England: 1970 general election results

How England voted at the 1970 general election: the Conservatives won 292 of 511 seats with 48.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.

256 for a majority

Con292
Lab216
Lib2
Oth1

England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	292	+73	11,282,462	48.3%	+5.6	510
Labour	216	−69	10,102,157	43.2%	−4.6	510
Liberal	2	−4	1,853,419	7.9%	−1.1	282
Others	1	0	122,612	0.5%	+0.1	88

Change compared with the 1966 general election in England.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	13,073	19.7	77.6%	Con hold
Accrington	Lab	594	1.5	80.2%	Lab hold
Acton	Lab	660	2.3	66.6%	Lab hold
Aldershot	Con	14,531	24.3	70.9%	Con hold
Altrincham and Sale	Con	11,233	21.4	74.1%	Con hold
Arundel and Shoreham	Con	27,376	37.9	71.8%	Con hold
Ashfield	Lab	17,283	36.4	70.1%	Lab hold
Ashford	Con	12,612	26.0	72.5%	Con hold
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	3,954	9.0	71.4%	Lab hold
Aylesbury	Con	10,643	18.2	75.6%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	11,546	16.8	77.4%	Con hold
Barking	Lab	11,788	38.8	61.7%	Lab hold
Barkston Ash	Con	11,337	19.2	75.6%	Con hold
Barnet	Con	8,679	16.9	71.3%	Con hold
Barnsley	Lab	24,145	44.8	71.3%	Lab hold
Barons Court	Lab	1,105	4.0	67.3%	Lab hold
Barrow in Furness	Lab	4,864	12.2	73.8%	Lab hold
Basingstoke	Con	9,474	13.7	75.0%	Con hold
Bassetlaw	Lab	8,261	15.7	76.4%	Lab hold
Bath	Con	5,851	12.8	77.1%	Con hold
Batley and Morley	Lab	7,271	15.9	72.7%	Lab hold
Battersea North	Lab	6,694	37.7	58.9%	Lab hold
Battersea South	Lab	1,698	7.7	63.6%	Lab hold
Bebington	Con	725	1.2	75.4%	Con gain from Lab
Beckenham	Con	17,732	33.3	68.7%	Con hold
Bedford	Con	5,279	10.1	77.2%	Con gain from Lab
Belper	Con	2,124	3.1	80.1%	Con gain from Lab
Bermondsey	Lab	9,736	53.9	52.9%	Lab hold
Berwick upon Tweed	Con	7,145	23.3	73.7%	Con hold
Bethnal Green	Lab	9,905	41.1	50.4%	Lab hold
Bexley	Con	8,058	15.8	76.3%	Con hold
Billericay	Con	3,954	4.3	74.3%	Con gain from Lab
Bilston	Lab	1,000	1.9	69.4%	Lab hold
Birkenhead	Lab	5,829	14.1	71.1%	Lab hold
Birmingham All Saints	Lab	4,279	19.4	60.8%	Lab hold
Birmingham Aston	Lab	3,562	12.7	58.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	10,643	28.4	63.7%	Con hold
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	9,389	20.8	67.9%	Con hold
Birmingham Handsworth	Con	1,812	6.0	65.3%	Con hold
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	980	8.4	62.3%	Lab hold
Birmingham Northfield	Lab	1,216	1.8	68.5%	Lab hold
Birmingham Perry Barr	Con	1,266	3.6	70.7%	Con gain from Lab
Birmingham Selly Oak	Con	1,523	4.4	64.1%	Con hold
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	6,871	30.4	58.0%	Lab hold
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Lab	3,346	11.9	65.0%	Lab hold
Birmingham Stechford	Lab	6,711	16.7	63.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Yardley	Con	120	0.3	69.8%	Con gain from Lab
Bishop Auckland	Lab	7,488	21.4	70.8%	Lab hold
Blackburn	Lab	2,736	6.5	75.6%	Lab hold
Blackpool North	Con	9,236	22.9	68.5%	Con hold
Blackpool South	Con	8,006	19.9	68.4%	Con hold
Blaydon	Lab	11,798	29.8	72.3%	Lab hold
Blyth	Lab	23,568	48.4	71.7%	Lab hold
