South East: 1970 general election results

How South East voted at the 1970 general election: the Conservatives won 59 of 62 seats with 54.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.

32 for a majority

Con59
Lab2
Oth1

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	59	+10	1,914,728	54.5%	+5.5	61
Labour	2	−10	1,091,321	31.1%	−4.2	61
Others	1	0	54,131	1.5%	+0.4	9
Liberal	0	0	451,247	12.9%	−1.6	51

Change compared with the 1966 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	13,073	19.7	77.6%	Con hold
Aldershot	Con	14,531	24.3	70.9%	Con hold
Arundel and Shoreham	Con	27,376	37.9	71.8%	Con hold
Ashford	Con	12,612	26.0	72.5%	Con hold
Aylesbury	Con	10,643	18.2	75.6%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	11,546	16.8	77.4%	Con hold
Basingstoke	Con	9,474	13.7	75.0%	Con hold
Bournemouth East and Christchurch	Con	20,510	41.1	70.8%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	Con	14,615	28.6	69.3%	Con hold
Brighton Kemptown	Con	3,103	6.3	75.1%	Con gain from Lab
Brighton Pavilion	Con	10,594	26.9	66.6%	Con hold
Buckingham	Con	2,521	4.3	81.8%	Con gain from Lab
Canterbury	Con	18,050	30.1	74.6%	Con hold
Chertsey	Con	11,586	24.1	71.1%	Con hold
Chichester	Con	25,546	42.0	69.9%	Con hold
Dartford	Con	560	0.9	74.1%	Con gain from Lab
Dorking	Con	14,870	34.6	73.0%	Con hold
Dover	Con	1,649	2.8	80.7%	Con gain from Lab
East Grinstead	Con	26,016	41.5	72.5%	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
Epsom	Con	22,774	39.4	72.5%	Con hold
Esher	Con	23,278	38.2	72.1%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	Lab	2,667	5.5	77.8%	Lab hold
Farnham	Con	14,935	33.9	73.5%	Con hold
Faversham	Con	3,811	6.8	78.2%	Con gain from Lab
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	13,259	31.6	68.8%	Con hold
Gillingham	Con	7,756	17.7	73.4%	Con hold
Gosport and Fareham	Con	17,972	24.9	71.7%	Con hold
Gravesend	Con	1,213	1.9	76.0%	Con gain from Lab
Hastings	Con	6,815	16.9	72.8%	Con hold
Henley	Con	14,142	22.6	74.0%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	14,288	18.3	74.0%	Con hold
Hove	Con	18,648	37.4	66.7%	Con hold
Isle of Thanet	Con	11,725	18.2	72.3%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Con	17,326	29.9	72.1%	Con hold
Lewes	Con	18,688	32.5	72.8%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	12,843	21.1	72.2%	Con hold
New Forest	Con	22,465	37.5	71.9%	Con hold
Newbury	Con	11,733	18.8	72.6%	Con hold
Oxford	Con	1,884	3.6	74.5%	Con gain from Lab
Petersfield	Con	20,107	40.0	72.1%	Con 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
Reading	Con	1,154	2.5	74.1%	Con gain from Lab
Reigate	Con	13,029	24.7	73.9%	Con hold
Rochester and Chatham	Con	5,341	9.7	71.5%	Con gain from Lab
Rye	Con	23,269	46.3	73.9%	Con hold
Sevenoaks	Con	17,278	28.6	73.9%	Con hold
South Buckinghamshire	Con	23,574	34.5	72.7%	Con hold
Southampton Test	Con	1,802	3.5	73.3%	Con gain from Lab
Southamptonitchen	Oth	—	—	54.1%	Oth hold
Spelthorne	Con	9,027	18.0	73.3%	Con hold
Tonbridge	Con	13,993	23.3	72.0%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	13,476	29.4	74.7%	Con hold
Windsor	Con	16,050	29.3	70.6%	Con hold
Woking	Con	18,568	28.3	70.1%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	20,553	26.2	72.2%	Con hold
Worthing	Con	24,062	47.8	70.0%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	16,810	23.4	74.8%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1970 general election?

The Conservatives won 59 of the 62 seats in South East, with 54.5% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1970?

62 constituencies.

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