Oldham West - UK Parliament Constituency

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

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1992	Labour
	Election 1987	Labour
	Election 1983	Labour
	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 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,580	52.76%	+3.38%
	Conservative	13,247	32.39%	-2.47%
	Liberal Democrat	5,525	13.51%	N/A
	Minor	551	1.35%	N/A
Majority		8,333	20.37%
Turnout		40,903	75.64%	+3.77%
Electorate		54,075
Swing from CON to LD			7.99%
Swing from LAB to LD			5.06%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.93%
	Labour hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	20,291	49.38%	+5.29%
	Conservative	14,324	34.86%	-1.30%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	6,478	15.76%	-3.54%
Majority		5,967	14.52%
Turnout		41,093	71.87%	+2.02%
Electorate		57,178
Swing from ALL to LAB			4.41%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.30%
Swing from ALL to CON			1.12%
	Labour hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,690	44.09%	-8.35%
	Conservative	14,510	36.16%	+0.74%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	7,745	19.30%	N/A
	Minor	180	0.45%	N/A
Majority		3,180	7.93%
Turnout		40,125	69.85%	-2.74%
Electorate		57,445
Swing from LAB to ALL			13.83%
Swing from CON to ALL			9.28%
Swing from LAB to CON			4.55%
	Labour hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,802	52.44%	-0.73%
	Conservative	12,025	35.42%	+5.42%
	Liberal	3,604	10.62%	-6.21%
	Others	515	1.52%	N/A
Majority		5,777	17.02%
Turnout		33,946	72.59%	+0.40%
Electorate		46,763
Swing from LIB to CON			5.82%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.08%
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.74%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	18,444	53.17%	+4.79%
	Conservative	10,407	30.00%	-1.37%
	Liberal	5,838	16.83%	-3.42%
Majority		8,037	23.17%
Turnout		34,689	72.19%	-5.56%
Electorate		48,050
Swing from LIB to LAB			4.10%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.08%
Swing from LIB to CON			1.02%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,933	48.38%	+0.28%
	Conservative	11,628	31.37%	-11.71%
	Liberal	7,505	20.25%	+11.43%
Majority		6,305	17.01%
Turnout		37,066	77.75%	+10.77%
Electorate		47,673
Swing from CON to LIB			11.57%
Swing from CON to LAB			6.00%
Swing from LAB to LIB			5.58%
	Labour hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	16,062	48.10%	-13.13%
	Conservative	14,387	43.08%	+4.31%
	Liberal	2,944	8.82%	N/A
Majority		1,675	5.02%
Turnout		33,393	66.98%	-5.41%
Electorate		49,853
Swing from LAB to LIB			10.97%
Swing from LAB to CON			8.72%
Swing from CON to LIB			2.25%
	Labour hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	20,648	61.23%	+2.47%
	Conservative	13,076	38.77%	-2.47%
Majority		7,572	22.45%
Turnout		33,724	72.39%	-2.69%
Electorate		46,584
Swing from CON to LAB			2.47%
	Labour hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,588	58.76%	+3.75%
	Conservative	15,152	41.24%	-3.75%
Majority		6,436	17.52%
Turnout		36,740	75.08%	-4.25%
Electorate		48,933
Swing from CON to LAB			3.75%
	Labour hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,624	55.01%	+0.87%
	Conservative	18,505	44.99%	-0.87%
Majority		4,119	10.01%
Turnout		41,129	79.33%	+0.60%
Electorate		51,845
Swing from CON to LAB			0.87%
	Labour hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	23,164	54.14%	N/A
	Conservative	19,625	45.86%	N/A
Majority		3,539	8.27%
Turnout		42,789	78.73%	N/A
Electorate		54,352

	Labour win

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