Bodmin	Con	3,920	9.4	80.7%	Con gain from Lib
Bolsover	Lab	20,459	55.0	70.8%	Lab hold
Bolton East	Con	471	1.1	73.6%	Con gain from Lab
Bolton West	Con	1,244	3.3	74.0%	Con gain from Lab
Bootle	Lab	8,614	27.3	65.2%	Lab hold
Bosworth	Con	1,055	1.8	77.3%	Con gain from Lab
Bournemouth East and Christchurch	Con	20,510	41.1	70.8%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	Con	14,615	28.6	69.3%	Con hold
Bradford East	Lab	9,138	34.9	64.9%	Lab hold
Bradford North	Lab	1,630	4.2	74.0%	Lab hold
Bradford South	Lab	1,976	4.3	72.2%	Lab hold
Bradford West	Con	1,539	3.9	74.0%	Con gain from Lab
Brentford and Chiswick	Lab	513	1.9	73.2%	Lab hold
Bridgwater	Con	8,461	16.6	77.2%	Con hold
Bridlington	Con	13,507	31.3	69.8%	Con hold
Brierley Hill	Con	15,237	21.3	73.3%	Con hold
Brigg	Lab	3,985	6.8	67.6%	Lab hold
Brighouse and Spenborough	Con	59	0.1	80.5%	Con gain from Lab
Brighton Kemptown	Con	3,103	6.3	75.1%	Con gain from Lab
Brighton Pavilion	Con	10,594	26.9	66.6%	Con hold
Bristol Central	Lab	3,245	13.5	66.7%	Lab hold
Bristol North East	Con	462	1.0	72.1%	Con gain from Lab
Bristol North West	Con	1,049	2.1	78.1%	Con gain from Lab
Bristol South	Lab	9,428	23.6	65.0%	Lab hold
Bristol South East	Lab	5,688	10.8	72.1%	Lab hold
Bristol West	Con	11,935	35.7	66.3%	Con hold
Bromley	Con	13,036	34.6	69.4%	Con hold
Bromsgrove	Con	10,874	16.9	76.5%	Con hold
Buckingham	Con	2,521	4.3	81.8%	Con gain from Lab
Burnley	Lab	9,354	22.0	75.8%	Lab hold
Burton	Con	4,365	8.7	75.6%	Con hold
Bury and Radcliffe	Con	3,204	5.7	75.7%	Con gain from Lab
Bury St Edmunds	Con	13,402	22.4	77.2%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Lab	895	2.1	64.4%	Lab hold
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	8,839	34.9	49.9%	Lab hold
Cambridge	Con	5,061	10.7	73.0%	Con gain from Lab
Cambridgeshire	Con	12,271	20.8	75.5%	Con hold
Cannock	Con	1,529	2.4	70.8%	Con gain from Lab
Canterbury	Con	18,050	30.1	74.6%	Con hold
Carlisle	Lab	2,625	6.4	78.6%	Lab hold
Carlton	Con	12,797	19.1	74.7%	Con hold
Carshalton	Con	10,446	20.6	71.2%	Con hold
Central Norfolk	Con	13,891	23.9	76.7%	Con hold
Cheadle	Con	1,754	2.1	79.9%	Con gain from Lib
Chelmsford	Con	13,041	19.5	75.6%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	10,115	41.7	54.9%	Con hold
Cheltenham	Con	8,610	18.9	75.5%	Con hold
Chertsey	Con	11,586	24.1	71.1%	Con hold
Chester-le-Street	Lab	20,331	43.2	73.7%	Lab hold
Chesterfield	Lab	14,169	27.5	72.5%	Lab hold
Chichester	Con	25,546	42.0	69.9%	Con hold
Chigwell	Con	8,432	19.0	72.7%	Con hold
Chippenham	Con	10,538	21.5	77.4%	Con hold
Chislehurst	Con	3,363	6.7	75.5%	Con gain from Lab
Chorley	Con	1,677	3.0	79.0%	Con gain from Lab
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	Con	14,086	26.1	73.8%	Con hold
Cities of London and Westminster	Con	9,040	28.1	54.6%	Con hold
City of Chester	Con	7,005	14.1	73.2%	Con hold
Cleveland	Lab	5,083	7.6	72.9%	Lab hold
Clitheroe	Con	6,272	15.9	79.3%	Con hold
Colchester	Con	10,237	17.6	77.6%	Con hold
Colne Valley	Lab	856	1.8	80.8%	Lab gain from Lib
Consett	Lab	17,071	41.7	70.2%	Lab hold
Coventry East	Lab	12,265	20.1	70.6%	Lab hold
Coventry North	Lab	5,660	13.4	74.7%	Lab hold
Coventry South	Lab	2,194	3.8	74.5%	Lab hold
