Eccles - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Eccles 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	Eccles
Region	North West
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2005	Labour
	Election 2001	Labour
	Election 1997	Labour
	Election 1992	Labour
	Election 1987	Labour
	Election 1983	Labour
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour

Election 2005

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	19,702	56.89%	-7.59%
	Conservative	6,816	19.68%	-1.01%
	Liberal Democrat	6,429	18.56%	+3.74%
	UKIP	1,685	4.87%	N/A
Majority		12,886	37.21%
Turnout		34,632	50.19%	+1.93%
Electorate		69,006
Swing from LAB to LD			5.66%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.29%
Swing from CON to LD			2.38%
	Labour hold

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,395	64.48%	-2.21%
	Conservative	6,867	20.69%	+1.98%
	Liberal Democrat	4,920	14.83%	+4.09%
Majority		14,528	43.78%
Turnout		33,182	48.25%	-17.35%
Electorate		68,764
Swing from LAB to LD			3.15%
Swing from LAB to CON			2.09%
Swing from CON to LD			1.06%
	Labour hold

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	30,468	66.68%	+9.83%
	Conservative	8,552	18.72%	-10.65%
	Liberal Democrat	4,905	10.74%	-1.39%
	Minor	1,765	3.86%	N/A
Majority		21,916	47.97%
Turnout		45,690	65.60%	-8.52%
Electorate		69,645
Swing from CON to LAB			10.24%
Swing from LD to LAB			5.61%
Swing from CON to LD			4.63%
	Labour hold

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	27,357	56.86%	+6.08%
	Conservative	14,131	29.37%	-1.98%
	Liberal Democrat	5,835	12.13%	N/A
	Green	521	1.08%	N/A
	Minor	270	0.56%	N/A
Majority		13,226	27.49%
Turnout		48,114	74.12%	-0.42%
Electorate		64,911
Swing from CON to LD			7.05%
Swing from CON to LAB			4.03%
Swing from LAB to LD			3.02%
	Labour hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	25,346	50.78%	+4.88%
	Conservative	15,647	31.35%	-1.82%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	8,924	17.88%	-2.04%
Majority		9,699	19.43%
Turnout		49,917	74.55%	+4.40%
Electorate		66,961
Swing from ALL to LAB			3.46%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.35%
Swing from ALL to CON			0.11%
	Labour hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,644	45.89%	-7.68%
	Conservative	15,639	33.16%	-2.63%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	9,392	19.92%	N/A
	Minor	485	1.03%	N/A
Majority		6,005	12.73%
Turnout		47,160	70.15%	-7.32%
Electorate		67,230
Swing from LAB to ALL			13.80%
Swing from CON to ALL			11.27%
Swing from LAB to CON			2.53%
	Labour hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,280	53.58%	+0.30%
	Conservative	16,221	35.79%	+4.63%
	Liberal	4,448	9.82%	-4.91%
	Others	368	0.81%	N/A
Majority		8,059	17.78%
Turnout		45,317	77.47%	+4.63%
Electorate		58,496
Swing from LIB to CON			4.77%
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.60%
Swing from LAB to CON			2.16%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,328	53.28%	+3.92%
	Conservative	13,062	31.17%	-1.14%
	Liberal	6,170	14.72%	-2.72%
	Others	348	0.83%	N/A
Majority		9,266	22.11%
Turnout		41,908	72.84%	-7.24%
Electorate		57,533
Swing from LIB to LAB			3.32%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.53%
Swing from LIB to CON			0.79%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,538	49.36%	N/A
	Conservative	14,752	32.31%	N/A
	Liberal	7,966	17.45%	N/A
	Others	404	0.88%	N/A
Majority		7,786	17.05%
Turnout		45,660	80.09%	N/A
Electorate		57,014

	Labour win

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