South East: 1966 general election results

How South East voted at the 1966 general election: the Conservatives won 49 of 62 seats with 49.1% of the vote. Every constituency result.

32 for a majority

Con49
Lab12
Oth1

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	49	−5	1,606,094	49.1%	−1.4	61
Labour	12	+4	1,155,507	35.3%	+2.8	61
Others	1	+1	38,181	1.2%	+1.1	4
Liberal	0	0	472,713	14.5%	−2.5	51

Change compared with the 1964 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	3,302	5.5	82.5%	Con hold
Aldershot	Con	8,896	17.0	75.4%	Con hold
Arundel and Shoreham	Con	18,096	27.2	75.8%	Con hold
Ashford	Con	8,113	19.0	75.4%	Con hold
Aylesbury	Con	3,907	7.4	79.9%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	4,403	7.2	81.9%	Con hold
Basingstoke	Con	3,659	6.4	78.6%	Con 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
Brighton Kemptown	Lab	831	1.7	80.1%	Lab hold
Brighton Pavilion	Con	6,354	16.3	70.3%	Con hold
Buckingham	Lab	2,254	4.3	85.9%	Lab hold
Canterbury	Con	11,788	21.6	76.1%	Con hold
Chertsey	Con	6,353	13.6	78.0%	Con hold
Chichester	Con	17,574	32.0	73.2%	Con hold
Dartford	Lab	6,909	11.7	80.8%	Lab hold
Dorking	Con	10,886	25.4	79.0%	Con hold
Dover	Lab	3,216	5.8	84.2%	Lab hold
East Grinstead	Con	17,984	31.5	76.8%	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
Epsom	Con	17,593	30.6	79.2%	Con 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
Farnham	Con	8,992	20.9	80.0%	Con hold
Faversham	Lab	2,489	5.0	79.9%	Lab hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	7,402	19.2	70.6%	Con hold
Gillingham	Con	3,140	7.7	78.5%	Con hold
Gosport and Fareham	Con	11,026	17.4	75.4%	Con hold
Gravesend	Lab	4,792	7.9	82.0%	Lab hold
Hastings	Con	2,340	6.2	76.4%	Con hold
Henley	Con	5,674	10.9	75.2%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	6,041	8.6	79.0%	Con hold
Hove	Con	15,890	31.6	72.1%	Con 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
Lewes	Con	12,968	25.2	76.3%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	4,994	9.4	74.3%	Con hold
New Forest	Con	13,032	24.5	74.2%	Con hold
Newbury	Con	4,146	7.2	79.1%	Con hold
Oxford	Lab	2,425	4.6	79.3%	Lab gain from Con
Petersfield	Con	13,002	28.4	75.7%	Con 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
Reading	Lab	4,133	8.3	84.0%	Lab gain from Con
Reigate	Con	7,514	14.7	80.1%	Con hold
Rochester and Chatham	Lab	2,246	4.2	78.1%	Lab hold
Rye	Con	17,099	37.0	75.7%	Con hold
Sevenoaks	Con	10,313	18.2	79.2%	Con hold
South Buckinghamshire	Con	16,992	25.6	80.2%	Con hold
Southampton Test	Lab	2,440	4.8	78.1%	Lab gain from Con
Southamptonitchen	Oth	—	—	49.0%	Oth gain from Lab
Spelthorne	Con	2,487	5.1	80.9%	Con hold
Tonbridge	Con	6,828	11.9	77.3%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	8,677	21.1	77.9%	Con hold
Windsor	Con	8,330	16.1	76.3%	Con hold
Woking	Con	12,847	20.6	77.1%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	9,574	13.5	79.1%	Con hold
Worthing	Con	19,622	39.1	75.7%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	7,079	11.0	80.7%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1966 general election?

The Conservatives won 49 of the 62 seats in South East, with 49.1% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1966?

62 constituencies.

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