Crewe	Lab	3,482	8.5	71.0%	Lab hold
Crosby	Con	5,692	13.4	71.4%	Con hold
Croydon North East	Con	3,978	9.7	69.7%	Con hold
Croydon North West	Con	4,573	11.8	67.7%	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	3,703	7.1	71.4%	Con gain from Lab
Dagenham	Lab	19,359	43.7	59.1%	Lab hold
Darlington	Lab	3,761	7.9	76.5%	Lab hold
Dartford	Con	560	0.9	74.1%	Con gain from Lab
Darwen	Con	9,094	17.8	76.7%	Con hold
Dearne Valley	Lab	27,118	59.9	71.9%	Lab hold
Deptford	Lab	7,317	31.4	54.7%	Lab hold
Derby North	Lab	3,479	9.5	64.2%	Lab hold
Derby South	Lab	3,149	8.8	67.3%	Lab hold
Devizes	Con	8,033	14.6	76.1%	Con hold
Dewsbury	Lab	4,547	10.1	74.6%	Lab hold
Don Valley	Lab	23,823	39.0	73.1%	Lab hold
Doncaster	Lab	3,227	7.2	74.9%	Lab hold
Dorking	Con	14,870	34.6	73.0%	Con hold
Dover	Con	1,649	2.8	80.7%	Con gain from Lab
Dudley	Lab	336	0.6	71.9%	Lab hold
Durham	Lab	17,059	33.8	73.3%	Lab hold
Ealing North	Lab	320	0.7	72.7%	Lab hold
Ealing South	Con	7,284	20.7	65.4%	Con hold
Easington	Lab	24,961	59.6	69.3%	Lab hold
East Grinstead	Con	26,016	41.5	72.5%	Con hold
East Ham North	Lab	3,822	19.8	52.6%	Lab hold
East Ham South	Lab	5,236	23.8	55.1%	Lab hold
East Hertfordshire	Con	14,067	20.4	73.5%	Con hold
East Surrey	Con	24,024	41.6	73.1%	Con hold
Eastbourne	Con	6,988	11.3	73.7%	Con hold
Eastleigh	Con	8,052	13.6	78.4%	Con hold
Eccles	Lab	5,455	12.7	72.6%	Lab hold
Edmonton	Lab	2,145	5.1	66.5%	Lab hold
Enfield East	Lab	4,030	12.5	66.7%	Lab hold
Enfield West	Con	11,962	31.7	71.2%	Con hold
Epping	Con	2,575	3.0	73.3%	Con gain from Lab
Epsom	Con	22,774	39.4	72.5%	Con hold
Erith and Crayford	Lab	4,854	11.8	71.4%	Lab hold
Esher	Con	23,278	38.2	72.1%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	Lab	2,667	5.5	77.8%	Lab hold
Exeter	Con	1,271	2.6	81.1%	Con gain from Lab
Eye	Con	8,364	16.8	78.1%	Con hold
Falmouth and Camborne	Con	1,523	3.2	77.8%	Con gain from Lab
Farnham	Con	14,935	33.9	73.5%	Con hold
Farnworth	Lab	8,525	17.0	72.3%	Lab hold
Faversham	Con	3,811	6.8	78.2%	Con gain from Lab
Feltham	Lab	5,555	13.5	68.1%	Lab hold
Finchley	Con	11,185	23.6	65.5%	Con hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	13,259	31.6	68.8%	Con hold
Fulham	Lab	3,505	11.8	68.8%	Lab hold
Gainsborough	Con	7,709	17.5	74.7%	Con hold
Gateshead East	Lab	13,035	29.6	70.7%	Lab hold
Gateshead West	Lab	8,294	36.1	66.6%	Lab hold
Gillingham	Con	7,756	17.7	73.4%	Con hold
Gloucester	Con	1,061	2.3	76.1%	Con gain from Lab
Goole	Lab	8,967	20.4	69.4%	Lab hold
Gosport and Fareham	Con	17,972	24.9	71.7%	Con hold
Grantham	Con	9,774	17.3	76.5%	Con hold
Gravesend	Con	1,213	1.9	76.0%	Con gain from Lab
Greenwich	Lab	7,609	21.0	64.0%	Lab hold
Grimsby	Lab	6,111	13.6	68.4%	Lab hold
Guildford	Con	14,095	28.7	72.1%	Con hold
Hackney Central	Lab	8,041	29.8	50.8%	Lab hold
Halifax	Lab	198	0.4	73.5%	Lab hold
Haltemprice	Con	14,180	25.3	74.9%	Con hold
Hammersmith North	Lab	6,530	25.4	62.3%	Lab hold
Hampstead	Con	474	1.0	63.4%	Con gain from Lab
Harborough	Con	19,205	24.1	77.3%	Con hold
Harrogate	Con	17,342	39.6	69.9%	Con hold
Harrow Central	Con	3,964	12.1	71.7%	Con hold
Harrow East	Con	4,021	10.5	76.0%	Con gain from Lab
Harrow West	Con	13,405	32.1	72.8%	Con hold
