Con
Southamptonitchen	Oth	—	—	49.0%	Oth gain from Lab
Southend East	Con	517	1.2	76.9%	Con hold
Southend West	Con	11,857	23.5	78.4%	Con hold
Southgate	Con	11,428	28.9	75.1%	Con hold
Southport	Con	9,526	21.8	72.7%	Con hold
Southwark	Lab	15,401	51.8	54.0%	Lab hold
Sowerby	Lab	5,230	13.8	77.7%	Lab hold
Spelthorne	Con	2,487	5.1	80.9%	Con hold
St.Albans	Con	2,832	6.1	83.0%	Con hold
St.Helens	Lab	19,549	41.5	68.6%	Lab hold
St.Ives	Con	3,599	10.4	77.9%	Con hold
St.Marylebone	Con	8,051	26.2	65.1%	Con hold
St.Pancras North	Lab	10,511	32.2	63.4%	Lab hold
Stafford and Stone	Con	5,041	9.9	79.4%	Con hold
Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	5,821	13.8	73.6%	Lab hold
Stepney	Lab	18,049	59.5	50.7%	Lab hold
Stockport North	Lab	3,336	8.4	79.1%	Lab hold
Stockport South	Lab	4,069	11.7	76.7%	Lab hold
Stockton on Tees	Lab	8,701	21.5	77.4%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	Lab	14,000	39.0	55.8%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent Central	Lab	14,138	36.1	68.3%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent North	Lab	17,146	43.1	72.4%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent South	Lab	12,611	28.4	71.0%	Lab hold
Stratford	Con	9,427	21.6	78.0%	Con hold
Stretford	Lab	3,365	6.4	77.1%	Lab gain from Con
Stroud	Con	1,545	3.1	85.8%	Con hold
Sudbury and Woodbridge	Con	7,009	13.2	80.2%	Con hold
Sunderland North	Lab	9,015	21.5	74.5%	Lab hold
Sunderland South	Lab	7,169	15.0	75.5%	Lab hold
Surbiton	Con	5,428	15.7	77.0%	Con hold
Sutton and Cheam	Con	9,096	20.8	76.4%	Con hold
Sutton Coldfield	Con	16,093	27.8	76.3%	Con hold
Swindon	Lab	10,443	24.7	73.5%	Lab hold
Taunton	Con	3,153	6.7	85.4%	Con hold
Tavistock	Con	8,183	18.6	81.4%	Con hold
The Hartlepools	Lab	8,652	18.7	78.5%	Lab hold
The Isle of Ely	Con	1,754	3.8	75.9%	Con hold
The Wrekin	Lab	846	1.8	81.3%	Lab gain from Con
Thirsk and Malton	Con	9,442	23.2	70.3%	Con hold
Thurrock	Lab	17,904	34.0	72.7%	Lab hold
Tiverton	Con	9,026	21.5	80.7%	Con hold
Tonbridge	Con	6,828	11.9	77.3%	Con hold
Torquay	Con	12,099	20.9	77.4%	Con hold
Torrington	Con	3,652	9.6	85.8%	Con hold
Totnes	Con	8,723	16.3	79.4%	Con hold
Tottenham	Lab	9,889	30.6	59.8%	Lab hold
Truro	Con	1,608	3.5	79.2%	Con hold
Twickenham	Con	7,628	13.7	78.6%	Con hold
Tynemouth	Con	3,396	5.8	78.4%	Con hold
Uxbridge	Lab	890	1.9	82.6%	Lab gain from Con
Wakefield	Lab	13,608	30.8	73.4%	Lab hold
Wallasey	Con	589	1.1	76.1%	Con hold
Wallsend	Lab	18,539	30.4	77.5%	Lab hold
Walsall North	Lab	13,757	30.1	70.9%	Lab hold
Walsall South	Con	3,881	6.9	77.2%	Con hold
Walthamstow East	Lab	1,807	5.5	80.1%	Lab gain from Con
Walthamstow West	Lab	8,725	36.4	71.0%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Central	Lab	5,828	13.9	74.2%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Clapham	Lab	4,176	11.0	73.1%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Putney	Lab	3,487	6.3	78.9%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	3,367	9.3	70.4%	Con hold
Wanstead and Woodford	Con	10,278	30.2	76.8%	Con hold
Warrington	Lab	13,012	38.4	68.9%	Lab hold
Warwick and Leamington	Con	8,697	15.5	78.9%	Con hold
Watford	Lab	3,836	8.8	82.9%	Lab hold
Wednesbury	Lab	7,828	17.7	72.0%	Lab hold
Wellingborough	Lab	2,233	4.7	86.5%	Lab hold
Wells	Con	3,539	7.4	81.5%	Con hold
Wembley North	Con	4,207	11.6	80.9%	Con hold
Wembley South	Con	1,183	3.5	79.3%	Con hold
West Bromwich	Lab	6,874	15.7	68.8%	Lab hold
West Derbyshire	Con	4,592	12.4	83.4%	Con hold
West Dorset	Con	5,952	16.0	81.7%	Con hold
West Gloucestershire	Lab	7,705	17.2	78.0%	Lab hold
West Ham North	Lab	15,896	47.9	61.8%	Lab hold
West Ham South	Lab	19,492	65.7	61.8%	Lab hold
Westbury	Con	2,797	5.8	82.5%	Con hold
Westhoughton	Lab	14,460	29.9	78.8%	Lab hold
Westmorland	Con	8,855	25.0	75.5%	Con hold
Weston Super Mare	Con	12,393	23.3	79.1%	Con hold
Whitehaven	Lab	8,791	24.0	78.8%	Lab hold
Widnes	Lab	9,378	21.4	72.8%	Lab hold
Wigan	Lab	18,878	47.8	76.0%	Lab hold
Willesden East	Lab	7,006	17.6	71.1%	Lab hold
Willesden West	Lab	14,582	40.0	63.6%	Lab hold
Wimbledon	Con	5,674	18.8	75.0%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	8,677	21.1	77.9%	Con hold
Windsor	Con	8,330	16.1	76.3%	Con hold
Wirral	Con	9,853	15.1	79.7%	Con hold
Woking	Con	12,847	20.6	77.1%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	9,574	13.5	79.1%	Con hold
Wolverhampton North East	Lab	8,102	23.8	69.3%	Lab hold
Wolverhampton South West	Con	6,585	18.1	73.6%	Con hold
Wood Green	Lab	7,789	21.6	67.3%	Lab hold
Woolwich East	Lab	13,443	43.3	67.0%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Lab	4,088	9.4	81.4%	Lab hold
Worcester	Con	3,341	7.0	77.9%	Con hold
Workington	Lab	10,506	26.6	80.4%	Lab hold
Worthing	Con	19,622	39.1	75.7%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	7,079	11.0	80.7%	Con hold
Yarmouth	Lab	797	1.8	79.9%	Lab gain from Con
Yeovil	Con	2,080	4.0	83.6%	Con hold
York	Lab	6,100	10.5	82.7%	Lab gain from Con

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Questions and answers

Who won in England at the 1966 general election?

Labour won 285 of the 511 seats in England, with 47.8% of the vote.

How many seats were there in England in 1966?

511 constituencies.

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