Yorkshire and the Humber: October 1974 general election results

How Yorkshire and the Humber voted at the October 1974 general election: Labour won 38 of 54 seats with 46.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.

28 for a majority

Lab38
Con15
Lib1

Yorkshire and the Humber: results by party
Party	Seats	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	38	1,155,393	46.8%	+1.7	54
Conservative	15	802,567	32.5%	−2.6	54
Liberal	1	492,813	20.0%	+0.6	54
Others	0	19,899	0.8%	+0.3	16

Change compared with the February 1974 general election in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Barkston Ash	Con	9,941	15.7	75.8%	Con hold
Barnsley	Lab	24,812	47.4	68.4%	Lab hold
Batley and Morley	Lab	8,248	19.2	69.5%	Lab hold
Bradford North	Lab	8,589	18.4	70.4%	Lab hold
Bradford South	Lab	8,275	15.8	71.6%	Lab hold
Bradford West	Lab	4,941	11.4	69.5%	Lab hold
Bridlington	Con	10,106	22.6	67.9%	Con hold
Brigg and Scunthorpe	Lab	6,742	10.6	70.5%	Lab hold
Brighouse and Spenborough	Lab	2,177	4.4	78.6%	Lab hold
Colne Valley	Lib	1,666	3.4	81.7%	Lib hold
Dearne Valley	Lab	27,269	60.7	71.1%	Lab hold
Dewsbury	Lab	6,901	15.4	72.9%	Lab hold
Don Valley	Lab	27,420	42.1	73.4%	Lab hold
Doncaster	Lab	7,430	17.2	72.8%	Lab hold
Goole	Lab	14,097	31.5	69.3%	Lab hold
Grimsby	Lab	6,982	15.2	69.4%	Lab hold
Halifax	Lab	4,178	8.8	74.6%	Lab hold
Haltemprice	Con	11,640	20.4	75.0%	Con hold
Harrogate	Con	13,314	29.2	70.5%	Con hold
Hemsworth	Lab	31,572	64.5	70.2%	Lab hold
Howden	Con	4,780	11.5	72.6%	Con hold
Huddersfield East	Lab	8,414	21.7	72.4%	Lab hold
Huddersfield West	Lab	1,364	3.3	76.3%	Lab hold
Keighley	Lab	3,081	7.2	83.0%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull Central	Lab	9,821	22.9	67.7%
Kingston-upon-Hull East	Lab	23,793	43.4	67.1%
Kingston-upon-Hull West	Lab	10,121	27.2	64.6%
Leeds East	Lab	12,311	27.7	65.7%	Lab hold
Leeds North East	Con	5,628	14.6	65.5%	Con hold
Leeds North West	Con	4,027	9.3	66.3%	Con hold
Leeds South	Lab	15,265	45.4	63.8%	Lab hold
Leeds South East	Lab	11,016	39.3	56.3%	Lab hold
Leeds West	Lab	7,607	18.3	69.0%	Lab hold
Normanton	Lab	14,633	35.3	70.4%	Lab hold
Penistone	Lab	15,135	30.2	74.7%	Lab hold
Pontefract	Lab	23,242	54.2	71.2%
Pudsey	Con	4,581	9.0	78.2%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con	13,628	33.5	65.7%
Ripon	Con	7,004	17.7	78.9%	Con hold
Rother Valley	Lab	32,777	49.4	72.2%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Lab	17,034	42.5	65.5%	Lab hold
Scarborough and Whitby	Con	9,708	24.3	68.1%
Sheffield Attercliffe	Lab	21,558	50.2	67.2%	Lab hold
Sheffield Brightside	Lab	7,926	21.7	67.4%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hallam	Con	10,664	20.0	68.8%	Con hold
Sheffield Heeley	Lab	9,406	19.6	73.5%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hillsborough	Lab	12,308	35.5	66.6%	Lab hold
Sheffield Park	Lab	23,964	56.9	62.4%	Lab hold
Shipley	Con	3,036	7.2	81.0%	Con hold
Skipton	Con	590	1.4	82.1%	Con hold
Sowerby	Lab	646	1.7	79.2%	Lab hold
Thirsk and Malton	Con	13,862	29.8	72.9%	Con hold
Wakefield	Lab	12,806	27.4	70.3%	Lab hold
York	Lab	3,689	6.4	75.3%	Lab hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in Yorkshire and the Humber at the October 1974 general election?

Labour won 38 of the 54 seats in Yorkshire and the Humber, with 46.8% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Yorkshire and the Humber in October 1974?

54 constituencies.

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