Harwich	Con	12,831	21.0	74.5%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	6,815	16.9	72.8%	Con hold
Hayes and Harlington	Lab	5,464	16.4	67.2%	Lab hold
Hemel Hempstead	Con	12,350	15.9	78.3%	Con hold
Hemsworth	Lab	30,479	61.5	71.7%	Lab hold
Hendon North	Con	3,179	8.6	71.0%	Con hold
Hendon South	Con	6,189	16.9	65.9%	Con hold
Henley	Con	14,142	22.6	74.0%	Con hold
Hereford	Con	7,601	18.4	73.4%	Con hold
Hertford	Con	9,570	13.8	78.7%	Con hold
Heston and Isleworth	Con	4,599	11.9	71.5%	Con hold
Hexham	Con	7,871	16.7	75.4%	Con hold
Heywood and Royton	Lab	903	1.7	76.1%	Lab hold
High Peak	Con	1,504	3.4	80.7%	Con gain from Lab
Hitchin	Lab	3,674	4.4	77.5%	Lab hold
Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	2,323	10.3	54.1%	Lab hold
Holland With Boston	Con	9,339	16.2	74.9%	Con hold
Honiton	Con	21,555	39.0	76.7%	Con hold
Horncastle	Con	10,439	29.9	74.2%	Con hold
Hornchurch	Con	5,830	8.0	72.8%	Con gain from Lab
Hornsey	Con	3,789	8.7	67.4%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	14,288	18.3	74.0%	Con hold
Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	20,974	46.8	71.6%	Lab hold
Hove	Con	18,648	37.4	66.7%	Con hold
Howden	Con	12,535	32.3	70.9%	Con hold
Huddersfield East	Lab	4,997	12.2	75.5%	Lab hold
Huddersfield West	Lab	193	0.5	77.4%	Lab hold
Huntingdonshire	Con	9,810	19.6	75.3%	Con hold
Huyton	Lab	21,074	29.2	67.3%	Lab hold
Ilford North	Con	7,790	16.3	68.6%	Con hold
Ilford South	Con	1,282	3.2	68.1%	Con gain from Lab
Ilkeston	Lab	17,091	31.1	74.2%	Lab hold
Ince	Lab	17,418	36.9	70.7%	Lab hold
Ipswich	Con	13	0.0	72.7%	Con gain from Lab
Isle of Thanet	Con	11,725	18.2	72.3%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	17,326	29.9	72.1%	Con hold
Islington East	Lab	5,320	23.5	51.8%	Lab hold
Islington North	Lab	5,148	23.3	49.0%	Lab hold
Islington South West	Lab	6,275	29.7	48.9%	Lab hold
Jarrow	Lab	11,014	27.1	74.5%	Lab hold
Keighley	Con	616	1.5	80.8%	Con gain from Lab
Kensington North	Lab	3,383	13.6	57.5%	Lab hold
Kensington South	Con	14,663	51.4	49.9%	Con hold
Kettering	Lab	4,190	5.8	75.9%	Lab hold
Kidderminster	Con	9,370	17.5	73.8%	Con hold
King'S Lynn	Con	33	0.1	78.2%	Con gain from Lab
Kingston upon Thames	Con	10,336	25.0	69.1%	Con hold
Kingston-upon-Hull East	Lab	22,123	42.9	68.2%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull North	Lab	8,390	18.2	70.1%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull West	Lab	9,513	24.7	64.8%	Lab hold
Knutsford	Con	21,582	38.9	74.8%	Con hold
Lambeth Brixton	Lab	3,326	14.6	52.6%	Lab hold
Lambeth Norwood	Lab	631	1.8	65.7%	Lab hold
Lambeth Vauxhall	Lab	5,569	27.1	54.5%	Lab hold
Lancaster	Con	1,741	4.6	79.6%	Con gain from Lab
Leeds East	Lab	7,715	15.3	65.9%	Lab hold
Leeds North East	Con	5,067	13.9	65.3%	Con hold
Leeds North West	Con	8,432	15.0	69.8%	Con hold
Leeds South	Lab	10,225	31.3	65.9%	Lab hold
Leeds South East	Lab	5,748	33.0	58.4%	Lab hold
Leeds West	Lab	6,869	16.5	65.7%	Lab hold
Leek	Con	1,540	2.6	67.1%	Con gain from Lab
Leicester North East	Lab	891	2.9	71.0%	Lab hold
Leicester North West	Lab	2,642	7.0	70.8%	Lab hold
Leicestersouth East	Con	10,695	25.3	71.9%	Con hold
