Yarmouth - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Yarmouth 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	Yarmouth
Region	East of England
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

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

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	28,066	50.43%	+7.13%
	Labour	20,838	37.44%	-1.52%
	Liberal	6,112	10.98%	-6.76%
	Others	640	1.15%	N/A
Majority		7,228	12.99%
Turnout		55,656	77.14%	+3.48%
Electorate		72,154
Swing from LIB to CON			6.95%
Swing from LAB to CON			4.33%
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.62%
	Conservative hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	22,573	43.30%	-0.05%
	Labour	20,313	38.96%	+4.28%
	Liberal	9,250	17.74%	-4.23%
Majority		2,260	4.33%
Turnout		52,136	73.65%	-7.54%
Electorate		70,785
Swing from LIB to LAB			4.25%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.16%
Swing from LIB to CON			2.09%
	Conservative hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	24,711	43.35%	-6.26%
	Labour	19,774	34.69%	-8.14%
	Liberal	12,524	21.97%	+14.40%
Majority		4,937	8.66%
Turnout		57,009	81.20%	+3.92%
Electorate		70,212
Swing from LAB to LIB			11.27%
Swing from CON to LIB			10.33%
Swing from LAB to CON			0.94%
	Conservative hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	23,088	49.61%	+0.52%
	Labour	19,931	42.82%	-8.09%
	Liberal	3,523	7.57%	N/A
Majority		3,157	6.78%
Turnout		46,542	77.28%	-2.59%
Electorate		60,226
Swing from LAB to LIB			7.83%
Swing from LAB to CON			4.30%
Swing from CON to LIB			3.53%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,296	50.91%	+8.53%
	Conservative	21,499	49.09%	+2.26%
Majority		797	1.82%
Turnout		43,795	79.87%	-0.45%
Electorate		54,836
Swing from CON to LAB			3.13%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	20,310	46.83%	-7.42%
	Labour	18,381	42.38%	-3.37%
	Liberal	4,680	10.79%	N/A
Majority		1,929	4.45%
Turnout		43,371	80.32%	+0.70%
Electorate		54,000
Swing from CON to LIB			9.11%
Swing from LAB to LIB			7.08%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.03%
	Conservative hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	22,827	54.25%	+3.15%
	Labour	19,248	45.75%	-3.15%
Majority		3,579	8.51%
Turnout		42,075	79.62%	-0.07%
Electorate		52,847
Swing from LAB to CON			3.15%
	Conservative hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	21,317	51.10%	N/A
	Labour	20,400	48.90%	N/A
Majority		917	2.20%
Turnout		41,717	79.69%	N/A
Electorate		52,350

	Conservative win

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