Cardigan - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Cardigan 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	Cardigan
Region	Wales
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1979	Liberal
	Election 1974 (October)	Liberal
	Election 1974 (February)	Liberal
	Election 1970	Labour
	Election 1966	Labour
	Election 1964	Liberal
	Election 1959	Liberal
	Election 1955	Liberal

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	13,227	35.62%	-6.52%
	Conservative	11,033	29.71%	+20.27%
	Labour	7,488	20.17%	-15.03%
	Plaid Cymru	5,382	14.50%	+1.28%
Majority		2,194	5.91%
Turnout		37,130	81.51%	+0.95%
Electorate		45,555
Swing from LAB to CON			17.65%
Swing from LIB to CON			13.39%
Swing from LAB to LIB			4.25%
	Liberal hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	14,612	42.14%	+1.98%
	Labour	12,202	35.19%	+1.95%
	Plaid Cymru	4,583	13.22%	-0.07%
	Conservative	3,275	9.45%	-3.85%
Majority		2,410	6.95%
Turnout		34,672	80.55%	-3.14%
Electorate		43,043
Swing from PC to LIB			1.02%
Swing from PC to LAB			1.01%
Swing from LAB to LIB			0.02%
	Liberal hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	14,371	40.17%	+10.54%
	Labour	11,895	33.25%	-0.20%
	Conservative	4,758	13.30%	-3.98%
	Plaid Cymru	4,754	13.29%	-6.36%
Majority		2,476	6.92%
Turnout		35,778	83.69%	+1.67%
Electorate		42,752
Swing from CON to LIB			7.26%
Swing from LAB to LIB			5.37%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.89%
	Liberal gain from Labour

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	11,063	33.45%	-3.68%
	Liberal	9,800	29.63%	-5.78%
	Plaid Cymru	6,498	19.65%	+11.54%
	Conservative	5,715	17.28%	-2.08%
Majority		1,263	3.82%
Turnout		33,076	82.01%	+0.95%
Electorate		40,330
Swing from LIB to PC			8.66%
Swing from LAB to PC			7.61%
Swing from LIB to LAB			1.05%
	Labour hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	11,302	37.13%	+6.13%
	Liberal	10,779	35.41%	-3.00%
	Conservative	5,893	19.36%	-0.34%
	Plaid Cymru	2,469	8.11%	-2.78%
Majority		523	1.72%
Turnout		30,443	81.07%	+2.20%
Electorate		37,553
Swing from LIB to LAB			4.56%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.23%
Swing from LIB to CON			1.33%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	11,500	38.41%	-20.55%
	Labour	9,281	31.00%	+2.76%
	Conservative	5,897	19.70%	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	3,262	10.90%	-1.91%
Majority		2,219	7.41%
Turnout		29,940	78.86%	+0.91%
Electorate		37,964
Swing from LIB to CON			20.12%
Swing from LIB to LAB			11.65%
Swing from LAB to CON			8.47%
	Liberal hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	17,868	58.96%	-6.25%
	Labour	8,559	28.24%	-6.56%
	Plaid Cymru	3,880	12.80%	N/A
Majority		9,309	30.72%
Turnout		30,307	77.95%	+5.28%
Electorate		38,878
Swing from LAB to PC			9.68%
Swing from LIB to PC			9.52%
Swing from LAB to LIB			0.15%
	Liberal hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	18,907	65.20%	N/A
	Labour	10,090	34.80%	N/A
Majority		8,817	30.41%
Turnout		28,997	72.67%	N/A
Electorate		39,902

	Liberal win

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