Leicestersouth West	Con	106	0.3	71.4%	Con gain from Lab
Leigh	Lab	11,311	24.7	70.9%	Lab hold
Leominster	Con	11,168	36.7	72.8%	Con hold
Lewes	Con	18,688	32.5	72.8%	Con hold
Lewisham North	Lab	1,027	2.9	68.6%	Lab hold
Lewisham South	Lab	5,552	16.5	65.8%	Lab hold
Lewisham West	Con	760	2.0	68.2%	Con gain from Lab
Leyton	Lab	5,480	13.3	62.1%	Lab hold
Lichfield and Tamworth	Con	1,976	3.3	73.6%	Con gain from Lab
Lincoln	Lab	4,750	12.1	74.5%	Lab hold
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	3,948	15.5	58.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Exchange	Lab	8,357	45.4	53.5%	Lab hold
Liverpool Garston	Con	6,925	13.9	65.7%	Con hold
Liverpool Kirkdale	Lab	4,063	13.0	63.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Scotland	Lab	7,334	49.5	50.6%	Lab hold
Liverpool Toxteth	Lab	2,456	8.7	62.3%	Lab hold
Liverpool Walton	Lab	4,406	12.0	68.0%	Lab hold
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	7,477	18.2	69.2%	Con hold
Liverpool West Derby	Lab	5,705	14.7	64.3%	Lab hold
Loughborough	Lab	534	1.1	79.1%	Lab hold
Louth	Con	9,256	19.2	71.6%	Con hold
Lowestoft	Con	5,523	9.7	78.7%	Con hold
Ludlow	Con	9,304	23.1	73.3%	Con hold
Luton	Con	1,349	3.0	73.2%	Con gain from Lab
Macclesfield	Con	10,452	18.8	76.3%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	12,843	21.1	72.2%	Con hold
Maldon	Con	6,272	10.9	79.8%	Con hold
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	3,002	12.3	59.9%	Lab hold
Manchester Blackley	Lab	2,599	6.5	69.5%	Lab hold
Manchester Cheetham	Lab	4,802	28.2	55.8%	Lab hold
Manchester Exchange	Lab	4,893	40.7	57.0%	Lab hold
Manchester Gorton	Lab	6,085	13.7	71.9%	Lab hold
Manchester Moss Side	Con	1,713	5.8	64.4%	Con hold
Manchester Openshaw	Lab	7,101	22.0	64.0%	Lab hold
Manchester Withington	Con	3,489	9.0	67.8%	Con hold
Manchester Wythenshawe	Lab	5,755	10.5	70.2%	Lab hold
Mansfield	Lab	15,527	33.6	68.7%	Lab hold
Melton	Con	17,875	25.9	76.0%	Con hold
Meriden	Con	4,724	6.3	75.6%	Con gain from Lab
Merton and Morden	Con	3,483	9.5	73.0%	Con hold
Mid-Bedfordshire	Con	10,635	18.8	77.4%	Con hold
Middlesbrough East	Lab	13,958	42.0	60.5%	Lab hold
Middlesbrough West	Con	388	0.9	75.1%	Con gain from Lab
Middleton and Prestwick	Con	1,042	1.8	74.7%	Con gain from Lab
Mitcham	Con	5,210	10.4	68.8%	Con hold
Morecambe and Lonsdale	Con	13,526	28.1	72.6%	Con hold
Morpeth	Lab	12,311	34.0	76.0%	Lab hold
Nantwich	Con	5,273	12.0	77.6%	Con hold
Nelson and Colne	Con	1,410	3.7	78.2%	Con gain from Lab
New Forest	Con	22,465	37.5	71.9%	Con hold
Newark	Lab	1,220	2.4	75.7%	Lab hold
Newbury	Con	11,733	18.8	72.6%	Con hold
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	2,106	4.6	65.5%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	Lab	9,415	48.6	61.5%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	Lab	5,780	16.3	75.2%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	Con	3,460	12.1	67.7%	Con hold
Newcastle-Upontyne West	Lab	9,161	17.5	70.6%	Lab hold
Newton	Lab	9,010	13.6	74.3%	Lab hold
Normanton	Lab	15,289	36.8	71.6%	Lab hold
North Cornwall	Lib	630	1.5	85.2%	Lib hold
North Devon	Lib	369	0.9	84.9%	Lib hold
North Dorset	Con	16,376	33.3	78.6%	Con hold
North East Derbyshire	Lab	13,631	21.7	69.8%	Lab hold
