Gravesend - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Gravesend 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	Gravesend
Region	South East
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

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

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	37,592	51.95%	+12.22%
	Labour	28,246	39.04%	-4.05%
	Liberal	5,917	8.18%	-6.75%
	Others	603	0.83%	N/A
Majority		9,346	12.92%
Turnout		72,358	81.40%	+2.75%
Electorate		88,895
Swing from LIB to CON			9.49%
Swing from LAB to CON			8.14%
Swing from LIB to LAB			1.35%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	29,569	43.09%	+2.26%
	Conservative	27,264	39.73%	+1.08%
	Liberal	10,244	14.93%	-3.21%
	Others	1,543	2.25%	N/A
Majority		2,305	3.36%
Turnout		68,620	78.65%	-5.08%
Electorate		87,247
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.73%
Swing from LIB to CON			2.15%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.59%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	29,571	40.83%	-4.12%
	Conservative	27,989	38.65%	-8.21%
	Liberal	13,136	18.14%	+9.94%
	Others	1,726	2.38%	N/A
Majority		1,582	2.18%
Turnout		72,422	83.73%	+7.73%
Electorate		86,499
Swing from CON to LIB			9.07%
Swing from LAB to LIB			7.03%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.04%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	29,924	46.85%	+4.97%
	Labour	28,711	44.95%	-4.80%
	Liberal	5,234	8.19%	-0.17%
Majority		1,213	1.90%
Turnout		63,869	75.99%	-6.05%
Electorate		84,046
Swing from LAB to CON			4.89%
Swing from LIB to CON			2.57%
Swing from LAB to LIB			2.31%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	30,276	49.75%	+4.34%
	Conservative	25,484	41.88%	-2.23%
	Liberal	5,092	8.37%	-2.11%
Majority		4,792	7.87%
Turnout		60,852	82.04%	+1.63%
Electorate		74,175
Swing from CON to LAB			3.29%
Swing from LIB to LAB			3.22%
Swing from CON to LIB			0.06%
	Labour hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	26,074	45.41%	-2.51%
	Conservative	25,326	44.11%	-7.96%
	Liberal	6,015	10.48%	N/A
Majority		748	1.30%
Turnout		57,415	80.40%	-1.88%
Electorate		71,408
Swing from CON to LIB			9.22%
Swing from LAB to LIB			6.49%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.73%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	27,124	52.08%	+5.85%
	Labour	24,962	47.92%	+7.80%
Majority		2,162	4.15%
Turnout		52,086	82.29%	+1.54%
Electorate		63,299
Swing from CON to LAB			0.97%
	Conservative hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	22,058	46.22%	N/A
	Labour	19,149	40.13%	N/A
	Others	6,514	13.65%	N/A
Majority		2,909	6.10%
Turnout		47,721	80.75%	N/A
Electorate		59,099

	Conservative win

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