London: 1970 general election results

How London voted at the 1970 general election: Labour won 55 of 102 seats with 45.7% of the vote. Every constituency result.

52 for a majority

Lab55
Con47

London: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	55	−10	1,630,099	45.7%	−3.4	102
Conservative	47	+11	1,663,958	46.6%	+5.7	102
Liberal	0	−1	249,658	7.0%	−2.3	58
Others	0	0	23,733	0.7%	0	30

Change compared with the 1966 general election in London.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Acton	Lab	660	2.3	66.6%	Lab hold
Barking	Lab	11,788	38.8	61.7%	Lab hold
Barnet	Con	8,679	16.9	71.3%	Con hold
Barons Court	Lab	1,105	4.0	67.3%	Lab hold
Battersea North	Lab	6,694	37.7	58.9%	Lab hold
Battersea South	Lab	1,698	7.7	63.6%	Lab hold
Beckenham	Con	17,732	33.3	68.7%	Con hold
Bermondsey	Lab	9,736	53.9	52.9%	Lab hold
Bethnal Green	Lab	9,905	41.1	50.4%	Lab hold
Bexley	Con	8,058	15.8	76.3%	Con hold
Brentford and Chiswick	Lab	513	1.9	73.2%	Lab hold
Bromley	Con	13,036	34.6	69.4%	Con hold
Camberwell Dulwich	Lab	895	2.1	64.4%	Lab hold
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	8,839	34.9	49.9%	Lab hold
Carshalton	Con	10,446	20.6	71.2%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	10,115	41.7	54.9%	Con hold
Chislehurst	Con	3,363	6.7	75.5%	Con gain from Lab
Cities of London and Westminster	Con	9,040	28.1	54.6%	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
Deptford	Lab	7,317	31.4	54.7%	Lab hold
Ealing North	Lab	320	0.7	72.7%	Lab hold
Ealing South	Con	7,284	20.7	65.4%	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
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
Erith and Crayford	Lab	4,854	11.8	71.4%	Lab hold
Feltham	Lab	5,555	13.5	68.1%	Lab hold
Finchley	Con	11,185	23.6	65.5%	Con hold
Fulham	Lab	3,505	11.8	68.8%	Lab hold
Greenwich	Lab	7,609	21.0	64.0%	Lab hold
Guildford	Con	14,095	28.7	72.1%	Con hold
Hackney Central	Lab	8,041	29.8	50.8%	Lab hold
Hammersmith North	Lab	6,530	25.4	62.3%	Lab hold
Hampstead	Con	474	1.0	63.4%	Con gain from Lab
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
Hayes and Harlington	Lab	5,464	16.4	67.2%	Lab hold
Hendon North	Con	3,179	8.6	71.0%	Con hold
Hendon South	Con	6,189	16.9	65.9%	Con hold
Heston and Isleworth	Con	4,599	11.9	71.5%	Con hold
Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	2,323	10.3	54.1%	Lab hold
Hornchurch	Con	5,830	8.0	72.8%	Con gain from Lab
Hornsey	Con	3,789	8.7	67.4%	Con 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
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
Kensington North	Lab	3,383	13.6	57.5%	Lab hold
Kensington South	Con	14,663	51.4	49.9%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	10,336	25.0	69.1%	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
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
Merton and Morden	Con	3,483	9.5	73.0%	Con hold
Mitcham	Con	5,210	10.4	68.8%	Con hold
Orpington	Con	1,322	2.6	79.2%	Con gain from Lib
Paddington North	Lab	3,055	14.4	62.6%	Lab hold
Paddington South	Con	2,613	13.2	57.5%	Con hold
Poplar	Lab	12,484	60.7	48.8%	Lab hold
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	7,998	19.6	71.7%	Con hold
Romford	Lab	2,760	5.2	66.8%	Lab hold
Ruislip Northwood	Con	12,706	31.8	73.1%	Con hold
Shoreditch and Finsbury	Lab	7,308	33.8	48.7%	Lab hold
Southall	Lab	4,223	11.7	64.5%	Lab hold
Southgate	Con	13,574	35.9	67.7%	Con hold
Southwark	Lab	9,794	39.2	48.2%	Lab hold
St.Marylebone	Con	9,314	32.8	59.6%	Con hold
St.Pancras North	Lab	5,849	21.0	55.5%	Lab hold
Stepney	Lab	14,071	55.4	44.9%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	Lab	9,148	28.1	50.1%	Lab hold
Surbiton	Con	6,890	20.5	70.3%	Con hold
Sutton and Cheam	Con	12,696	30.8	67.6%	Con hold
Tottenham	Lab	6,392	22.6	55.3%	Lab hold
Twickenham	Con	11,621	22.1	70.9%	Con hold
Uxbridge	Con	3,646	7.7	74.9%	Con gain from Lab
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
Wembley North	Con	6,429	18.7	72.1%	Con hold
Wembley South	Con	2,242	7.3	69.0%	Con 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
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
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

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Questions and answers

Who won in London at the 1970 general election?

Labour won 55 of the 102 seats in London, with 45.7% of the vote.

How many seats were there in London in 1970?

102 constituencies.

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