North Fylde	Con	18,432	37.7	68.3%	Con hold
North Norfolk	Con	4,684	10.5	80.3%	Con gain from Lab
North Somerset	Con	10,854	16.2	79.1%	Con hold
North West Durham	Lab	13,655	39.2	72.9%	Lab hold
Northampton	Lab	1,241	2.3	72.0%	Lab hold
Northwich	Con	4,620	11.6	78.5%	Con hold
Norwich North	Lab	6,696	21.5	71.3%	Lab hold
Norwich South	Con	826	2.3	78.2%	Con gain from Lab
Nottingham Central	Lab	3,559	11.2	60.2%	Lab hold
Nottingham North	Lab	7,282	14.9	69.4%	Lab hold
Nottingham South	Con	3,731	7.5	70.0%	Con gain from Lab
Nottingham West	Lab	2,252	5.6	70.9%	Lab hold
Nuneaton	Lab	14,110	24.7	76.2%	Lab hold
Oldbury and Halesowen	Con	2,904	5.2	72.2%	Con gain from Lab
Oldham East	Lab	760	2.3	65.2%	Lab hold
Oldham West	Lab	1,675	5.0	67.0%	Lab hold
Ormskirk	Con	15,031	22.8	72.5%	Con hold
Orpington	Con	1,322	2.6	79.2%	Con gain from Lib
Oswestry	Con	9,560	23.8	72.1%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	1,884	3.6	74.5%	Con gain from Lab
Paddington North	Lab	3,055	14.4	62.6%	Lab hold
Paddington South	Con	2,613	13.2	57.5%	Con hold
Penistone	Lab	16,718	31.0	73.9%	Lab hold
Penrith and the Borders	Con	13,544	33.6	74.4%	Con hold
Peterborough	Con	4,565	8.2	78.1%	Con hold
Petersfield	Con	20,107	40.0	72.1%	Con hold
Plymouth Devonport	Con	1,372	3.2	71.0%	Con hold
Plymouth Sutton	Lab	747	1.3	72.3%	Lab hold
Pontefract	Lab	21,087	49.7	70.6%	Lab hold
Poole	Con	13,490	23.0	74.2%	Con hold
Poplar	Lab	12,484	60.7	48.8%	Lab hold
Portsmouth Langston	Con	17,241	21.4	71.4%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	10,115	26.8	67.4%	Con hold
Portsmouth West	Lab	955	2.8	72.3%	Lab hold
Preston North	Con	2,962	7.5	76.9%	Con gain from Lab
Preston South	Con	1,331	3.4	75.8%	Con gain from Lab
Pudsey	Con	5,995	12.1	79.2%	Con hold
Reading	Con	1,154	2.5	74.1%	Con gain from Lab
Reigate	Con	13,029	24.7	73.9%	Con hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	7,998	19.6	71.7%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con	17,769	36.6	68.4%	Con hold
Ripon	Con	12,064	34.5	73.7%	Con hold
Rochdale	Lab	5,171	11.2	72.9%	Lab hold
Rochester and Chatham	Con	5,341	9.7	71.5%	Con gain from Lab
Romford	Lab	2,760	5.2	66.8%	Lab hold
Rossendale	Con	1,880	4.8	78.2%	Con gain from Lab
Rother Valley	Lab	26,904	43.6	70.6%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Lab	12,476	32.8	62.9%	Lab hold
Rowley Regis and Tipton	Lab	9,464	23.4	63.5%	Lab hold
Rugby	Lab	2,955	6.2	81.5%	Lab hold
Ruislip Northwood	Con	12,706	31.8	73.1%	Con hold
Runcorn	Con	9,068	19.2	76.9%	Con hold
Rushcliffe	Con	6,168	10.3	79.6%	Con gain from Lab
Rutland and Stamford	Con	7,667	20.2	75.4%	Con hold
Rye	Con	23,269	46.3	73.9%	Con hold
Saffron Waldon	Con	9,664	20.8	77.2%	Con hold
Salford East	Lab	6,270	22.1	62.3%	Lab hold
Salford West	Lab	2,676	8.6	65.6%	Lab hold
Salisbury	Con	9,056	20.6	71.8%	Con hold
Scarborough and Whitby	Con	9,637	18.4	71.5%	Con hold
Sedgefield	Lab	12,831	21.1	72.7%	Lab hold
Sevenoaks	Con	17,278	28.6	73.9%	Con hold
Sheffield Attercliffe	Lab	15,496	40.7	63.5%	Lab hold
Sheffield Brightside	Lab	15,369	46.3	62.0%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hallam	Con	12,250	29.9	69.8%	Con hold
