Aberdeenshire East - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Aberdeenshire East constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Aberdeenshire East
Region	Scotland
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1979	Conservative
	Election 1974 (October)	SNP
	Election 1974 (February)	SNP
	Election 1970	Conservative
	Election 1966	Conservative
	Election 1964	Conservative
	Election 1959	Conservative
	Election 1955	Conservative

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	16,827	42.82%	+7.35%
	SNP	16,269	41.40%	-7.06%
	Labour	6,201	15.78%	+6.35%
Majority		558	1.42%
Turnout		39,297	72.38%	+1.91%
Electorate		54,292
Swing from SNP to CON			7.21%
Swing from SNP to LAB			6.71%
Swing from LAB to CON			0.50%
	Conservative gain from SNP

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	SNP	16,304	48.46%	-2.31%
	Conservative	11,933	35.47%	+0.48%
	Labour	3,173	9.43%	+2.74%
	Liberal	2,232	6.63%	-0.92%
Majority		4,371	12.99%
Turnout		33,642	70.48%	-6.12%
Electorate		47,736
Swing from SNP to LAB			2.52%
Swing from SNP to CON			1.39%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.13%
	SNP hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	SNP	18,333	50.77%	+20.95%
	Conservative	12,634	34.99%	-5.93%
	Liberal	2,727	7.55%	-3.73%
	Labour	2,416	6.69%	-11.30%
Majority		5,699	15.78%
Turnout		36,110	76.59%	+7.79%
Electorate		47,147
Swing from CON to SNP			13.44%
Swing from LIB to SNP			12.34%
Swing from CON to LIB			1.10%
	SNP gain from Conservative

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	12,866	40.91%	-0.54%
	SNP	9,377	29.82%	+20.94%
	Labour	5,656	17.99%	-4.08%
	Liberal	3,548	11.28%	-16.32%
Majority		3,489	11.09%
Turnout		31,447	68.80%	+0.57%
Electorate		45,711
Swing from LAB to SNP			12.51%
Swing from CON to SNP			10.74%
Swing from LAB to CON			1.77%
	Conservative hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	12,067	41.46%	-6.52%
	Liberal	8,034	27.60%	+4.34%
	Labour	6,422	22.06%	-0.38%
	SNP	2,584	8.88%	+2.56%
Majority		4,033	13.86%
Turnout		29,107	68.23%	-1.82%
Electorate		42,661
Swing from CON to LIB			5.43%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.07%
Swing from LAB to LIB			2.36%
	Conservative hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	14,621	47.98%	-15.37%
	Liberal	7,088	23.26%	N/A
	Labour	6,840	22.45%	-14.20%
	SNP	1,925	6.32%	N/A
Majority		7,533	24.72%
Turnout		30,474	70.05%	+2.91%
Electorate		43,502
Swing from CON to LIB			19.32%
Swing from LAB to LIB			18.73%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.59%
	Conservative hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	18,982	63.35%	-5.17%
	Labour	10,980	36.65%	+5.17%
Majority		8,002	26.71%
Turnout		29,962	67.14%	+7.38%
Electorate		44,628
Swing from CON to LAB			5.17%
	Conservative hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	18,600	68.53%	N/A
	Labour	8,543	31.47%	N/A
Majority		10,057	37.05%
Turnout		27,143	59.76%	N/A
Electorate		45,423

	Conservative win

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