Flintshire East - UK Parliament Constituency

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

Electoral History

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

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	29,339	48.34%	-0.59%
	Conservative	23,116	38.08%	+6.52%
	Liberal	6,736	11.10%	-5.19%
	Plaid Cymru	1,198	1.97%	-1.25%
	Others	307	0.51%	N/A
Majority		6,223	10.25%
Turnout		60,696	81.73%	+2.05%
Electorate		74,262
Swing from LIB to CON			5.86%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.56%
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.30%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	27,002	48.93%	+1.45%
	Conservative	17,416	31.56%	-0.73%
	Liberal	8,986	16.28%	-2.00%
	Plaid Cymru	1,779	3.22%	+1.28%
Majority		9,586	17.37%
Turnout		55,183	79.68%	-5.19%
Electorate		69,255
Swing from LIB to LAB			1.73%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.09%
Swing from LIB to CON			0.64%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	27,663	47.48%	+1.41%
	Conservative	18,811	32.29%	-6.02%
	Liberal	10,653	18.28%	+7.09%
	Plaid Cymru	1,135	1.95%	-2.49%
Majority		8,852	15.19%
Turnout		58,262	84.87%	+3.70%
Electorate		68,646
Swing from CON to LIB			6.55%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.72%
Swing from LAB to LIB			2.84%
	Labour hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,227	46.07%	-5.23%
	Conservative	20,145	38.30%	+4.81%
	Liberal	5,888	11.20%	-2.13%
	Plaid Cymru	2,332	4.43%	+2.54%
Majority		4,082	7.76%
Turnout		52,592	81.17%	-5.28%
Electorate		64,793
Swing from LAB to CON			5.02%
Swing from LIB to CON			3.47%
Swing from LAB to LIB			1.55%
	Labour hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,442	51.29%	-2.92%
	Conservative	15,960	33.49%	-12.30%
	Liberal	6,348	13.32%	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	902	1.89%	N/A
Majority		8,482	17.80%
Turnout		47,652	86.45%	-0.43%
Electorate		55,119
Swing from CON to LIB			12.81%
Swing from LAB to LIB			8.12%
Swing from CON to LAB			4.69%
	Labour hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	25,469	54.21%	+4.13%
	Conservative	21,513	45.79%	-4.13%
Majority		3,956	8.42%
Turnout		46,982	86.88%	+0.48%
Electorate		54,076
Swing from CON to LAB			4.13%
	Labour hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,776	50.08%	-2.54%
	Conservative	22,701	49.92%	+2.54%
Majority		75	0.16%
Turnout		45,477	86.40%	+2.26%
Electorate		52,635
Swing from LAB to CON			2.54%
	Labour hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,828	52.62%	N/A
	Conservative	20,554	47.38%	N/A
Majority		2,274	5.24%
Turnout		43,382	84.14%	N/A
Electorate		51,560

	Labour win

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