Sheffield Heeley	Con	693	1.2	73.4%	Con gain from Lab
Sheffield Hillsborough	Lab	7,330	24.3	65.0%	Lab hold
Sheffield Park	Lab	16,278	52.6	58.5%	Lab hold
Shipley	Con	4,777	11.5	82.4%	Con hold
Shoreditch and Finsbury	Lab	7,308	33.8	48.7%	Lab hold
Shrewsbury	Con	9,206	21.9	73.1%	Con hold
Skipton	Con	8,806	21.7	78.7%	Con hold
Smethwick	Lab	2,109	6.9	68.2%	Lab hold
Solihull	Con	24,575	41.8	73.2%	Con hold
South Bedfordshire	Con	4,978	6.4	77.3%	Con gain from Lab
South Buckinghamshire	Con	23,574	34.5	72.7%	Con hold
South Dorset	Con	6,864	13.0	79.1%	Con hold
South East Derbyshire	Con	2,724	4.4	75.3%	Con gain from Lab
South East Essex	Con	17,905	24.8	72.0%	Con hold
South Fylde	Con	26,105	42.1	72.7%	Con hold
South Gloucestershire	Con	8,978	13.1	78.6%	Con hold
South Norfolk	Con	5,442	12.5	78.5%	Con hold
South Northamptonshire	Con	7,939	14.0	77.9%	Con hold
South Shields	Lab	10,231	20.4	66.8%	Lab hold
South West Hertfordshire	Con	8,447	13.0	75.8%	Con hold
South West Norfolk	Con	5,648	14.6	80.5%	Con hold
South Worcestershire	Con	17,809	35.1	72.1%	Con hold
Southall	Lab	4,223	11.7	64.5%	Lab hold
Southampton Test	Con	1,802	3.5	73.3%	Con gain from Lab
Southamptonitchen	Oth	—	—	54.1%	Oth hold
Southend East	Con	6,960	16.9	71.3%	Con hold
Southend West	Con	16,885	34.6	70.8%	Con hold
Southgate	Con	13,574	35.9	67.7%	Con hold
Southport	Con	9,149	20.0	70.6%	Con hold
Southwark	Lab	9,794	39.2	48.2%	Lab hold
Sowerby	Lab	469	1.2	75.6%	Lab hold
Spelthorne	Con	9,027	18.0	73.3%	Con hold
St.Albans	Con	7,874	16.6	76.2%	Con hold
St.Helens	Lab	15,078	31.4	64.5%	Lab hold
St.Ives	Con	8,668	23.8	75.1%	Con hold
St.Marylebone	Con	9,314	32.8	59.6%	Con hold
St.Pancras North	Lab	5,849	21.0	55.5%	Lab hold
Stafford and Stone	Con	9,676	17.7	73.4%	Con hold
Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	2,849	6.1	73.5%	Lab hold
Stepney	Lab	14,071	55.4	44.9%	Lab hold
Stockport North	Con	871	2.2	74.9%	Con gain from Lab
Stockport South	Lab	2,068	5.7	73.3%	Lab hold
Stockton on Tees	Lab	4,323	10.6	73.2%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	Lab	9,148	28.1	50.1%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent Central	Lab	7,531	25.1	50.0%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent North	Lab	10,100	32.4	52.9%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent South	Lab	7,429	21.6	50.7%	Lab hold
Stratford	Con	16,713	34.5	74.1%	Con hold
Stretford	Con	4,015	7.5	74.9%	Con gain from Lab
Stroud	Con	7,931	15.0	80.3%	Con hold
Sudbury and Woodbridge	Con	12,564	21.2	75.9%	Con hold
Sunderland North	Lab	9,041	21.3	69.8%	Lab hold
Sunderland South	Lab	6,118	12.9	70.2%	Lab hold
Surbiton	Con	6,890	20.5	70.3%	Con hold
Sutton and Cheam	Con	12,696	30.8	67.6%	Con hold
Sutton Coldfield	Con	18,640	29.1	68.9%	Con hold
Swindon	Lab	5,576	12.0	75.6%	Lab hold
Taunton	Con	8,335	17.1	79.0%	Con hold
Tavistock	Con	15,449	34.2	75.4%	Con hold
The Hartlepools	Lab	7,516	15.7	74.4%	Lab hold
The Isle of Ely	Con	9,606	19.9	71.9%	Con hold
The Wrekin	Con	518	1.0	78.8%	Con gain from Lab
Thirsk and Malton	Con	15,583	33.7	72.3%	Con hold
Thurrock	Lab	11,388	20.6	65.7%	Lab hold
Tiverton	Con	13,866	31.0	77.0%	Con hold
Tonbridge	Con	13,993	23.3	72.0%	Con hold
