South East: October 1974 general election results

How South East voted at the October 1974 general election: the Conservatives won 63 of 72 seats with 46.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.

37 for a majority

Con63
Lab8
Lib1

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	63	−3	1,745,502	46.8%	−0.1	72
Labour	8	+3	1,058,735	28.4%	+3.3	72
Liberal	1	0	906,117	24.3%	−3.3	72
Others	0	0	22,340	0.6%	+0.2	25

Change compared with the February 1974 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Abingdon	Con	10,637	15.5	75.8%	Con hold
Aldershot	Con	10,359	17.7	72.8%	Con hold
Arundel	Con	18,811	30.9	73.0%	Con hold
Ashford	Con	6,025	13.8	74.6%	Con hold
Aylesbury	Con	8,973	17.8	74.4%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	6,191	12.1	75.7%	Con hold
Basingstoke	Con	6,212	9.2	77.5%	Con hold
Beaconsfield	Con	10,628	22.1	70.2%	Con hold
Bournemouth East	Con	10,661	26.5	70.5%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	Con	10,728	25.5	68.7%	Con hold
Brighton Kemptown	Con	2,665	5.6	72.3%	Con hold
Brighton Pavilion	Con	7,417	18.9	68.6%	Con hold
Buckingham	Con	2,918	4.6	79.7%	Con hold
Canterbury	Con	14,755	23.7	72.6%	Con hold
Chertsey and Walton	Con	10,304	20.8	73.5%	Con hold
Chesham and Amersham	Con	10,987	22.2	78.1%	Con hold
Chichester	Con	11,341	22.1	73.6%	Con hold
Dartford	Lab	5,486	12.6	76.6%	Lab hold
Dorking	Con	10,305	23.3	75.0%	Con hold
Dover	Con	2,294	3.9	78.7%
East Grinstead	Con	9,280	22.4	74.5%	Con hold
Eastbourne	Con	16,025	28.8	74.6%	Con hold
Eastleigh	Con	7,815	13.1	78.8%	Con hold
Epsom	Con	16,290	27.4	73.7%
Esher	Con	10,860	30.7	74.3%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	Lab	7,663	16.5	72.7%	Lab hold
Fareham	Con	4,448	10.1	77.0%	Con hold
Farnham	Con	8,259	17.3	76.2%	Con hold
Faversham	Con	2,877	4.9	76.7%	Con hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	8,442	18.6	70.0%	Con hold
Gillingham	Con	3,996	8.5	75.9%	Con hold
Gosport	Con	6,866	18.7	75.3%	Con hold
Gravesend	Lab	2,305	3.4	78.7%	Lab hold
Guildford	Con	10,904	21.0	71.9%	Con hold
Hastings	Con	4,652	11.4	71.6%	Con hold
Havant and Waterloo	Con	8,732	15.7	73.8%	Con hold
Henley	Con	10,266	22.3	73.6%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	3,699	5.2	78.1%
Hove	Con	14,876	29.2	69.8%	Con hold
Isle of Wight	Lib	2,040	3.1	76.8%	Lib hold
Lewes	Con	13,847	26.0	73.8%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	10,271	15.7	74.1%	Con hold
Mid Oxfordshire	Con	7,403	16.3	78.3%
New Forest	Con	13,423	23.2	74.2%	Con hold
Newbury	Con	1,022	1.9	76.3%	Con hold
Oxford	Lab	1,036	1.9	70.8%	Lab gain from Con
Petersfield	Con	8,987	15.8	76.5%	Con hold
Portsmouth North	Lab	1,345	2.5	76.9%	Lab hold
Portsmouth South	Con	8,071	16.4	69.4%	Con hold
Reading North	Con	468	1.0	72.4%	Con hold
Reading South	Con	6,666	12.9	74.7%	Con hold
Reigate	Con	13,584	24.8	75.3%	Con hold
Rochester and Chatham	Lab	2,418	4.1	73.6%	Lab gain from Con
Rye	Con	15,683	29.2	74.2%	Con hold
Sevenoaks	Con	11,605	20.5	75.7%	Con hold
Shoreham	Con	11,373	22.2	74.7%	Con hold
Southampton Test	Lab	530	1.0	73.1%	Lab gain from Con
Southamptonitchen	Lab	7,795	13.5	70.3%
Spelthorne	Con	5,948	11.5	74.5%	Con hold
Surrey East	Con	9,845	23.2	76.2%	Con hold
Surrey North West	Con	13,581	27.8	70.9%	Con hold
Sussex Mid	Con	11,997	25.7	76.4%	Con hold
Thanet East	Con	4,503	13.1	71.6%	Con hold
Thanet West	Con	5,108	16.8	69.2%	Con hold
Tonbridge and Malling	Con	8,609	17.4	75.5%	Con hold
Tunbridge Wells	Con	12,027	24.0	72.5%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	9,220	14.8	75.2%	Con hold
Windsor and Maidenhead	Con	12,841	22.5	71.8%	Con hold
Woking	Con	8,735	17.6	72.9%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	7,705	13.9	75.6%	Con hold
Worthing	Con	17,345	33.6	71.1%	Con hold
Wycombe	Con	9,079	15.5	74.3%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the October 1974 general election?

The Conservatives won 63 of the 72 seats in South East, with 46.8% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in October 1974?

72 constituencies.

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