East of England: February 1974 general election results

How East of England voted at the February 1974 general election: the Conservatives won 35 of 45 seats with 41.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

23 for a majority

Con35
Lab9
Lib1

East of England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	35	−2	1,095,261	41.2%	−11.0	45
Labour	9	+5	878,052	33.1%	−6.8	45
Liberal	1	+1	677,783	25.5%	+17.9	45
1 other parties and independents			4,679	0.2%

Change compared with the 1970 general election in East of England.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Basildon	Lab	10,667	14.4	82.0%
Bedford	Con	6,221	10.1	83.5%
Bedfordshire Mid	Con	11,111	17.4	85.9%
Bedfordshire South	Con	4,758	8.8	84.5%
Braintree	Con	2,001	3.7	84.3%
Brentwood and Ongar	Con	9,093	18.8	83.8%
Bury St Edmunds	Con	13,253	18.8	81.3%
Cambridge	Con	4,676	7.9	78.8%
Cambridgeshire	Con	13,812	19.9	82.8%
Chelmsford	Con	6,631	10.0	83.9%
Colchester	Con	6,862	10.2	82.6%
Epping Forest	Con	8,167	15.7	81.8%
Essex South East	Con	9,265	15.0	82.1%
Eye	Con	7,675	14.3	82.6%
Harlow	Lab	12,534	24.1	83.9%
Harwich	Con	12,463	17.5	80.7%
Hemel Hempstead	Con	187	0.3	85.2%
Hertford and Stevenage	Lab	8,176	12.0	83.6%
Hertfordshire East	Con	11,358	15.9	81.0%
Hertfordshire South	Con	3,086	5.9	82.2%
Hertfordshire South West	Con	8,098	12.9	83.8%
Hitchin	Con	4,018	6.5	85.6%
Huntingdonshire	Con	10,002	15.4	82.4%
Ipswich	Con	259	0.4	83.6%
Isle of Ely	Lib	8,347	14.8	83.1%
Lowestoft	Con	3,604	5.6	83.8%
Luton East	Lab	1,425	3.3	80.5%
Luton West	Lab	5,042	10.6	82.8%
Maldon	Con	7,222	14.4	82.2%
Norfolk North	Con	14,290	19.1	83.4%
Norfolk North West	Con	803	1.2	83.1%
Norfolk South	Con	11,019	14.8	82.8%
Norfolk South West	Con	6,043	13.7	82.9%
Norwich North	Lab	7,294	20.7	78.8%
Norwich South	Lab	652	1.8	84.0%
Peterborough	Con	22	0.0	82.3%
Saffron Walden	Con	7,545	14.6	83.4%
Southend East	Con	4,952	11.2	77.8%
Southend West	Con	5,155	9.6	80.2%
St Albans	Con	8,421	14.4	84.6%
Sudbury and Woodbridge	Con	13,701	20.0	81.9%
Thurrock	Lab	18,518	26.7	78.4%
Watford	Lab	2,795	6.0	84.0%
Welwyn and Hatfield	Con	1,415	2.5	85.3%
Yarmouth	Con	4,937	8.7	81.2%

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Questions and answers

Who won in East of England at the February 1974 general election?

The Conservatives won 35 of the 45 seats in East of England, with 41.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in East of England in February 1974?

45 constituencies.

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