North West: February 1974 general election results

How North West voted at the February 1974 general election: Labour won 51 of 82 seats with 41.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.

42 for a majority

Lab51
Con28
Lib2
Oth1

North West: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	51	+7	1,620,826	41.5%	−4.2	82
Conservative	28	−11	1,466,213	37.5%	−9.2	81
Liberal	2	+2	754,976	19.3%	+12.1	72
Others	1	+1	64,989	1.7%	+1.3	20

Change compared with the 1970 general election in North West.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Accrington	Lab	5,032	11.9	83.9%
Altrincham and Sale	Con	8,696	14.6	82.2%
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	8,301	17.5	79.4%
Barrow in Furness	Lab	5,107	11.8	80.0%
Bebington and Ellesmere Port	Lab	4,462	6.2	83.5%
Birkenhead	Lab	6,994	15.3	76.5%
Blackburn	Lab	6,300	15.0	78.2%
Blackpool North	Con	8,154	18.8	73.3%
Blackpool South	Con	8,091	18.4	76.6%
Bolton East	Lab	1,613	3.4	80.6%
Bolton West	Con	603	1.5	81.1%
Bootle	Lab	14,935	32.1	73.3%
Burnley	Lab	9,840	23.5	79.7%
Bury and Radcliffe	Con	345	0.6	80.2%
Carlisle	Lab	4,980	11.9	80.8%
Cheadle	Con	6,224	11.2	85.4%
Chester	Con	6,768	12.2	80.3%
Chorley	Lab	405	0.6	83.7%
Clitheroe	Con	8,528	19.8	83.7%
Crewe	Lab	5,123	11.2	77.8%
Crosby	Con	15,570	25.0	80.1%
Darwen	Con	9,310	16.4	81.1%
Eccles	Lab	7,786	17.1	80.1%
Farnworth	Lab	12,637	22.4	80.7%
Fylde North	Con	19,658	36.8	72.1%
Fylde South	Con	25,379	36.2	77.9%
Hazel Grove	Lib	1,998	3.4	86.9%
Heywood and Royton	Lab	7,162	11.3	82.6%
Huyton	Lab	15,305	27.3	77.2%
Ince	Lab	22,759	40.0	74.4%
Knutsford	Con	11,090	24.6	82.3%
Lancaster	Con	2,469	6.1	82.5%
Leigh	Lab	13,647	26.5	80.0%
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	5,750	21.2	66.6%
Liverpool Garston	Lab	681	1.1	74.8%
Liverpool Kirkdale	Lab	6,525	20.9	69.5%
Liverpool Scotland Exchange	Lab	12,332	60.6	58.5%
Liverpool Toxteth	Lab	5,557	18.5	66.0%
Liverpool Walton	Lab	8,216	22.0	72.7%
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	5,275	11.9	74.8%
Liverpool West Derby	Lab	9,973	24.0	71.4%
Macclesfield	Con	14,286	21.4	84.2%
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	4,895	15.3	67.1%
Manchester Blackley	Lab	5,506	13.3	76.2%
Manchester Central	Lab	10,004	41.0	61.8%
Manchester Gorton	Lab	8,976	20.6	78.3%
Manchester Moss Side	Lab	2,392	6.8	69.1%
Manchester Openshaw	Lab	7,457	24.2	73.0%
Manchester Withington	Con	4,413	10.4	73.6%
Manchester Wythenshawe	Lab	12,438	25.8	75.0%
Middleton and Prestwick	Lab	517	0.9	80.5%
Morecambe and Lonsdale	Con	14,756	27.6	78.6%
Nantwich	Con	5,168	10.5	81.5%
Nelson and Colne	Con	177	0.4	84.2%
Newton	Lab	14,770	19.0	82.5%
Northwich	Con	6,293	14.4	83.7%
Oldham East	Lab	6,302	16.4	76.4%
Oldham West	Lab	6,305	17.0	77.8%
Ormskirk	Lab	7,803	10.6	77.3%
Penrith and the Border	Con	17,338	39.4	79.8%
Preston North	Lab	255	0.6	79.5%
Preston South	Lab	1,887	4.6	79.8%
Rochdale	Lib	8,899	17.3	77.4%
Rossendale	Con	797	1.9	83.5%
Runcorn	Con	7,268	12.6	83.0%
Salford East	Lab	6,931	26.2	66.4%
Salford West	Lab	6,462	19.7	72.0%
Southport	Con	3,882	7.7	77.4%
St Helens	Lab	21,716	39.3	73.2%
Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	8,068	15.3	79.9%
Stockport North	Lab	203	0.5	82.1%
Stockport South	Lab	3,098	8.3	79.3%
Stretford	Con	3,989	7.2	82.0%
Wallasey	Con	2,492	4.5	79.4%
Warrington	Lab	11,106	32.5	73.9%
Westhoughton	Lab	12,665	21.3	83.2%
Westmorland	Con	6,534	14.9	79.3%
Whitehaven	Lab	7,362	18.8	77.5%
Widnes	Lab	16,499	30.1	73.7%
Wigan	Lab	18,202	42.6	75.8%
Wirral	Oth	15,847	21.1	81.5%
Workington	Lab	7,770	19.3	76.4%

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Questions and answers

Who won in North West at the February 1974 general election?

Labour won 51 of the 82 seats in North West, with 41.5% of the vote.

How many seats were there in North West in February 1974?

82 constituencies.

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