Montgomery - UK Parliament Constituency

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

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1992	Liberal Democrat
	Election 1987	SDP-Liberal Alliance
	Election 1983	SDP-Liberal Alliance
	Election 1979	Conservative
	Election 1974 (October)	Liberal
	Election 1974 (February)	Liberal
	Election 1970	Liberal
	Election 1966	Liberal
	Election 1964	Liberal
	Election 1959	Liberal
	Election 1955	Liberal

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal Democrat	16,031	48.50%	N/A
	Conservative	10,822	32.74%	-5.76%
	Labour	4,115	12.45%	+2.00%
	Plaid Cymru	1,581	4.78%	+0.32%
	Green	508	1.54%	N/A
Majority		5,209	15.76%
Turnout		33,057	79.87%	+0.45%
Electorate		41,386
Swing from CON to LD			27.13%
Swing from LAB to LD			23.25%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.88%
	Liberal Democrat gain from SDP-Liberal Alliance

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	14,729	46.59%	+3.25%
	Conservative	12,171	38.50%	-2.59%
	Labour	3,304	10.45%	+1.86%
	Plaid Cymru	1,412	4.47%	-0.87%
Majority		2,558	8.09%
Turnout		31,616	79.43%	+0.22%
Electorate		39,806
Swing from CON to ALL			2.92%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.23%
Swing from LAB to ALL			0.69%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	12,863	43.34%	N/A
	Conservative	12,195	41.09%	+0.75%
	Labour	2,550	8.59%	-7.72%
	Plaid Cymru	1,585	5.34%	-3.15%
	Minor	487	1.64%	N/A
Majority		668	2.25%
Turnout		29,680	79.20%	-2.21%
Electorate		37,474
Swing from LAB to ALL			25.53%
Swing from CON to ALL			21.29%
Swing from LAB to CON			4.23%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	11,751	40.33%	+11.98%
	Liberal	10,158	34.87%	-8.23%
	Labour	4,751	16.31%	-2.92%
	Plaid Cymru	2,474	8.49%	-0.83%
Majority		1,593	5.47%
Turnout		29,134	81.41%	+3.46%
Electorate		35,786
Swing from LIB to CON			10.11%
Swing from LAB to CON			7.45%
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.66%
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	11,280	43.10%	-2.34%
	Conservative	7,421	28.35%	-0.17%
	Labour	5,031	19.22%	+1.45%
	Plaid Cymru	2,440	9.32%	+1.05%
Majority		3,859	14.74%
Turnout		26,172	77.95%	-4.63%
Electorate		33,575
Swing from LIB to LAB			1.89%
Swing from LIB to CON			1.08%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.81%
	Liberal hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	12,495	45.43%	+7.04%
	Conservative	7,844	28.52%	-1.17%
	Labour	4,888	17.77%	-2.30%
	Plaid Cymru	2,274	8.27%	-3.57%
Majority		4,651	16.91%
Turnout		27,501	82.58%	+0.32%
Electorate		33,303
Swing from LAB to LIB			4.67%
Swing from CON to LIB			4.11%
Swing from LAB to CON			0.56%
	Liberal hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	10,202	38.39%	-3.06%
	Conservative	7,891	29.70%	+2.33%
	Labour	5,335	20.08%	-3.68%
	Plaid Cymru	3,145	11.84%	+4.41%
Majority		2,311	8.70%
Turnout		26,573	82.26%	-0.52%
Electorate		32,304
Swing from LAB to CON			3.01%
Swing from LIB to CON			2.70%
Swing from LAB to LIB			0.31%
	Liberal hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	10,278	41.45%	-0.87%
	Conservative	6,784	27.36%	+0.68%
	Labour	5,891	23.76%	+1.31%
	Plaid Cymru	1,841	7.43%	-1.12%
Majority		3,494	14.09%
Turnout		24,794	82.78%	-1.35%
Electorate		29,951
Swing from LIB to LAB			1.09%
Swing from LIB to CON			0.78%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.31%
	Liberal hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	10,738	42.33%	+0.29%
	Conservative	6,768	26.68%	-4.65%
	Labour	5,696	22.45%	-4.18%
	Plaid Cymru	2,167	8.54%	N/A
Majority		3,970	15.65%
Turnout		25,369	84.13%	+0.36%
Electorate		30,154
Swing from CON to LIB			2.47%
Swing from LAB to LIB			2.23%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.24%
	Liberal hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	10,970	42.04%	-26.02%
	Conservative	8,176	31.33%	N/A
	Labour	6,950	26.63%	-5.31%
Majority		2,794	10.71%
Turnout		26,096	83.77%	+10.16%
Electorate		31,152
Swing from LIB to CON			28.67%
Swing from LAB to CON			18.32%
Swing from LIB to LAB			10.35%
	Liberal hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	16,021	68.05%	N/A
	Labour	7,521	31.95%	N/A
Majority		8,500	36.11%
Turnout		23,542	73.61%	N/A
Electorate		31,983

	Liberal win

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