Yorkshire and the Humber: 1970 general election results

How Yorkshire and the Humber voted at the 1970 general election: Labour won 36 of 55 seats with 50.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.

28 for a majority

Lab36
Con19

Yorkshire and the Humber: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	36	−3	1,236,838	50.5%	−4.8	55
Conservative	19	+4	1,017,605	41.5%	+4.4	55
Liberal	0	−1	188,453	7.7%	+0.4	31
1 other parties and independents			7,138	0.3%

Change compared with the 1966 general election in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Barkston Ash	Con	11,337	19.2	75.6%	Con hold
Barnsley	Lab	24,145	44.8	71.3%	Lab hold
Batley and Morley	Lab	7,271	15.9	72.7%	Lab 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
Bridlington	Con	13,507	31.3	69.8%	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
Colne Valley	Lab	856	1.8	80.8%	Lab gain from Lib
Dearne Valley	Lab	27,118	59.9	71.9%	Lab 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
Goole	Lab	8,967	20.4	69.4%	Lab hold
Grimsby	Lab	6,111	13.6	68.4%	Lab hold
Halifax	Lab	198	0.4	73.5%	Lab hold
Haltemprice	Con	14,180	25.3	74.9%	Con hold
Harrogate	Con	17,342	39.6	69.9%	Con hold
Hemsworth	Lab	30,479	61.5	71.7%	Lab 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
Keighley	Con	616	1.5	80.8%	Con gain from Lab
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
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
Normanton	Lab	15,289	36.8	71.6%	Lab hold
Penistone	Lab	16,718	31.0	73.9%	Lab hold
Pontefract	Lab	21,087	49.7	70.6%	Lab hold
Pudsey	Con	5,995	12.1	79.2%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con	17,769	36.6	68.4%	Con hold
Ripon	Con	12,064	34.5	73.7%	Con hold
Rother Valley	Lab	26,904	43.6	70.6%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Lab	12,476	32.8	62.9%	Lab hold
Scarborough and Whitby	Con	9,637	18.4	71.5%	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
Skipton	Con	8,806	21.7	78.7%	Con hold
Sowerby	Lab	469	1.2	75.6%	Lab hold
Thirsk and Malton	Con	15,583	33.7	72.3%	Con hold
Wakefield	Lab	11,684	24.8	72.8%	Lab hold
York	Lab	2,197	3.9	76.2%	Lab hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in Yorkshire and the Humber at the 1970 general election?

Labour won 36 of the 55 seats in Yorkshire and the Humber, with 50.5% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Yorkshire and the Humber in 1970?

55 constituencies.

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