Torquay	Con	18,048	29.5	73.9%	Con hold
Torrington	Con	9,873	25.0	80.7%	Con hold
Totnes	Con	15,090	26.3	76.7%	Con hold
Tottenham	Lab	6,392	22.6	55.3%	Lab hold
Truro	Con	8,210	16.3	76.6%	Con hold
Twickenham	Con	11,621	22.1	70.9%	Con hold
Tynemouth	Con	6,846	11.4	75.8%	Con hold
Uxbridge	Con	3,646	7.7	74.9%	Con gain from Lab
Wakefield	Lab	11,684	24.8	72.8%	Lab hold
Wallasey	Con	3,111	5.8	74.9%	Con hold
Wallsend	Lab	14,415	22.6	74.4%	Lab hold
Walsall North	Lab	7,415	15.4	66.9%	Lab hold
Walsall South	Con	11,349	19.0	73.0%	Con hold
Walthamstow East	Con	528	1.7	70.9%	Con gain from Lab
Walthamstow West	Lab	4,602	20.1	65.2%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Central	Lab	2,946	8.1	62.6%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Clapham	Con	3,120	9.4	62.9%	Con gain from Lab
Wandsworth Putney	Lab	1,394	2.6	68.9%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	5,622	15.8	66.8%	Con hold
Wanstead and Woodford	Con	11,543	35.2	67.7%	Con hold
Warrington	Lab	9,323	28.6	65.2%	Lab hold
Warwick and Leamington	Con	15,639	26.8	72.6%	Con hold
Watford	Lab	76	0.2	75.5%	Lab hold
Wednesbury	Lab	3,371	7.6	68.2%	Lab hold
Wellingborough	Con	2,352	4.5	81.4%	Con gain from Lab
Wells	Con	8,771	17.3	77.4%	Con hold
Wembley North	Con	6,429	18.7	72.1%	Con hold
Wembley South	Con	2,242	7.3	69.0%	Con hold
West Bromwich	Lab	4,436	10.5	62.1%	Lab hold
West Derbyshire	Con	8,716	23.8	76.7%	Con hold
West Dorset	Con	10,555	27.1	76.8%	Con hold
West Gloucestershire	Lab	1,107	2.3	77.0%	Lab hold
West Ham North	Lab	10,534	37.7	50.4%	Lab hold
West Ham South	Lab	13,477	55.4	48.9%	Lab hold
Westbury	Con	9,111	17.3	77.9%	Con hold
Westhoughton	Lab	5,827	10.9	76.9%	Lab hold
Westmorland	Con	11,827	30.8	71.9%	Con hold
Weston Super Mare	Con	19,343	33.1	73.7%	Con hold
Whitehaven	Lab	6,556	16.6	78.3%	Lab hold
Widnes	Lab	7,543	15.3	68.7%	Lab hold
Wigan	Lab	15,220	36.5	72.3%	Lab hold
Willesden East	Lab	4,509	12.7	62.4%	Lab hold
Willesden West	Lab	11,755	36.1	59.3%	Lab hold
Wimbledon	Con	6,731	23.5	66.9%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	13,476	29.4	74.7%	Con hold
Windsor	Con	16,050	29.3	70.6%	Con hold
Wirral	Con	16,458	23.5	74.2%	Con hold
Woking	Con	18,568	28.3	70.1%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	20,553	26.2	72.2%	Con hold
Wolverhampton North East	Lab	1,893	5.5	66.7%	Lab hold
Wolverhampton South West	Con	14,467	35.5	76.0%	Con hold
Wood Green	Lab	4,644	14.2	60.9%	Lab hold
Woolwich East	Lab	9,164	30.9	60.7%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	Lab	618	1.5	72.1%	Lab hold
Worcester	Con	8,442	16.6	72.8%	Con hold
Workington	Lab	9,443	23.3	77.4%	Lab hold
Worthing	Con	24,062	47.8	70.0%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	16,810	23.4	74.8%	Con hold
Yarmouth	Con	3,157	6.8	77.3%	Con gain from Lab
Yeovil	Con	7,068	12.7	79.3%	Con hold
York	Lab	2,197	3.9	76.2%	Lab hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in England at the 1970 general election?

The Conservatives won 292 of the 511 seats in England, with 48.3% of the vote.

How many seats were there in England in 1970?

511 constituencies.

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